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DirecTV has notified its customers that it will drop sports channel Versus on Sept. 1 unless the two can work out a carriage agreement.

Versus, formerly Outdoor Life Network, was rebranded in 2006 and is the home of the National Hockey League as well as collegiate sports from the Pac-10, Big 12, Mountain West and Ivy League conferences, the Tour de France bicycle race, Davis Cup Tennis, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cage fighting (WEC), the Indy Racing League and Professional Boxing.

The network is available in about 75 million homes and is wholly-owned by Comcast. It is unclear how many subscribers the network has on DirecTV, which has about 24.2 million subscribers overall.

In a statement, DirecTV said that the dispute centers on carriage fees. According to SNL Kagan, Versus was getting about 18 cents per subscriber per month in carriage fees from cable operators in 2009.

#2

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

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DirecTV has notified its customers that it will drop sports channel Versus
on Sept. 1 unless the two can work out a carriage agreement.

They always seem to work out an agreement.

#3

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

DirecTV has notified its customers that it will drop sports channel Versus
on Sept. 1 unless the two can work out a carriage agreement.

Versus, formerly Outdoor Life Network, was rebranded in 2006 and is the
home of the National Hockey League as well as collegiate sports from the
Pac-10, Big 12, Mountain West and Ivy League conferences, the Tour de
France bicycle race, Davis Cup Tennis, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR),
World Extreme Cage fighting (WEC), the Indy Racing League and Professional
Boxing.

The network is available in about 75 million homes and is wholly-owned by
Comcast. It is unclear how many subscribers the network has on DirecTV,
which has about 24.2 million subscribers overall.

In a statement, DirecTV said that the dispute centers on carriage fees.
According to SNL Kagan, Versus was getting about 18 cents per subscriber
per month in carriage fees from cable operators in 2009.

DTV sucks anyway. my Brother has that and every time a thunder storm rolls
by it goes pout for 45 minutes or more.

#4

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:24:00 -0400, "Von Fourche"
<khonakong (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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They always seem to work out an agreement.

Yes - usually. ESPN and Cox went through this a few years ago.

Ken Plotkin

#5

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:24:00 -0400, Von Fourche <khonakong (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
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"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote in message
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DirecTV has notified its customers that it will drop sports channel
Versus
on Sept. 1 unless the two can work out a carriage agreement.

They always seem to work out an agreement.

If not, how far below .14 can it go? lol

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#6

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:31:22 -0400, Ray O'Hara <raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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DTV sucks anyway. my Brother has that and every time a thunder storm rolls
by it goes pout for 45 minutes or more.

Well there you have it, conclusive proof. I suggest you have him check
his disk alignment.

Bob

#7

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:31:22 -0400, Ray O'Hara <raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

DTV sucks anyway. my Brother has that and every time a thunder storm
rolls
by it goes pout for 45 minutes or more.

Well there you have it, conclusive proof. I suggest you have him check
his disk alignment.

Bob

his disk alignment is fine. the service is too weather dependent.

#8

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:21:13 -0400, Ray O'Hara <raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:slrnh906mh.5n2.bob (AT) localhost (DOT) localdomain...
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:31:22 -0400, Ray O'Hara <raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

DTV sucks anyway. my Brother has that and every time a thunder storm
rolls
by it goes pout for 45 minutes or more.

Well there you have it, conclusive proof. I suggest you have him check
his disk alignment.

Bob

his disk alignment is fine. the service is too weather dependent.

And you determined exactly how? I have never had a problem with wx.

Bob

#9

If you're a Comcast cable subscriber, weather-related problems aren't
unusual either.

#10

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:21:13 -0400, Ray O'Hara <raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:slrnh906mh.5n2.bob (AT) localhost (DOT) localdomain...
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:31:22 -0400, Ray O'Hara
raymond-ohara (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

DTV sucks anyway. my Brother has that and every time a thunder storm
rolls
by it goes pout for 45 minutes or more.

Well there you have it, conclusive proof. I suggest you have him check
his disk alignment.

Bob

his disk alignment is fine. the service is too weather dependent.

And you determined exactly how? I have never had a problem with wx.

Bob

by being there when the service gets knocked out during an electric storm.
ot when it has problems during a major blizzard.
we have those things here in New England.
I have cable and have never lost connection during a storm.