Has pricing been set for SEC Network? Nm
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cable and satellite companies in the SEC’s 11-state region will pay ESPN a $1.30 license fee. Outside SEC terrain, the fee drops to 25 cents. The fee is paid on a "monthly per-subscriber basis.
The above is a quote from Dish TV article.
Whether the provider like Dish will charge all customers this or offer the service as a premium package is up to Dish. There are lots of customers who don't like sports. Yeah, weird huh. Either way I am in if only my provider will offer the SEC network.
I have Direct TV and comcast, the latter mostly for internet, and really want one Direct TV to pick up SEC. I have loads of trouble on HD with comcast and they ignore my complaints. Internet is very good.
The above is a quote from Dish TV article.
Whether the provider like Dish will charge all customers this or offer the service as a premium package is up to Dish. There are lots of customers who don't like sports. Yeah, weird huh. Either way I am in if only my provider will offer the SEC network.
I have Direct TV and comcast, the latter mostly for internet, and really want one Direct TV to pick up SEC. I have loads of trouble on HD with comcast and they ignore my complaints. Internet is very good.
And that's for every single customer they have I believe, not just ones that want to subscribe to it. This is why the carriers are balking, it's a pretty bad deal for them in a large part of the country, and they can't pick and choose. That's my understanding at least.
Most every channel is priced per customer. I get close to 150 HD channels and another 200+ standard def channels. I actually want maybe 30 of those total, and about half of those aren't deal breakers. Comcast is balking because that's what they do. Play hardball and try to get a channel as cheaply as they can. Which is fine. But don't fall for their "we don't want to force the people who don't want the channel to pay for it" ********. Making customers pay for channels they don't want is their freaking breaking business model.
I understand that, but they're asking over twice what they charge for espn2. I understand why the providers want it lower, and I hope they all figure it out by kickoff, though I seriously doubt it, usually these end a few weeks after the "deadline." Hell DirectTV still doesn't have the WatchESPN app five years after it came out. I'd consider using Dish if I didn't have to sign a two year contract, but they told me I can't even try for a week without being locked in, weak.
Directv is already high enough on their fee, so If subscribers are going to pay for the SEC Network cost (which I'm almost 99.999% sure that we will in some way), maybe one option that may be considered, is to include it in the Sports Package. That should give people a choice. jmo
I will be anxiously waiting for Comcast to put about 200 channels on that same a la carte status & reduce my bill for my share of the cost of those channels that I'm currently paying. Why should SECN agree to second tier status when none of the others have to?