Va_Pats_Fan
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I have comcast and I used to get NFL as part of the "regular" digital package. Its now bundled with a premium sports package. This is the way it is in most comcast markets.
I have comcast and I used to get NFL as part of the "regular" digital package. Its now bundled with a premium sports package. This is the way it is in most comcast markets.
Will the FCC also tell Comcast how many sheets of paper each executive can use to wipe in the men's room?
I have comcast and I used to get NFL as part of the "regular" digital package. Its now bundled with a premium sports package. This is the way it is in most comcast markets.
Once the FCC 'mandates' that a cable company provide 'free' a service that costs them a dollar, be prepared for a $5 rate hike. Of course I'm part of a shrinking minority who believes that as bad as rapacious cable companies etc. are, it's better for all if the reliably inept govt keeps out.
Are they going to broadcast those Thursday night NFL Network games on the other channels again like they did with Giants-Pats week 17 last year? They damn sure better, at least for Pats-Jets. Dish Network doesnt have NFLN anymore
i have dish n/w with nfln here in the bay area.
i have dish n/w with nfln here in the bay area.
I'd like to see Comcast or Time Warner be able to bid for the NFL package. Right now its such a monopoly with Directv being the only carrier and they nickel and dime customers for the digital package that's another $100 on top of the base package.
I don't understand this decision at all. The original lawsuit filed by the NFL Network (which Comcast won, but then had reversed on appeal) was about contract language between the two parties. The appellate court sent that case back to a lower court, where to the best of my knowledge it still sits. The discrimination thing is new to me, and unfortunately the decision itself (with it's rationale) hasn't yet been published in the Federal Register or on the FCC's website. I think we'll all have to wait until Tuesday (since Monday is a federal holiday) to figure this thing out.
That certainly makes sense. Of course, this is going to be an ongoing problem - involving many parties beyond the NFL - if last-mile providers (such as cable companies) are able to produce content as well. The network neutrality debate's come home all of a sudden.I assume a large part of the decision is the fact that Comcast owns Versus and puts it in the standard package. This is seen as anticompetitive because they are using the content delivery part of their business to hurt competitors of the content creation part of the business. There is a certain logic there considering that cable is in many ways a monopoly -- yes, FIOS, satellite, etc. are available to some, but they are not available to nearly everyone.