INDEMAND will carry MLB EI? No so fast says MLB... How about E*?

[RVD420]

Yet they carry just about EVERY other RSN in America. Maybe Charlie is just a Yankees hater. It couldn't be that the Yankees want more money than everyone else, could it?

The Bankees want more money and want to be in the cheapest package (At100 now I think)

Echostar had at one time offered YES to carry then alacarte and YES would get all of the money.

Bankees said no.

 

[Peter Parker]

I said what I would like to see...

Wishful thinking on my part. But at least you can still watch the Red Sox. I can't.

 

[Sean Mota]

Charlie once said on a Charlie Chat...

That if Cablevision was able to get a deal with Yes, then Dish would carry Yes.

Cablevision got a deal with YES, however YES was never mentioned by Charlie on the air again.

I am glad you remember that Scott because a few forgot about that quote. I remember that and still no YES on Dish....

 

[Peter Parker]

And dont forget, Dish Network still does not carry the yankees on the Yes Network.

Yes Network is now 5 years old! My how time flies!

And no Nats or Orioles from MASN either.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

MASN is actually uplinked.

 

[Peter Parker]

It sis uplinked but there is still no deal. BTW belive it or not there are 2 MASNs. Even if there is a deal I am not sure what I will get. But I know I won't get to see the Red Sox.

 

[mdonnelly]

Charlie once said on a Charlie Chat...

That if Cablevision was able to get a deal with Yes, then Dish would carry Yes.

Cablevision got a deal with YES, however YES was never mentioned by Charlie on the air again.

Har, har! Charlie snookered Dolan into another bad business deal.

 

[RVD420]

I don't think Dolan needs to be snookered into a bad deal.

Dumped millions into Voom and when it went under he sold Voom assetts (R1 and the TP licenses for next to nothing)

 

[fredfa]

I do believe it IS a crooked deal.

They want Dish and Cable to pay the same as DirecTV, but they are not giving them all the they are giving to DirecTV for the price, and this is partial ownership of the upcoming MLB Baseball Channel.

Why should other companies pay the same as DirecTV but not get all the same perks that DirecTV is getting?

Is that similar to the Comcast/Cox/TWC demand that Dish and DirecTV pay for each "digital" subscriber to receive InHD, knowing that the two DBS companies were all digital and the cable cos were then at about 10% digital?

That would have meant Dish and DirecTV would have (together) paid more than five times as much for InHD as the cable companies -- (which of course owned it and weren't offering a share of the ownership pie). As I understand it, both DirecTV and Dish were willing to pay the same per sub rate as the cablecos as long as it was per HD sub. Cable refused the deal.

But Comcast/Cox,TWC want us to forget all that.

The big companies (all of them) just whine and moan and bring up straw men at every chance. Ownership has nothing to do with the deal regarding the financials.

No one demanded an ownership of ESPN (or even the NFL Network). This is a bogus argument from the start. DirecTV is paying its money up front, no matter the number of subs, and is guaranteeing all subs get the Baseball Channel. DirecTV has a track record with MLB regarding EI. It has promoted MLB-EI very aggressively and has six times as many EI subs as Dish -- and more than the inHD constortium -- even though they have 50 million subs.

InDemand is saying it will pay on a subscriber basis and offer a similar number of homes as DirecTV -- or about a third of the Comcast/Cox/TWC subs. Doesn't sound similar to me at all.

 

[RandallA]

Was channel 625 there before? I see to order MLB Extra Innings call the 1-800-333-DISH number.

 

[technoguy]

Was channel 625 there before? I see to order MLB Extra Innings call the 1-800-333-DISH number.

True....This mean they got an agreement?

 

[RandallA]

I don't know. I checked yesterday and I didn't see this channel there. I'm asking if someone noticed it there before.

I just checked the website and I see the same information I saw this morning.

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/whats_on_dish/pay_per_view/sports/baseball/index.shtml

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

It looks like this...

 

[HokieEngineer]

Its all falling into place... MASN uplinked, MLB EI EPG guide data, and now 625 is there for subs to call and subscribe. I bet we hear an announcement sometime before opening day

 

[laman400]

Sorry to rain on the parade, guys, but channel 625 has been there since the season ended last October. It has had the same message displayed for the last 6 months 24/7. I'm still hoping for a last minute miracle though.

 

[IceRunner]

Even two days before the hockey season, all the Center Ice games weren't on the programming guide, so the fact that there still is just channel 625 means nothing either way.

 

[Peter Parker]

I have no knowledge of a deal and I am skeptical. But one allegation is that there are games in the guide data. We will see.

 

[HokieEngineer]

those SKDL if I remember from JohnH are mirrors of the ALT channels 444 thru 453, not for MLB Extra Innings.

My joy might have been a little premature... While they have MLB games listed on the sports channels, for right now they are only mapped to the ALT channels which are only available to viewers in certain areas. None of them are mapped to the MLB channels in the 625 range.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yes I was just getting TSreader to read the extended guide and noticed no games are mapped to the MLB channels.

 

[rad]

So why doesn't someone that wants MLB-EI call the 800 number shown on 625 and see what they say vs. just guessing?