You have to pay extra for NFL Network now?!!? A few weeks ago I noticed the channel is not available and you need to order it. I already am paying extra for NFL Net and other channels. Whats up with that?! Anyone else noticed this?
I noticed it. I have Digital Preferred, I'd have to upgrade to DIgital PLUS. ::)
if have to hear see or read another whinefest about nfl network costing money im gonna puke
the station sucks ass...but if youre really that concerned about seeing the lions patriots game in november then go out to a bar and watch it
and if by chance you really do like the station that much pay the measly 5 bucks to get it
farg
After having it for almost a year and a half, I've come to the conclusion that the NFL Network sucks.
The "analysts" are the worst NFL "minds" on television, and the only thing it's good for is game replays.
it's content really makes me wonder if it's worth $5/month.
that's probably it's biggest indictment. i like the GOTW replays during the season, so I'll probably get it in September.
i dvr every eagle game and watch it on monday anyway...or do yous actually watch the replay of a non eagle game
usually only Eagles games, but i'm talking about the game of the week show, which is more than just a replay. it has sideline stuff and other shtein that you don't get during a regular game.
I occasionally watch replays of other games. However, I usually DVR the "Shortcut" of the game from Sunday Ticket for any game I'm interested in seeing. I get to watch every single play of any game in under 30 minutes. It kicks ass.
I get the channel with the Sunday Ticket package. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth the extra $$$.
Quote from: SunMo on July 12, 2007, 10:47:21 AM
it's content really makes me wonder if it's worth $5/month.
that's probably it's biggest indictment. i like the GOTW replays during the season, so I'll probably get it in September.
I'm pretty much with everyone else in the opinion that the NFL network itself bites. For that $5, The Sports Entertainment Package also includes 2 soccer channels, FOX college sports & NBA TV, so if any of those other channels interest you, it may be worth it.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 12, 2007, 10:49:12 AM
i dvr every eagle game and watch it on monday anyway...
same here - the NFL network has balls making people pay extra for the crap they offer
it's Comcast, not the NFLN
Quote from: SunMo on July 12, 2007, 11:25:17 AM
it's Comcast, not the NFLN
no shtein? Well they have balls. Is it free with Verizon? Cause they just installed that fios shtein in my development.
I'm pretty sure, because if I remember correctly, the NFL was pissed about it because their exposure was getting cut down.
It's not changing on my dish service.
i got an email from the nfl last week basically saying to boycott comcast and switch to direct tv or another tv source because of their surcharge
Comcast didnt want to pay the increase, every other outlet did and didnt punish their customers. Comcast was pissed about the NFL re-upping with DTV, supposedly this was Comcast trying to anger the NFL but cutting away subscribers
http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/faq_comcast (http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/faq_comcast)
I didn't see any other threads with this in so I thought I'd share my pain. I like NFL Network, regardless of all the crap, it's just another channel where I get to see more football and more other crap. It's really the only sport I can watch on a regular basis. Its bullshtein, comcast is bullshtein. I'm calling and threatening to cancel if they don't give it to me free. you care
Quote from: mussa on July 12, 2007, 12:44:56 PM
I'm calling and threatening to cancel if they don't give it to me free.
They'll call your bluff. You'll hang up the phone angrier but in the exact predicament you were before you called.
You could all just be like me and find a DirecTV hookup, pay $60 a month for EVERYTHING and get the NFL Sunday Package for free.
QuoteNFL Network Cuts Comcast Deal
The three-year-old NFL Network has quietly cut a deal for this season with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, to carry its controversial package of eight live football games on terms far weaker than the league is seeking.
Meanwhile, the NFL Network will go dark on Time Warner Cable systems recently acquired from Adelphia Communications in a bankruptcy sale.The Adelphia dispute is part of a larger duel in which the No. 2 cable operator is resisting paying the NFL network's high license fee and carriage demands. Time Warner has said the NFL is looking for a 250% increase in those fees.
When the NFL Network's new eight-game, Thursday-Saturday package kicks off on Thanksgiving, Comcast will air the games on a digital tier available to fewer than one third of its subscribers. The league has been seeking carriage on basic cable, which would be available to nearly all of the operator's 23.3 million subscribers.
While the league is seeking fees in the 70-90 cents per subscriber per month range, according to cable executives, Comcast is paying a significantly lower rate under terms of the current arrangement.Comcast seems to hold more leverage at the moment – it has the right to put the network on a digital sports and entertainment tier that is available to a tiny fraction of its subscribers.
Comcast and NFL Network executives would not comment.
The status of the Time Warner systems is more clear. Time Warner/Adelphia markets "will be dark" in those markets as of early Friday, says the NFL's Seth Palansky.About 1.3 million subscribers will be affected, including those in NFL hotbeds such as Buffalo, Cleveland and Dallas.
While noting the network may pursue some longer-term legal strategies going forward, Palansky says in the short term it will tweak its ad strategy in those markets to drive customers to outlets such as satellite carriers that air the NFL Network.
Time Warner had first removed the network from its lineup on August 1st before the FCC mandated it be put back on for 30 days.An additional 15-day extension was then negotiated, but Friday is its last day.
The NFL is pushing to get its network carried on basic cable packages as it looks to boost penetration after passing on $400 million in annual rights fees it could have commanded by selling the eight games to an outside network (one of the main bidders was Comcast's OLN/Versus).The network is currently in 41 million homes, 27 million of those via satellite carriers.
The NFL has the ability to black out the eight games on any cable carrier not paying an increased surcharge it is demanding
Yeah, I had Time Warner before DirecTV. Major penis duel going on there.
Quote from: mussa on July 12, 2007, 12:44:56 PM
I didn't see any other threads with this in so I thought I'd share my pain. I like NFL Network, regardless of all the crap, it's just another channel where I get to see more football and more other crap. It's really the only sport I can watch on a regular basis. Its bullshtein, comcast is bullshtein. I'm calling and threatening to cancel if they don't give it to me free. you care
Try saying something like this, it got me 3 free months with Tivo.
Call up Comcast and ask them what you have to do to go about cancelling your service. They will probably ask why you want to cancel, and say you were switching to Verizon FIOS because you weren't satisfied with your current service, and also you wanted the NFL Network but didn't want to pay extra for it because you are on a tight budget. They might tell you they'll be willing to pay for your sports package for a full year, or they might ask you if there is anything they can do to keep you. If they ask then mention the sports tier package.
I did something similar to Tivo and they offered to pay 3 months of my service. I told them I was interested in switching to Comcast DVR because it is cheaper and I'm on a tight budget.
Or you could not take the advice of a mumbling internet moron. The choice is yours!
they could probably do a simple check in your area, and when they realize that FiOS isn't availabe, call you a silly cvnt and hang up on you
im gonna tell them theres nothing that can stop me from switching services short of offering me free cable for the rest of MY LIFE!!
thatll get em
Fios is available in my area. I was going to wait til the NFL season started though to call and try this because if they do offer a year free I really don't care about the NFLN until the season starts. I really don't care about it until they start airing live games either. That and NFL replays are all I want it for. I can afford the $5/month, but I'm too anti-Comcast to give them the satisfaction of extra money. I've been screwed by them one too many times.
They're laying the Fios lines in my neighborhood right now. And I'm majorly pissed at how they are tearing up the properties.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/867/fios1mo2.jpg)
Majorly pissed!
I'd be pissed about a Chevy Cavalier parked on my street too.
It's completely dissimilar from being minorly pooped!
Quote from: Wingspan on July 13, 2007, 04:47:22 PM
I'd be pissed about a Chevy Cavalier parked on my street too.
That's one of mine; my daughter drives it.
The sweet former U-Haul truck is NOT mine.
(http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/7040/fios3bk0.jpg)
BTW...apparently they couldn't tunnel under my driveway (I live in Rock Central). So they cut a 6-inch trench through it. And the driveways of the next two neighbors up the street.
Who cares. 2 of those games mean something and you could just go to a bar if you need to watch it. farg the NFL and Comcast.
Those guys dont give a shtein Sus, they are contracted by Verizon. They actually were breaking into peoples houses in my parents neighborhood. One of their friends caught the guys breaking into his shed, ran out with his gun they took off but left their Verizon Bolt cutters with their names on it
Ha - Sus has illegal Mexicans installing his cable. They're probably Cowboys fans too.