Comparing Time Warner vs Direct TV
Posted by BAW on 15th Jan, 2010 in Movies and TV | 0 comments
Subscribers to satellite and cable television literally have hundreds of choices when it comes to sports programming. Pay per view sports packages like ESPN Gameplan give the subscriber access to nearly 20 college football games every weekend. Even the NCAA Men’s tournament has expanded coverage with the Mega March Madness package on Direct TV.
Content is king today, and as the saying goes the sports networks of course want to deliver as much sports content as possible to the sports fan so they can make more money on advertising. Quite a few brand new all-sports channels have sprung up over the past couple of years. Included among these are Altitude Sports, which carries Nuggets from Denver and Colorado Avalanche games, and also the Big 10 network and the Mtn, the network of the Mountain West conference.
While these new channels are nice for fans in certain areas, disagreements between the providers of content and cable networks that deliver the content have brought trouble at times to the customer. For example, the Big Ten Network began broadcasting in 2007, but they were in a carraige dispute with big cable provider Time Warner. Subscribers of Time Warner in Indiana were unable to watch some of the home town teams play because of the carraige dispute. Finally however, the companies involved came to an agreement before the 2008 season, so subscribers could stay with Time Warner instead of having to switch to one of the satellite television providers like DISH Network or Direct TV. An important thing to do when considering providers is to consider all factors, comparing DirectV or Time Warner.
Specialized sports programming packages are another option hard core sports fans should consider. Many cable customers have switched to DirecTV because the NFL Sunday ticket is exlusively on satellite TV. Many customers of large companies like Comcast are upset too, not understanding why a package like NFL Sunday Ticket isn’t available to them. Alternative packages though are more fan friendly, like the National Hockey League Center Ice and the NBA League Pass, which are available on almost every cable TV and satellite company. Direct TV seems to have all of the sports programming like the NFL Sunday Ticket package.