Sean Pa Patriot
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Agreed, Sean - and a little off topic, but I'm a Comcast customer in Atlanta and I have a scroll running across the screen on the NFL Network that says Comcast will no longer be carrying the NFLN starting May 1st.
This is bad people, I don't watch ESPN and now I'm losing NFLN -
Anyone know what's going on other than the same 'ole BS from NFL and the Cable Networks??
Comcast is pulling NFLN, too? I'm on Charter - had it for a little while, but haven't in years now.
The NFL needs to get their heads out of their ***** and realize they can't charge a premium for the NFLN - few cable companies are going to pay that in this economy.
*sigh*
Comcast is pulling NFLN, too? I'm on Charter - had it for a little while, but haven't in years now.
The NFL needs to get their heads out of their ***** and realize they can't charge a premium for the NFLN - few cable companies are going to pay that in this economy.
*sigh*
I'm confused. Isn't the contention between the NFLN and cable companies because the NFL wants to be considered part of the regular cable packages and the cable companies want to be able to charge extra?
I have yet to get the NFLN because I'm a Time Warner customer in Maine.
Yea, I'm confused as well. The only thing I do understand is that after almost 2 years of having the NFLN - It will be gone May 1st on Comcast (At least in Atlanta).
I'm confused. Isn't the contention between the NFLN and cable companies because the NFL wants to be considered part of the regular cable packages and the cable companies want to be able to charge extra?
I have yet to get the NFLN because I'm a Time Warner customer in Maine.
Yeah, Comcast in South Jersey had the same scroll last night about May 1st, so I guess it's everyone on Comcast. I will be going to DirecTV starting in June.
I never minded paying the $5 a month for NFLN, but now I don't get a choice at all? Screw this Comcast crap.
NFLN charges Comcast a buck for every subscriber that gets NFLN. So to get their buck back, they put NFLN in a group with some other high priced networks.I'm confused. Isn't the contention between the NFLN and cable companies because the NFL wants to be considered part of the regular cable packages and the cable companies want to be able to charge extra?
Verizon isn't loosing NFLN, so im good. Now if FiOS would just get the Sunday ticket.... but thats not possible til 2020 or something like that.....
Im a reg cable subscriber and also have Direct tv for the nfl package.. so Im still good,but the spector's of the world are to blame for comcast...
NFLN charges Comcast a buck for every subscriber that gets NFLN. So to get their buck back, they put NFLN in a group with some other high priced networks.
What NFLN wants is for Comcast to give it to all subscribers for free. That way NFLN gets a buck for every single cable subscriber. Comcast doesn't want to raise the basic rate a buck when 95% of their subscribers don't care a fig about NFLN.
Comcast is in a battle with satellite TV for subscribers, and have to keep the basic rate as low as possible.
NFLN, though, is aligned with Direct TV, and is pushing that service.
NFL Network is not a Comcast site, it is an NFLN site trying to get people to order Direct TV.
They are all money grubbers. I spent years hating cable companies, and now that I see someone like NFLN so greedy they are actually screwing the cable company, I have mixed emotions. Yeah, it's good to see the cable company get screwed. But of course, the screwing just gets passed on to the consumer.
I pay the extra fee for NFLN on Comcast. It's about $5. Yeah, it would be cheaper if NFLN "won" and Comcast gave it to everyone for a buck. But you know as soon as that happened and it worked, other networks would pull the same stunt, and the basic service would go up a buck every cokuple months as they moved channel after channel from premium to basic.
As there is one thing you can be sure of: if any company is charged a buck for a service, they are going to charge the consumber $1.10, because companies are in the busniess of making money, not losing it.
Blech.
Thanks for the explanation! I agree, you would also think that the NFL would realize they NEED to keep their loyal followers and not alienate them with this crap. Sh!t like this will came back to bite them if they're not careful.
I have both as well.........both have their pluses and minuses for sure.
Would be a riot if Sen Comcast had his NFL network pulled by his local Comcast server. Then you would see a change.