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How does Time Warner continue not to broadcast NFL Network?

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Seriously, what the fug. How does Time Warner go this many years without broadcasting NFL Network without any ill effects, this is starting to piss me off if they don't pick up NFL Network soon. fug having bundled service prices, Ill switch just to have my NFL Network. This is pissing me off that I can't watch the Indy and Detriot game right now. Or any of the other Thursday Night games coming.

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TW Cable wanted to carry the NFL Network. Because they have to pay a fee to the NFL to carry the network, they wanted to add it to one of their premium packages (which most NFL fans would buy). However, the NFL tried to mandate that they carry it as part of their basic package.

Thus, the NFL wanted to charge TW Cable, but then not allow them to recoup their costs from customers.

The issue is probably more the NFL's falult than TW Cable's fault.

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That's bull... Most other providers offer it all on basic plans. They wouldn't do that at a loss, the commercial revenue and simply customer satisfaction justify it.

Both parties are guilty of greed, but I place the larger fault on T/W they're forsaking their customers for greed.

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I agree, this does suck. TW gets my money, Sat gets your money... so why should either of them compromise just because the customers want something extra. They don't care about giving us what we want. They'll just feed us a bone here and there so they can keep eating. The bottom line is that they won't care till we can pull together and hit where it hurts. Keep our monies till they give us what we want. We should be in control, not them. But of course this won't happen

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Time Warner is worthless. They try to monopolize the market, and have lost a lot of customers because of it. Every other major cable carrier in the US carries NFL Network. I just switched to Dish Network last week because I am fed up with TW. More channels, better picture, less money. Can't beat that.

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That's bull... Most other providers offer it all on basic plans. They wouldn't do that at a loss, the commercial revenue and simply customer satisfaction justify it.

Both parties are guilty of greed, but I place the larger fault on T/W they're forsaking their customers for greed.

If the NFL charges TW, Direct, etc. then you are a customer of the NFL as well. This would make them equally guilty.

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The reason NFLN wants to be included on the basic package is that channels like Golf TV, Gol TV (soccer) and IIRC MLB TV, all channels that TW owns at least partially, are all on the basic package.

The BS for us the fans is that because of the dispute NFLN is on the verge of shutting down. Reports are they are losing more money than NFL Europe was before it closed.

Down with TimeWarner!!!

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Not quite BS...

Here's the thing. The NFL gets a fee for every house that gets their channel. TWs plan to put it in a sports package would ensure that every NFL fan that wanted it could get it and pay for it. The NFL said no to that plan and insisted that TW put it in their basic package ensuring that they got the fee for EVERY TW subscriber, not just the ones who want it.

Pure unmitigated greed on the part of the NFL and possibly the ONLY time that TW was looking to keep the cable bill from going up.

Dish Network does not offer NFL Network on their basic package, you must get the Top 200. Direct TV does offer it in the basic Classic package.

So NFL Network does it both ways already but TWC can't negotiate a suitable agreement with NFLN for their subscribers.

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But that station doesn't cost TW $.90/customer.

If the NFLN would accept being paid for each of the subscribers that watched their channel this would all be a done deal. Instead they want to get money for people who don't care about their product, are not fans of sports at all, and would never tune in to watch their programming.

The NFLN wants $.90 for people who only have the most basic of packages and dont even get ESPN.

I love the NFL but they couldn't be any more wrong on this one.

In addition I first had NFL Network on Century Cable my local cable provider. Time Warner came in and bought out Century Cable and in their dollar driven eyes removed NFL Network from my channel options. At that point I removed TWC from my home.

Also dropped their way overpriced internet as well. KMA TWC.

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