LonghornXP said:
First Comcast doesn't sign their own exclusive deal for their own channels. They are only allowed to withhold this channel because of a loophole that will be closed in the not too distant future. Also the NFL is also the only sport that also has a little loophole that allows them to even make an exclusive deal for programming offered via satellite. Its funny because the loophole Comcast has is that they don't offer the channel via satellite while the NFLs loopholes allow them to offer it via satellite.
No, you don't have this stated correctly.
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is not exclusive. Comcast has offered CSN-Philly to all cablers in the SE Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Comcast doesn't own all the systems in the region; CSN-Philly appears on others, such as Time-Warner and Adelphia. CSN-Philly is being withheld from DirecTV and Dish Network because of the terrestrially-delivered loophole.
That is a far cry from the NFL's packages. All the NFL broadcast packages are exclusive. Starting next year:
CBS has the Sunday AFC package, with a few guaranteed super bowls
Fox has the Sunday NFC package, with a few guaranteed super bowls
NBC has the Sunday Night package, with a few guaranteed super bowls
ESPN has the Monday Night package
DirecTV has the Sunday Ticket package
Comcast is playing stupid. Their stance about Sunday Ticket is akin to me complaining that Super Bowl XL should be on both CBS and ABC next year, only because ABC shouldn't have an exclusive lock on Super Bowl XL in 2006.