Isn't the same thing going to happen to the Big Ten Network? I think the deal may have been that NFL network was sampled in AT100 and eventually would move to AT 200.
Another possibility is that Dish negotiated "Most-favored nation" terms. That is that if someone else got a better deal, Dish would get it as well.
So maybe one of the big cable companies like TW is getting a new deal soon with new terms, and that the dish move is part of that.
That would be nice if they struck a deal with TWC and Comcast to place The NFL Network on basic or expanded basic cable, and this move is to counter that.
I really doubt it, but it would be nice.
I have a Dish NOW! prepaid setup(got it dirt cheap from someone wanting to get rid of it at a garage sale), installed it myself, and use it like a PPV/A La Carte service.
I have TWC for expanded basic(and local HD channels, along with an antenna for more distant OTA stations), and use the DishNOW!/YA! setup as a SUPPLEMENT for the channels I do not receive.
I like too watch boxing on HBO, and Showtime. They have some good title and non title fights(granted the best are usually reserved for PPV, and this is not available on this type of setup YET, but could be down the road).
I simply prepay for one or two days of HBO or Showtime(using the Greendot MoneyPak) and watch the fight for about $1-$2(this includes taxes), and maybe catch a movie or two if it looks like soemthing I would like to watch.
Definitely would not pay a monthly fee on ANY of those premiums though. Way too little content to interest me. The movies are repeated to much for me to justify the monthly cost of any them.
I be doing this again this weekend with the Heavyweight Unification Title fight on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 10:00pm, which is on HBO. It also looks like they have an interesting documentary about Joe Louis which I would like to see.
Definitely worth $1-$2, but not $16/month, but that is just me.
Anyway, I did the same thing this past fall/winter with the games on the NFL network in November.
I would sign up for a day or two of AT100, and watch the NFL game that Thursday night, Then let it go until the next week.
If that game seemed interesting. Out of the 8 shown this year, I only actually watched 4 of them. The other half were DUDS, that is for sure. But that could change next year. You never know.
It just looks like it may cost me a little more to do this, but it is still worth it IMHO.
Good supplement, and about as close as one can get to A la Carte programming.
