Games you will not see on Charter this weekend!

WSU @ OSU

3:00 PM

UCLA @ CAL

7:00 PM

Way to go Charter!  Second weekend you have alienated customers in Washington, Oregon, Northern and Southern California. We want the Pac 12 Networks.

Jon Wilner's update on DirecTV

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2012/10/05/pac-12-networks-directv-statement-the-lakers-effect-football-broadcasts-and-viewing-options/

Pac-12 Network asking about 90 cents ?

I have heard from several sources that the Pac 12 Networks is asking about 90 cents per subscriber per month in the Pac 12 Networks footprint from Charter  Click on the link for more information

http://www.pacifictakes.com/2012/10/2/3442826/pac-12-network-directv-rumors

Hey Charter, Pac- 12 has 6 Teams in AP Top 25! UPDATED

That's right Charter, the Pac 12 has 6 football teams in the AP top 25 and you don't have the Pac 12 Networks! What's wrong with you. They are:

2. Oregon Ducks

13. USC 

14.  Oregon State 

18. Stanford 

23. Washington  

25. UCLA

Charter you might as well sell your franchises on the West coast... we have your number. 

UPDATED:

A friend just pointed out to me that  of the 6,  four  are in Charter areas:  Oregon, OSU, USC, UCLA . Yes, Charter, your are making lots of "friends" (sarcasm)

 

 

Wilner: Charter "following DTV's lead."

John Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News has an update to his blog that confirms nothing is going to happen anytime soon with DirectTV and he has this paragraph of interest to Charter customers:


Scott (Pac 12 Commissioner) added Thursday night that the lack of progress with DTV doesn’t preclude carriage deals with U-verse, FiOS and Charter. ”We have individual conversations,” he explained.
But I get the distinct sense that Charter, at the very least, is following DTV’s lead.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2012/09/28/pac-12-networks-no-evidence-of-directv-deal-anytime-soon-and-other-notes/

The long twilight war with Charter

It looks like Charter and the Pac 12 Networks have settled into a long twilight war over a carriage agreement.  It seems to me Charter believes it can wait as long as DirecTV doesn't have a deal. I don't expect anything  will be happening for some time.  DirectTV and Charter will try to "bribe" folks who want to end their service with "free" perks such as  HBO or NFL Ticket etc. It took at least a year for the Big 10 Networks to get some carriage deals so it may be the same with the Pac 12.  I personally believe the Pac 12 Networks should hold the line on the requirement the Pac 12 Networks be put on a lower tiers in the Pac 12 Footprint states.

For me, I will be getting the Dish as soon as my Charter Bundle contract ends and they try and raise prices on me. No, I will not be "bribed" with freebies.

Charter Customers....Games you will not see this weekend!

UCLA at Colorado, 3 PM PT/6 PM ET, Pac-12 Networks

Oregon State at Arizona, 7 PM PT/10 PM ET, Pac-12 Networks

Bruins, Buffalos, Beavers and Wildcats...... time to contact Charter!