Tomorrow night's Broncos-Chiefs game will be on Channel 95 in High Definition.
Tomorrow night's Broncos-Chiefs game will be on Channel 95 in High Definition.
**** the money hungry NFL!
thanks for the info- it pisses me off that cheap-ass DirecTV doesn't broadcast NFLN in HD all the time.
wtf are you talking about? How does DirecTV broadcasting football in HD make the NFL money-hungry?Originally Posted by Mikey82
As far as I'm concerned, HD was invented for football.
i'm mad because the NFL is screwing over anyone who doesn't have satellite or one of the companies that kissed their ass.Originally Posted by OpIv37
Wow thanks, I'll watch it on there.
Blame Time Warner.Originally Posted by Mikey82
The biggest cable provider in SD isn't carrying the night game. They carry NFLN, but they are telling their customers that it costs too much to show tomorrow nights game.Originally Posted by Jeff1220
I don't know if they will have dead air or what since my provider doesn't have NFLN.
You think you're hot **** in a champagne glass, but you're really cold diarrhea in a Dixie cup!
well the NFL can't make cable providers carry NFLN.Originally Posted by Mikey82
Mikey
See I told you....the NFL wants ridiculous amounts of money just to broadcast their game on their channel, which the cable and satellite suppliers would pass onto the customers. That's crazy. I wouldnt be surprised if the government steps in and starts the anti-trust stuff.Originally Posted by Gunzlingr
there has to be something in it for the providers- advertising money perhaps?Originally Posted by Mikey82
I especially love how they give junk games for the regular people that will only get the day games. Yet they have a sweet matchup for the night game.....KC vs Denver?
well you're pretty much assured a junk game when one of the teams is Detroit.Originally Posted by Mikey82
from what i'm reading all over the place, the NFL wants $140 million for the right to their Network and want it on all basic cable which would increase cable rights nationwide big time.Originally Posted by OpIv37
Time Warner, Cablevision, and even Comcast are all fighting the NFL in this, along with some smaller companies.
true....but why the hell do we have to see Miami at Detroit every single ****ing year? I'm sick of that matchup. Oh and don't even get me started with the Bucs at Dallas....Originally Posted by OpIv37
I love this quote...it shows that the NFL definitely isnt innocent in this whole thing...
Basically, the NFL wants it their way or the highway.The NFL Network filed a lawsuit against Comcast, which is trying to make the channel a premium tier offering for new subscribers.
"Comcast is prepared to add the NFL Network on our digital sports tier in our new Time Warner and those Adelphia systems that don't already carry the channel," Comcast executive vice president David Cohen said. "Unfortunately, the NFL has filed a lawsuit and Comcast cannot move ahead until the litigation is resolved. Comcast believes it has the right to carry the NFL Network on a sports tier and will vigorously defend its position."
Spokesman Mark Harrad says Time Warner would pay $140 million a year to provide the channel to all 13.5 million of its subscribers in 33 states, placing it in the top five most expensive cable networks.
"If we put all expensive sports programming on the standard tier of service, that would increase our rates to all of our customers, even those who didn't particularly care about football or these games," said Harrad.
NFL Network spokesman Seth Palansky countered that other cable companies and the two main satellite providers are "happily" carrying the network.
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Detroit and Dallas have hosted Thanksgiving DAY games for decades...that's why those are the day games...tradition.Originally Posted by Mikey82
if Miami ever has the shot at the game it recently it seems like they give it to themOriginally Posted by The_Philster
Time to start rotating other teams on Thanksgiving.
I'm sick of Dallas Detroit.