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I can't find anything on here or using google on this topic. If I were to get the NFL Sunday Ticket on Time Warner, would it be in HD? Or would only the games that's shown on my local Stations be in HD?
NFL Sunday Ticket in HD?
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I thought Time Warner offered it... don't they have something that's similar then?
I thought Time Warner offered it... don't they have something that's similar then?
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DirecTV has an exclusive contract. No other satellite or cable operator can offer similar programming. Cable operators can and do offer NBA, NHL and MLB packages but the NFL package is strictly for DirecTV.
DirecTV has an exclusive contract. No other satellite or cable operator can offer similar programming. Cable operators can and do offer NBA, NHL and MLB packages but the NFL package is strictly for DirecTV.
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Well, that's crappy. I can see why, it almost makes me want to switch to DirecTV.
Bastards.
No, I guess that since I see TWC offering NHL and NBA packages now, that they'd be able to offer NFL too. Besides, TWC doesn't offer the NFL Network either.
Well, that's crappy. I can see why, it almost makes me want to switch to DirecTV.
Bastards.
No, I guess that since I see TWC offering NHL and NBA packages now, that they'd be able to offer NFL too. Besides, TWC doesn't offer the NFL Network either.
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DirecTV has had the exclusive on NFL Sunday Ticket for the better part of a decade now (it was also on C-Band back in the mid 90s). It runs through 2010 and you can bet the farm they will renew it.
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Yeah, since the NFL likes to deal with exclusives (ie: EA is the only game company given the NFL Licence) and i'm guessing that DirecTV has a bigger subscription base than any of the individual cable companies, I doubt the NFL is really shopping around for a different distribution.
From what I've heard (I don't know a single person with Satalite and a HDTV) the quality of HD from DirecTV is kinda ****** for HD. I'd really much rather deal with a snowy image of analog on standard cable than a pixilated version of HD.
Yeah, since the NFL likes to deal with exclusives (ie: EA is the only game company given the NFL Licence) and i'm guessing that DirecTV has a bigger subscription base than any of the individual cable companies, I doubt the NFL is really shopping around for a different distribution.
From what I've heard (I don't know a single person with Satalite and a HDTV) the quality of HD from DirecTV is kinda ****** for HD. I'd really much rather deal with a snowy image of analog on standard cable than a pixilated version of HD.
And the NFL does not want the widest possible distribution of Sunday Ticket because they are concerned about alienating their network partners (would dilute ratings at the local level if everyone had access to ST).
So DirecTV offers the best of both worlds, huge cash and exclusive enough not to cut into the overall audience for local affiliates.
And the NFL does not want the widest possible distribution of Sunday Ticket because they are concerned about alienating their network partners (would dilute ratings at the local level if everyone had access to ST).
So DirecTV offers the best of both worlds, huge cash and exclusive enough not to cut into the overall audience for local affiliates.
I know the local games are blacked out.
What I was talking about is the fact that the NFL is concerned that if everyone had access to every game via Sunday Ticket they wouldn't watch the game being broadcast locally, instead watching other games not included in the ratings via Sunday Ticket, and ratings would drop for the local affiliates on the game being broadcast because the audience is obviously diluted.
I know the local games are blacked out.
What I was talking about is the fact that the NFL is concerned that if everyone had access to every game via Sunday Ticket they wouldn't watch the game being broadcast locally, instead watching other games not included in the ratings via Sunday Ticket, and ratings would drop for the local affiliates on the game being broadcast because the audience is obviously diluted.
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Actually the NFL in fact makes it open bidding. The last time it was available for bid the cable companies had their chance but they turned it down, saying it was too much money. Then they turn around and cry to congress that they don't have Sunday Ticket. Well cry me a river cable, put up or shut up.
Quality of my HD is tons better then our crappy cable system around here. Maybe it's "******" but it's the best I can get.
Actually the NFL in fact makes it open bidding. The last time it was available for bid the cable companies had their chance but they turned it down, saying it was too much money. Then they turn around and cry to congress that they don't have Sunday Ticket. Well cry me a river cable, put up or shut up.
Quality of my HD is tons better then our crappy cable system around here. Maybe it's "******" but it's the best I can get.
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That is the urban legend, but it is not at all true, tony.
The contract negotiations were open, and cable famously walked away saying the deal was "too rich for our blood".
Ticket too high
Cable Punts On Pricey NFL Slate
By Steve Donohue & Mike Reynolds Multichannel News Nov. 15, 2004
Cable operators have complained for years about losing customers who jumped to satellite for DirecTV Inc.'s exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package. But when cable recently had an opportunity to buy the National Football League's out-of-market pay-per-view offering, Comcast Corp. and other operators took a pass.
It's no secret cable was interested in Sunday Ticket, but the price was too high, said Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing CEO Char Beales, referring to the five-year, $3.5 billion contract extension DirecTV cut with the NFL last week, giving it rights to 14 live games each Sunday through the 2010 season.
At $700 million per annum, DirecTV's new contract represents a 75% hike over the $400 million it is paying per season under the pact signed two years ago that was slated to extend through the 2007 campaign.
http://www.multichannel.com/index.as...cleID=CA480250
That is the urban legend, but it is not at all true, tony.
The contract negotiations were open, and cable famously walked away saying the deal was "too rich for our blood".
Ticket too high
Cable Punts On Pricey NFL Slate
By Steve Donohue & Mike Reynolds Multichannel News Nov. 15, 2004
Cable operators have complained for years about losing customers who jumped to satellite for DirecTV Inc.'s exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package. But when cable recently had an opportunity to buy the National Football League's out-of-market pay-per-view offering, Comcast Corp. and other operators took a pass.
It's no secret cable was interested in Sunday Ticket, but the price was too high, said Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing CEO Char Beales, referring to the five-year, $3.5 billion contract extension DirecTV cut with the NFL last week, giving it rights to 14 live games each Sunday through the 2010 season.
At $700 million per annum, DirecTV's new contract represents a 75% hike over the $400 million it is paying per season under the pact signed two years ago that was slated to extend through the 2007 campaign.
http://www.multichannel.com/index.as...cleID=CA480250
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Bingo!
Sinced Fox and CBS lose money (hundres of millions fo dollars, by the way) on their network deals -- but do make quite a bit back in selling commercials on their owned and operated stations -- anything which hurts their ratings would drive down, probably dramatically, the amount the broadcast networks would be willing to pay for the OTA NFL rights.
Bingo!
Sinced Fox and CBS lose money (hundres of millions fo dollars, by the way) on their network deals -- but do make quite a bit back in selling commercials on their owned and operated stations -- anything which hurts their ratings would drive down, probably dramatically, the amount the broadcast networks would be willing to pay for the OTA NFL rights.
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You have a source on this?
You have a source on this?
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