NFL Network and TW Cable

[BlueStar22]

So I get this letter in the mail today from Time Warner Cable today taking over for Comcast. I go to their site to see that there are a couple of channels that they don't have the rights to....one of them, NFL Network.:bang2: :bang2: :bang2:

 

[Garland powerplay]

I got the same letter ,***? When is the takeover?

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Is it a takeover our just some sort of swap? I ask that because I have Time Warner here in Florida, and they are supposedly going to Comcast.

 

[dallascowboysfan31]

i just spoke to time warner yesterday about them getting nfl network and they said it's not even up for bid from dish until 2008 and even then, its not a guarantee.....so i signed up for dish.

 

[austintodallas]

i just spoke to time warner yesterday about them getting nfl network and they said it's not even up for bid from dish until 2008 and even then, its not a guarantee.....so i signed up for dish.

What do they mean up for bid from Dish? Dish doesn't have exclusive rights to the channel. Other major cable compnanies such as Comcast carry it.

 

[chicago JK]

NFL | NFL Network being dropped
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:24:07 -0700

The Buffalo News reports the NFL Network very likely will be thrown for a loss Tuesday, Aug. 1, locally and nationally when it is expected to be dropped from the cable lineup after Adelphia's long-awaited takeover by Time Warner is completed. Buffalo, Dallas and Cleveland are the three NFL markets that had been getting The NFL Network and will lose it in the Adelphia-Time Warner deal, according to an NFL Network spokesman. "We pleaded to be left on while we continue to negotiate," e-mailed the spokesman, "especially since the first of 52 preseason games and 12 inside training camp shows begin, but Time Warner refused." As noted previously, the NFL Network plans to launch its own marketing campaign to let viewers understand their options, including satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV on their "most affordable, basic packages

 

[Concord]

Cable Blows...Except for my Internet.

DirecTV...The Only way to go.

 

[RCowboyFan]

Cable Blows...Except for my Internet.

DirecTV...The Only way to go.

But specifically Time Warner is the worst Cable service provider that I know of. Luckily I don't have to stick with them, since I got notice of change in service too from Comcast to Time Warner. I only wanted to hold on to Cable because of Local Channels in HD, but once Directv comes out with new HD DVR in August or September, I will ditch the cable altogether.

 

[cowboys#1]

TELEVISION
Time Warner giving boot to NFL Network
By ALAN PERGAMENT
News TV Critic
7/28/2006

The NFL Network very likely will be thrown for a loss Tuesday locally and nationally when it is expected to be dropped from the cable lineup after Adelphia's long-awaited takeover by Time Warner is completed.
With the Buffalo Bills opening training camp and the league's network planning to carry 52 preseason games, the likely move to drop the channel couldn't come at a worse time for the local Adelphia subscribers who will be switched to Time Warner on Tuesday.
Buffalo, Dallas and Cleveland are the three NFL markets that had been getting The NFL Network and will lose it in the Adelphia-Time Warner deal, according to an NFL Network spokesman.
"We pleaded to be left on while we continue to negotiate," e-mailed the spokesman, "especially since the first of 52 preseason games and 12 inside training camp shows begin, but Time Warner refused."
Gordon Harp, the Buffalo division president of Time Warner, confirmed Thursday night that the cable company is notifying subscribers through newspaper advertisements and other means of the strong possibility that the football network that currently is available on basic cable in Western New York will be dropped on Tuesday.
"We're providing notification in case it happens," Harp said. "We're still negotiating. Hopefully, we'll work out an agreement."
However, the advertisement plans and the fact that Time Warner hasn't been able to make a national deal with The NFL Network for three years makes a quick, positive resolution very unlikely.
A spokesman for The NFL Network said it plans to launch its own marketing campaign to let Buffalo viewers understand their options. It has set up a number, (866) 635-6389 (NFL-Network), for people to complain to Time Warner about the planned move. The NFL Network also is making cable subscribers aware that it has reached deals with satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV on their "most affordable, basic packages."
Adelphia had put The NFL Network, which launched in November 2003, on basic cable locally when it folded the Empire Sports Network. Long term, the move also was designed to compete with satellite providers.
Time Warner's quick move to drop The NFL Network is a surprise since cable systems are believed to need 30 days notice before dropping a channel.
"They contend [they don't]," explained the NFL Network spokesman.

 

[BARRYRAY]

Big spread in USA Today about NFL taking out adds to convince TW to add them on, their arguement and I agree we got like 15 shopping channels but we can't get one NFL channel, although the other side is that at least in the offseason I watch it at work and its lame to me they have like old rehash and cheerleaders from scagy teams like the Eagles and they absolutely never seem to have anything about the Cowboys, but last night they showed our new secret weapon TO, he looked like what he is, the best wr in the NFL, lets see McNabb choke this year without him...

 

[Dallas4ever]

If enough people drop them for Dish or Direct TV they'll make a deal. I feel better and better for having signed up with Dish Network.

 

[DefendeR]

If enough people drop them for Dish or Direct TV they'll make a deal. I feel better and better for having signed up with Dish Network.

Very true.
I switched to DirecTV back in April.Was fed up with the climbing rates.
When asked by Time Warner why was I switching,I just replied "NFL Network".
At the time the rep for TW said to me that they were trying to get it,but I didn't buy it.
Cable companies are funny like that.If they don't lose money,they won't change,especially the way they monopolize some areas like apartment complexes where its either cable or nothing.You are at their mercy.F Time Warner.
Check out USA Today's article on it.
I agree 100% on it.

 

[jazzcat22]

i just spoke to time warner yesterday about them getting nfl network and they said it's not even up for bid from dish until 2008 and even then, its not a guarantee.....so i signed up for dish.

NFL Network can shop itself to any cable company including DTV & Dish just the same as ESPN can do. DTV hold the rights to the Sunday Ticket. Maybe that is what's coming up for bid in 2008.