If Comcast doesn't like the price and the terms, they don't have to carry it. NFL says 70 cents and basic tier, Comcast says 70 cents and sports tier, NFL says hell no, Comcast doesn't carry the channel. It's the NFL's channel, they get to dictate the terms.
And if the FCC says Comcast is allowed to put the channel in the sports tier, the NFL is just going to let the contract expire on April 30th and call it a day. Comcast is not going to be able to keep the channel in the sports tier even if they win this battle, so it's incredibly pointless.
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Jeremy W @ Apr 18th 2009 3:57PM
If Comcast doesn't like the price and the terms, they don't have to carry it. NFL says 70 cents and basic tier, Comcast says 70 cents and sports tier, NFL says hell no, Comcast doesn't carry the channel. It's the NFL's channel, they get to dictate the terms.
And if the FCC says Comcast is allowed to put the channel in the sports tier, the NFL is just going to let the contract expire on April 30th and call it a day. Comcast is not going to be able to keep the channel in the sports tier even if they win this battle, so it's incredibly pointless.