RACJ2
12-11-09, 01:00 PM
Came across this article about a Comcast-DirecTV arbitration hearing set for 12/14 over the NE RSN [Link (http://www.multichannel.com/article/439807-Comcast_DirecTV_Face_Arbitration_Deadline_Over_New _England_Regional_Sports_Network.php)]. Hopefully they work something out with the rest of the RSN's they own and we end up with more HD on NHLCI, etc. Here is a portion of it:
Comcast and DirecTV are sitting on both sides of the negotiating table as both distributors and programmers.
"What started out with CSN New England and CSN Bay Area, now extends to nine networks; it's complicated," said one executive familiar with the negotiations.
In addition to Versus and CSN New England, there are trio of other arbitration cases involving CSN Bay Area, CSN California and CSN Chicago; negotiations for CSN Northwest, which is not carried by DirecTV; and a trio of RSNs now under the DirecTV Sports Network banner, following the completion of the split-off transaction from Liberty Media Corp. last month that combined DirecTV Group and Liberty Entertainment Inc. Liberty Sports was rebranded DirecTV Sports Networks, which is now a subsidiary of DirecTV.
Comcast and DirecTV are sitting on both sides of the negotiating table as both distributors and programmers.
"What started out with CSN New England and CSN Bay Area, now extends to nine networks; it's complicated," said one executive familiar with the negotiations.
In addition to Versus and CSN New England, there are trio of other arbitration cases involving CSN Bay Area, CSN California and CSN Chicago; negotiations for CSN Northwest, which is not carried by DirecTV; and a trio of RSNs now under the DirecTV Sports Network banner, following the completion of the split-off transaction from Liberty Media Corp. last month that combined DirecTV Group and Liberty Entertainment Inc. Liberty Sports was rebranded DirecTV Sports Networks, which is now a subsidiary of DirecTV.