Comcast Sportsnet NW Adds Wave Broadband

[ABM]

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6610375.html

 

[Tortimer]

Never heard of Wave Broadband. I would love Comcast to make a deal with any of the big three still missing CSNW: Directv, Dish or Charter. I have Directv but would at least add or switch to which ever one gets CSNW first. You would think Comcast could make a deal with Charter which is owned by Paul Allen. Charter is the only cable that I can get at the coast.

 

[SpanishFly]

Never heard of Wave Broadband. I would love Comcast to make a deal with any of the big three still missing CSNW: Directv, Dish or Charter. I have Directv but would at least add or switch to which ever one gets CSNW first. You would think Comcast could make a deal with Charter which is owned by Paul Allen. Charter is the only cable that I can get at the coast.

We in Bend await SOMETHING, it's simply incredible in this day and age that even if I am more than willing to spend significant $$$ I cannot get any significant number of Blazer games. It simply SUCKS! I am so tired of watching lousy Internet feeds.

 

[Tortimer]

We in Bend await SOMETHING, it's simply incredible in this day and age that even if I am more than willing to spend significant $$$ I cannot get any significant number of Blazer games. It simply SUCKS! I am so tired of watching lousy Internet feeds.

Same with me. I watch every Blazer game and many hunched over my small computer monitor. I would love to have CSNW on my HDTV.

 

[VenomXL]

I feel your pain down here in Medford. Plenty of ads around for CSNW. On TV, in the paper, billboards, all wanting us to demand it from our cable or satellite provider.

 

[maxiep]

It seems there are enough data points that there's no longer an excuse for Dish or Direct not to do a deal. They may not like the figures, but the market appears to have been set.

 

[Tortimer]

It seems there are enough data points that there's no longer an excuse for Dish or Direct not to do a deal. They may not like the figures, but the market appears to have been set.

Most if not all the cable company's that have CSNW are very small and don't have the major base of customers from other parts of the country that don't want to pay for CSNW. Directv, Dish and Charter are national company's with 20 million plus customers for DirecTV and Dish and maybe Charter not sure. The way Comcast wants to put CSNW in the basic package similar to ESPN it would cost Directv way to much money for just keeping a small portion of their customer base happy. These small cable company's probably are local and having to charge more to their customers is ok because they are all customers that want CSNW. I hope I'm making sense but it is still a long ways from having Directv or Dish carry CSNW with what Comcast is demanding. Once Comcast changes their demand and counts CSNW as a regional sports network and not a premium sportsnetwork like ESPN it would be a done deal. If Comcast would just charge the going rate for a regional sports network it would have been added already. The CSNE that carries the celtics HD feed was just added recently to Directv. It was originally a FSN regional channel that Comcast bought and was already in the Directv regional sports package. If Comcast really wanted to add CSNW to Directv or Dish they just have to be realistic and not try and get premium value like ESPN for a small regional sports network only people in the NW would want.

 

[hasoos]

CSNW picture is absolutely horrible. It reminds me of a normal version upscaled to HD, and not a good HD resolution at that. One night the game was on both NBATV and CSNW and you could go back and forth between the two and it was like going from clear to blurry.

 

[PapaG]

It seems there are enough data points that there's no longer an excuse for Dish or Direct not to do a deal. They may not like the figures, but the market appears to have been set.

Totally not true. CSNW is trying to get DirecTV and Dish to pay ESPN/ESPN 2 $$$ for the network on a subscriber basis. Perhaps the "market has been set", but clearly it's not a market that would interest at least 95% of DirecTV/Dish customers.

Let's stop blaming the other providers for this and point the finger at the Blazers, who bungled this situation no matter how you look at it. The Oden injury sure throws a kink in the CSNW attack of the ads though, huh? A slow start isn't exactly going to have people flooding their own providers for a deal.

 

[PapaG]

Once Comcast changes their demand and counts CSNW as a regional sports network and not a premium sportsnetwork like ESPN it would be a done deal. If Comcast would just charge the going rate for a regional sports network it would have been added already. The CSNE that carries the celtics HD feed was just added recently to Directv. It was originally a FSN regional channel that Comcast bought and was already in the Directv regional sports package. If Comcast really wanted to add CSNW to Directv or Dish they just have to be realistic and not try and get premium value like ESPN for a small regional sports network only people in the NW would want.

Bingo, game, set, match. Comcast's scheme this year was to basically peel off as many satellite customers in the Portland area as they could as the "new Blazers" took the league by storm early in the year. Now, an injury to Oden, a brutal schedule, and a young team means that a 7-11 record after November would be above my expectation at this point. Hence, the casual fan starts losing interest, Comcast stops advertising, and either (A) the advertisers, or (B) the Blazers impact a change in Comcast's attitude about CSNW. As a customer of DirecTV, I have no ill feelings at all with them refusing to treat hinky-dink Comcast Sports Northwest the same as the ytreat and pay ESPN/ESPN 2. The only ill feelings I get when I think about this are directed at the Blazers and Comcast, and I promise that I will never give Comcast a cent of my money for services they own for the rest of my life. I've been burned before by them.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

CSNW picture is absolutely horrible. It reminds me of a normal version upscaled to HD, and not a good HD resolution at that. One night the game was on both NBATV and CSNW and you could go back and forth between the two and it was like going from clear to blurry.

THIS IS SO TRUE! I am a directv customer. I finally sold out and ADDED comcast just to see the Blazers. Got it installed yesterday. Picture looks terrible compared to Directv. I do not see a CSNWHD in the lineup, I'm assuming I'll get the CSNW Blazers games which are broadcast in HD?

 

[VenomXL]

I'm watching the Blazers pre-game and CSNW has a pretty aggressive commercial where they call out Direct TV, Dish, and Charter by name.

Interesting.

 

[PapaG]

I'm watching the Blazers pre-game and CSNW has a pretty aggressive commercial where they call out Direct TV, Dish, and Charter by name.

Interesting.

"Desparate" seems a better term. Comcast stock still down almost 40% compared to their 52 week high, and DirecTV is worth $6 more per share. This is pure comedy.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I heard a rumor that Bend cable (not sure of the exact name) has struck a deal with CSN.

 

[maxiep]

"Desparate" seems a better term. Comcast stock still down almost 40% compared to their 52 week high, and DirecTV is worth $6 more per share. This is pure comedy.

Do you really think that has to do with CSNW?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

"Desparate" seems a better term. Comcast stock still down almost 40% compared to their 52 week high, and DirecTV is worth $6 more per share. This is pure comedy.

Directv's current stock price is $19 and their 52 week high is $29 . .. Directv stock is down about 35% compared to their 52 week high. But then again almost all stocks are way off their 52 week high.

In any event I doubt either stock price is effected much by this Blazer battle.

 

[SpanishFly]

I heard a rumor that Bend cable (not sure of the exact name) has struck a deal with CSN.

Seriously? Please make my day! any link or more on that?