I did some playing around with the app last night. I live in Seattle and in the main "guide" area of the iPhone app I get access to the national network and Washington. In the "networks" area of the app, I only get access to the national network (no Washington access). No where do I get access to the other regional channels. So the multi sport pack doesn't appear to do me any good (I should drop it).
Here is a clip from a Seattle Times newspaper interview with head of the Pac12 network:
".....The Pac-12 Networks has asked its cable partners to “flip” the national and regional feeds on basic subscription plans — meaning the Pac-12 national feed would become part of the basic cable plan (ideally in high definition, too) — though it seems unlikely that the flip would happen before the start of the football season.
“We have been working diligently with all of our providers to make Pac-12 Network — which showcases all 12 schools — the primary network and offer it to their customers in HD,” Murphy-Stephans said. “And in addition to that, if they would like to also offer the regional sports network, or all six of them, they’re welcome to do that (with no change in the subscription fee). We’ve been working on the fruition of that plan. It’s a really important shift for us because we want to make sure fans can watch whatever game they want to watch on whatever device they want to watch at any time they want to watch it."
I've also noticed the national network has changed its promos to say they carry 450 live events annually. They used to say 850 which is the actual number of live events across all regional networks.
From the newspaper article, it sounds like Dish could carry the regionals at no extra charge. What I find odd is a change like this being made mid-contract. Dish signed on with the Pac12 networks in Sept 2012. They lit up a bunch of alt channels they used for almost 3.5 years but now don't. A change like this usually occurs only at renegotiation time, not mid-way thru the contract. It's odd it happened 7.5 months before the anniversary of the agreement. Somehow this makes me hopeful Dish will carry all regionals in the near future. I know that sounds foolish. But they get the channels at no extra charge which means it's only a bandwidth issue. And as we've seen recently with RSN's, more bandwidth has now been made available.
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Here is a clip from a Seattle Times newspaper interview with head of the Pac12 network:
".....The Pac-12 Networks has asked its cable partners to “flip” the national and regional feeds on basic subscription plans — meaning the Pac-12 national feed would become part of the basic cable plan (ideally in high definition, too) — though it seems unlikely that the flip would happen before the start of the football season.
“We have been working diligently with all of our providers to make Pac-12 Network — which showcases all 12 schools — the primary network and offer it to their customers in HD,” Murphy-Stephans said. “And in addition to that, if they would like to also offer the regional sports network, or all six of them, they’re welcome to do that (with no change in the subscription fee). We’ve been working on the fruition of that plan. It’s a really important shift for us because we want to make sure fans can watch whatever game they want to watch on whatever device they want to watch at any time they want to watch it."
I've also noticed the national network has changed its promos to say they carry 450 live events annually. They used to say 850 which is the actual number of live events across all regional networks.
From the newspaper article, it sounds like Dish could carry the regionals at no extra charge. What I find odd is a change like this being made mid-contract. Dish signed on with the Pac12 networks in Sept 2012. They lit up a bunch of alt channels they used for almost 3.5 years but now don't. A change like this usually occurs only at renegotiation time, not mid-way thru the contract. It's odd it happened 7.5 months before the anniversary of the agreement. Somehow this makes me hopeful Dish will carry all regionals in the near future. I know that sounds foolish. But they get the channels at no extra charge which means it's only a bandwidth issue. And as we've seen recently with RSN's, more bandwidth has now been made available.
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