Still think fees rise forever?

[whaler11]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/comcast...s_f&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[IMind]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/comcast...s_f&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Magically this will be worked out before the beginning of baseball season... but you're right. Yankees in CT would never have been an issue until recently. I think we're going to see a ton of consolidation before too long. The internet is going to do to cable what it did to the print media. Lots of consolidation. I think the TV industry will do better than the news paper industry... but it's going to hurt getting there.

 

[CL82]

I agree with you that market is changing but I don't think the YES/Comcast negotiation is indicative of what conferences (like the B1G) will get for their Tier 1 rights.

 

[SubbaBub]

This is a standard contract squabble. Comcast has the hammer because no one in West Hartford cares about the Nets. Come April, the scale tips and they get a deal. Comcast saves 5 months of payments, Yes gets a bump in April worth about the same.

If UCONN were on YES, this wouldn't be happening.

 

[hamster]

This is a standard contract squabble. Comcast has the hammer because no one in West Hartford cares about the Nets. Come April, the scale tips and they get a deal. Comcast saves 5 months of payments, Yes gets a bump in April worth about the same.

If UCONN were on YES, this wouldn't be happening.

This appears to be system wide, New jersey too

 

[whaler11]

Yep - the Big Ten is going to get whatever their hearts desires... nothing to see anywhere - Comcast fighting back and ESPN dumping people has nothing to do with the market in upheaval.

 

[Fishy]

Now if I would have posted that, you'd have thrown a tantrum about me celebrating the end of the rights fee cash cow.

 

[whaler11]

Now if I would have posted that, you'd have thrown a tantrum about me celebrating the end of the rights fee cash cow.

Yeah pointing out an ACC network would be good for UConn's candidacy is a 'tantrum'.

You did get my point though - reaction to news here is filtered through fantasy. If one still thinks the Big Ten is going to save UConn - you might need to go back to the drawing board.

 

[NYUConn]

Yeah pointing out an ACC network would be good for UConn's candidacy is a 'tantrum'.

You did get my point though - reaction to news here is filtered through fantasy. If one still thinks the Big Ten is going to save UConn - you might need to go back to the drawing board.

Sorry all I read was "good for UConn" and stopped.

Great news here. Thanks for sharing.

 

[whaler11]

Sorry all I read was "good for UConn" and stopped.

Great news here. Thanks for sharing.

Don't worry I don't need another primer on the Big Ten fever dreams.

Sarcasm is good enough.

 

[NYUConn]

Don't worry I don't need another primer on the Big Ten fever dreams.

Sarcasm is good enough.

I'm just playing with you. I completely understand the point you're making.

FWIW I don't think there is any path towards either conference at the moment, though I do tend to be in the camp that thinks the B1G is more likely if for no other reason than that if we were ACC-bound, we'd be there by now.

 

[pepband99]

Yep - the Big Ten is going to get whatever their hearts desires... nothing to see anywhere - Comcast fighting back and ESPN dumping people has nothing to do with the market in upheaval.

the market is in upheaval, but this is also just a normal squabble. It's also YES, who is a known problem child when it comes to RSNs and cost.

Dish network has been without YES and SNY for years and years due to things like this - far before upheaval.