Daniel Frankel of Paid Content, The Economics of Digital Content is pessimistic that the two satellite TV providers will come to a deal with the Pac 12 Networks. He writes tonight:
But carriers like DirecTV and Dish are more intent than ever these days about holding the line on ever-increasing program licensing costs, and they don’t seem to be in any hurry to make deal.I hope he is wrong. Charter Communication customers need an alternative if Charter refuses to come to a deal.
Here is a link to read the rest:
http://paidcontent.org/2012/07/23/directv-dish-face-next-impasse-the-pac-12-network/
It is a bummer that DirecTV still hasn’t picked up Pac-12 yet. There is to much good football to miss that, although I can see where DirecTV would be skeptical about adding another network. Their price increase in February will already be a bit higher than usual, add Pac-12 onto that and the customer might go nuts. I was worried Dish wouldn’t either; it was looking like the Pac-12 season would be missed by me as well. When I was getting ready to leave from my shift on Friday night from Dish I saw the communication saying the deal had been reached saving my college football season. I enjoyed the game as I usually do, but it looks like my Buffs might have a tough year ahead of them, especially looking at the fourth quarter. At least I got to watch the game which is more than some people.
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