[Husker] Games on Versus network

[Mike Jaixen]

Ironically, when I got one of those fancy flat-screen TV's a couple of years ago, I went an bought an antenna and installed it in my attic because my current cable company doesn't offer HD programming.  We have another cable company in our area that offers HD programming for $30 a month more than I'm paying, but only if I subscribe to their internet service (but at a tier that runs about 1/3 as fast as my current internet) and their phone service.  At that time, the only HD sports channels they offered were ESPN and ESPN2...and I figured that for $400 a year, I could buy an antenna to at least get the broadcast networks in HD.

(Plus now I get channel 10 out of Lincoln...)  Eventually, I'll probably get a dish because everything is in HD now, but for now, I'm enjoying the fact that I'm getting FSN, ESPN, ESPN2, and Versus and only paying $35 a month.

 Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com



----- Original Message ----
From: Dana Williams <mug135 at hotmail.com>
To: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Wed, October 21, 2009 4:23:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Games on Versus network


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
> 
> 
> 
> -----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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