[Husker] Games on Versus network

[Dana Williams]

We sure have come a long way from the days when ABC broadcast their ONE college football game every Saturday. Anyone remember having an antenna or, gasp, watching a game in black and white?

 

Dana in O.C. 
 

 
> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:18 -0400
> From: ksterling at mindspring.com
> To: nickchevance at gmail.com; mikejaixen at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Games on Versus network
> CC: husker at tssi.com
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Oct 21, 2009 12:55 PM
> >To: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> >Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Husker] Games on Versus network
> >
> >WARNING: Lack of relevance to Nebraska Football ahead.
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> The background I have on the issues between Versus and DirecTV is that, at it's core, it's a cable vs. satellite issue.  Versus is owned by Comcast, a major cable provider nationwide, and Comcast is looking to "stick it" to DirectTV as a competitor in many of their markets.
> >>
> >> It's basically a big game of chicken where the customers are the pawns.
> >>
> >>  Mike Jaixen
> >
> >This is one of the reasons (not the only) why I finally dropped Dish
> >after nearly 10 years of service with them and went with Cox. We had
> >several issues with Dish and some of their suppliers in the last
> >couple of years that just drove me crazy.
> >
> >Mike actually understates it a bit - Comcast is THE largest cable
> >company in the country, not just a major one. And they proposed to
> >Direct TV a price for Versus that supposedly was twice or more the
> >previously negotiated price. But on the other hand, supposedly Direct
> >TV was going to repackage Versus as part of their higher tier (extra
> >money paid by user) service, so supposedly Comcast made the proposal
> >in order to lessen the profit that Direct could make by doing so.
> >Lots of supposed's in this, but I had been sort of tracking this sort
> >of thing when I was a Dish user. And Mike hits the nail on the head -
> >its the user who gets it in the end. Either lack of access to a
> >channel that doesn't have a replacement for the programming it
> >provides, or gets nailed for higher fees for programming they were
> >already paying for.
> >
> >And, by the way, I'm not all that crazy about Cox either.
> >
> >Nick
> >-- 
> 
> Substitute ESPN and Cablevision relative to ESPNU above and you get another true story.
> 
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