[NU Sports] TV for Wisconsin Game

Tue Oct 3 09:46:47 CDT 2006

This is brain-dead.  I get the stupid ESPN360 ISP pop-up as well, and I'm 
trying to access the page from the Northwestern on-campus network.  Is 
Northwestern University supposed to pay ESPN some fee for the "privilege" 
of using a crappy internet video feed to watch our own football team 
playing football this weekend?

I can see that old people who don't understand the internet might try to 
convince ISPs to pay for a service that ISP subscribers don't really want, 
but why restrict Universities?  Even an internet-ignorant old person (like 
those running ESPN) should be able to figure this out.

Jonathan

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Jonathan Hodges wrote:

> Coach -
>
> Same response here when I try to access the ESPN360 content (although I can
> access the other content in the ESPN player).  Looks like no video for the
> game (unless anyone knows of an open proxy on the Verizon network).
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 10/2/06, Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> When I go to the link below, I get into an ESPN screen that has ESPN360 as
>> one
>> of the program choices. When you click on that particular box, right now
>> it's an
>> interview with donavan McNabb, a window pops up that says: "Sorry, you
>> need
>> access to ESPN360 to view the selected content. Don't give up the fight!
>> The
>> All-Access period for ESPN360 is over, but the battle with sports video
>> deficiency lasts a lifetime."
>> 
>> Click the "find out more" box, and you get another screen that asks you to
>> help
>> them get wider access, and at the bottom is another click box, "I Want
>> ESPN36-!"
>> 
>> These are the ISPs that currently have a deal with ESPN: Frontier
>> US Cable, Verizon, BELD, Charter LA, Charter Stl, Grande, Mediacom,
>> MidHudson,
>> SMU
>> StarStream, MTC, Iowa Network Services, Conway, Liberty PR
>> 
>> If you have Verizon as your isp, you can get ESPN360.
>> 
>> If you have Comcast, one of the nation's top providers, you get nothing.
>> 
>> As I said, it's a P*ssing match between ABC/ESPN/Disney and Comcast over
>> coverage and rights fees.
>> 
>> I've been asking Comcast for ESPNU for two years now, but I'm still
>> waiting. So
>> much for customer demand.
>> 
>> Does anyone know what the rights fees for ESPN360 are?
>> 
>> rsl
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
>> > [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
>> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 4:29 PM
>> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] TV for Wisconsin Game
>> >
>> >
>> > Here's the info I got from NU concerning the game on ESPN360:
>> >
>> > ----
>> > This is all that I know...
>> >
>> > http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnJump?showID=360
>> >
>> > If you can click on on the "Launch ESPN360" and you get a
>> > screen that says "launch video player," you should be fine.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Michael J. Wolf
>> > Asst. AD for Media Services
>> > Northwestern University
>> > ----
>> >
>> > Jonathan
>> >
>> > On 10/2/06, AJWDBW at aol.com <AJWDBW at aol.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >  I would venture a guess that as we become more competitive we will
>> > > appear more on the regular ESPN/ABC schedules.
>> > >
>> > > Don Williams C55
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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