Updates on carriage negotiations,

Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News has an update that can be found here:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2012/07/26/pac-12-tv-networks-updates-on-carriage-negotiations-football-programming-and-more/

He is optimistic on Direct TV but pessimistic on Dish based upon his discussions with Pac 12 officials. Better said, they are optimistic on Direct TV but pessimistic on Dish. No mention of Charter Communications.

To quote from his post there will be several "service levels" depending on where you live from the cable/satellite providers

*** Service levels
There has been some confusion about the level of service in various geographic areas. Think of the situation in terms of zones:
Zone 1 (home markets) will have the Pac12Net on a basic tier.
Zone 2 (within the league’s footprint) will have the Pac12Net on a digital tier, which can be more expensive than basic.
Zone 3 (outside the footprint) will have the Pac12Net on a sports tier.
Portland and Denver count as Zone 1, but San Diego and Sacramento are Zone 2 … Las Vegas is Zone 3.

My Question that is unanswered is where will Medford and the rest of Southern Oregon fall? Zone 1 or 2?