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Originally Posted by wolves2002
If you do the math, here is what the Big Ten Network is asking Comcast for.
For subscribers in the Big Ten region: $1.10 X 5.7 million subscribers X 12 =
about $ 75 million per year.
Will Comcast lose enough subscribers to satellite to cost them $75 million?
I am a TW subscriber and if you look at basic cable as TW defines it, there is not much there. Channels 2-27. No ESPN, no Fox Sports, no STO, no CNN. You get local broadcast channels, WUAB, WGN, WTBS, shopping channels, History channel and HNN.
If I recall, there was no problem with adding STO. If the Big Ten would agree to the Standard tier like the Indians did rather than Basic, it would probably get done.
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I asked a friend at Time Warner about this. TW actually defines what is really a limited basic as "Basic" and their true basic as their "Standard". They would like the Big 10 network on the Standard lineup but the cable companies want to add it as a premium channel on the digital lineup (ex. ESPN News).
I was supposed to have good news on WOW! finalizing a deal on Monday but it doesn't look like it is going to happen yet. Someone needs to budge for the others to do so.