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D and The Tennis Channel?

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#1 ·
O.K. I know that many of you think I'm :beatdeadhorse: about this topic. So I thought I might as well do my beating in a thread. That way those that aren't interested can just skip this thread. I saw a post in another Forum from a tennis fan that is currently at the tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. The Tennis Channel has a booth at the tournament and this tennis fan has Directv. So the question came up when was TTC going to get picked up by D? The person at the booth said D was going to test TTC at the French Open in May and that TTC could be seen on D by this summer. Sounds great right :) However, TTC people have been saying for years that D is going to pick them up and so far no luck :( :raspberry I don't suppose anyone here would have any insider information on if this is actually going to happen or not? I keep reading things that get my hope up only to have it not be true :nono2:
 
#27 ·
-giggles- You know, if I was a sports fan, I would be IN love with D* at times...As it is, I like the channels offered well enough. And there is only one person in my entire house of 4 that even remotely likes them...Too bad last season she didn't have much access on Sundays to the DVR :p
 
#28 ·
okietekkie said:
-giggles- You know, if I was a sports fan, I would be IN love with D* at times...As it is, I like the channels offered well enough. And there is only one person in my entire house of 4 that even remotely likes them...Too bad last season she didn't have much access on Sundays to the DVR :p
Well I'm lucky to have a family of sports lovers :) And I have to say with the one except of tennis that D does do a great job with sports :goodjob:
 
#29 ·
OHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I have been reading on some tennis sites that D is going to test The Tennis Channel, but it is going to be at the French Open
:eek2: Neither the U.S. men nor women Tennis Players play well on Clay :( The FO is probably the Slam the fans in the U.S. are the least interested in due to the poor play of our players :( :( D is not going to get an accurate test, if that information is indeed true :down: :icon_lame I almost hope the information isn't true because the FO will be a terrible test for The Tennis Channel :down:
 
#31 ·
cpemberton said:
Well, I think they are testing it at the French Open, because Tennis Channel owns the broadcast rights. They will be reselling to ESPN, but probably not the quarterfinals on up. We'll see how that goes.
It is just not a good market test :( The U.S. players are awful on clay and even I wasn't thinking of watching much of the FO :nono2: But if it is true that D is testing The Tennis Channel at the FO I will have to tune in now :rolleyes:
 
#32 ·
Just watching Tennis makes me feel like I worked out! -giggles-
 
#34 ·
Me too! I trip over AIR, what all would I trip over on court?
 
#36 ·
No. All you have to do is select Edit Avatar in your UserCP and choose either to upload your own or hotlink from a another website.

http://www.dbstalk.com/profile.php?do=editavatar

Never understood the whole 'Coming Soon' thing myself. :)
 
#37 ·
Dolly said:
It is just not a good market test :( The U.S. players are awful on clay and even I wasn't thinking of watching much of the FO :nono2: But if it is true that D is testing The Tennis Channel at the FO I will have to tune in now :rolleyes:
It's true that RG is not the best test market for tennis in the US, but really I think there is no good test market. US Open has been losing viewers for years and with American players on the decline (sorry, it's just a fact), I don't expect any change. I'm certainly looking forward to RG; if they get to the final, it will be the most competitive match between Federer and Nadal. For the time being, I'm sorry to say that the broadcast market for tennis in the US is doomed.
 
#38 ·
cpemberton said:
It's true that RG is not the best test market for tennis in the US, but really I think there is no good test market. US Open has been losing viewers for years and with American players on the decline (sorry, it's just a fact), I don't expect any change. I'm certainly looking forward to RG; if they get to the final, it will be the most competitive match between Federer and Nadal. For the time being, I'm sorry to say that the broadcast market for tennis in the US is doomed.
Sorry your wrong about the U.S. Open. More people have been not only going to see it in person, but the TV ratings have been higher also. And D did a great job last year with its interactive matches at the U.S. Open. I sure hope they do that again this year :) I love Nadal :heart: but I'm totally sick of Federer :barf:
 
#39 ·
JLucPicard said:
Way off topic, but Dolly and okietekkie, the "Coming Soon" signs have been up for quite a while - what's up with your avitars? Does it really take that long?
It's the only one on site you can use so you will have to ask Earl about it :lol: I can't upload an Avatar :( Actually for me it works fine--Coming Soon...The Tennis Channel to D :) Yes I know :beatdeadhorse:
 
#40 ·
I want to do a pic of one of my doggies...But em...It can only be a certain size or something...I will have to try when I am at home :) Can't do it at work :p
 
#41 ·
Dolly said:
Sorry your wrong about the U.S. Open. More people have been not only going to see it in person, but the TV ratings have been higher also. And D did a great job last year with its interactive matches at the U.S. Open. I sure hope they do that again this year :) I love Nadal :heart: but I'm totally sick of Federer :barf:
ANd the US Open was in HD last year!!!! (On CBS and on USA, on a virtual channel!!!!) :up:
 
#42 ·
Dolly said:
It's the only one on site you can use so you will have to ask Earl about it :lol: I can't upload an Avatar :( Actually for me it works fine--Coming Soon...The Tennis Channel to D :) Yes I know :beatdeadhorse:
Dolly since you love tennis you need to put on one of those tennis outfits poise for a picture and use that for your avatar.:D
 
#43 ·
Elistan98 said:
I would pay extra for The Anime Network and The Funimation channel. At least you can watch tennis on ESPN or Network Channels when the major tourneys are going on. Im not saying I dont want D* to pick up the Tennis Channel, but there are niche channels other than sports and I would like D* to look into them before adding yet another sports channel.
Aye, I would pay extra for TAN and Funimation. It's frustrating to see those channels not on Directv..but channels like Ion still are wasting bandwith. All Ion shows is infomercials. I'm hoping they ditch G4 and Ion and give us The Anime Network.

I would love to see the Tennis Channel too. The more TV time that Maria gets, the better! ;)
 
#44 ·
There, an Avatar has finally arrived! Couldn't find a decent one with all of them, so I chose my boy Duke :)
 
#48 ·
thanks, I might have to change them up once in a while, I love my doggies and love showing them off...except for one, who needs a thump in the head.

Now -I- have to have a service call in the morning because my youngest and dumbest dog decided the cables on the side of the house were yummy.

Great, isn't it?
 
#49 ·
okietekkie said:
thanks, I might have to change them up once in a while, I love my doggies and love showing them off...except for one, who needs a thump in the head.

Now -I- have to have a service call in the morning because my youngest and dumbest dog decided the cables on the side of the house were yummy.

Great, isn't it?
I love doggies :love1: Just so your dog is alright that is all that matters :)
 
#50 ·
Yah, she is fine :)

People need to buy my puppies, the weekend cant come sooner when the ad goes in the paper!
 
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