Comcast finally caves, reaches deal with BTN
Don't have Comcast, but still relief for my fellow Michigan fans who do
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-comcast-reach-new-deal-on-big-ten-netw…
August 27th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
....and you thought they wouldn’t?
August 27th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
By Maria Armental
Aug. 24, 2018 7:18 p.m. ET
If it's three days old, it's been on the board.
August 27th, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
Well, this thread has proper syntax, so...
August 27th, 2018 at 9:30 PM ^
Brinksmanship! That means now I can haz Rutgers v. Texas State!
Seriously though I never got around to getting Dish like I said I was, and SMU is on BTN, so...
August 27th, 2018 at 9:31 PM ^
Nice, they held out til a week before the season or less than a week. There are so very few things they actually make money on these days they go giddy over the one thing they know for sure will draw eyeballs.
August 27th, 2018 at 9:35 PM ^
Comcast : Urban Meyer : root canal : Satan
August 27th, 2018 at 9:37 PM ^
Things...I want no part of??
August 27th, 2018 at 9:39 PM ^
Alert the media .....Lindbergh baby .....blah, blah, blah
August 27th, 2018 at 10:26 PM ^
Already posted
Also, this is a typical negotiation dance done all the time. Same thing happens with other cable channels on how they will be distributed on DTV, Cox, Charter, etc. Yawn.
August 27th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
Too late for me; I already switched to DirectTV.
August 28th, 2018 at 1:01 AM ^
This reminds me of what happened to me just yesterday. I don’t watch much TV other than live sports but the Cardinals vs Cowboys preseason game was showing on my local NBC the other night so I go to tune in and I see the channel is unavailable. I look up why and my local NBC station is in a pricing dispute with Directv with no end in sight. NBC as you know, is the station playing the Michigan game this Saturday because of their rights to Notre Dame games.
I tell you you I started FREAKING OUT!!
but then I called directv and they are overnighting a device to hook up to my box so I can watch the local channels plus they are giving me $55(!) off a month for the next year, effectively cutting my bill in half.
If you live in Utah and have Directv, call them NOW to get the device needed to watch this Saturdays game!!
August 28th, 2018 at 4:47 AM ^
People actually live in Utah. I heard about this, but I didn't believe it. Wow. You learn something new every day.
August 28th, 2018 at 2:45 AM ^
Does anyone know if we get BTN in HD in California now? It was torture watching btn before and OTT was bad.
August 28th, 2018 at 10:08 AM ^
I still get PAC 12 channel in SD with Comcast so I doubt it.
August 28th, 2018 at 11:29 AM ^
I have this too. If you stream the game from their website you can get it in hd
August 28th, 2018 at 11:41 AM ^
They say it will be restored to non B1G markets "in the coming months." Comes along with the Sports Entertainment Package like it did before. I am in FL and haven't seen it yet. I had it before they cut it.
August 28th, 2018 at 9:20 AM ^
They'll pass along any price increase to the consumer. They always do.
August 28th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
We like to scoff at the BTN, but it's a godsend during basketball season. I was able to see every single MBB Big Ten game last season, and every (meaningful) OOC game because of the BTN filling in all of the gaps.
Comcast offers all of the BTN overflow channels as well.
I'm glad this happened.
August 28th, 2018 at 2:33 PM ^
Yes, BTN through Comcast is only available in the Big Ten Network footprint. I am in Colorado so no BTN for me.
August 30th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
BTN back on my Seattle area Comcast channel guide and is active.