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D and The Tennis Channel?

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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:
 
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Danes, of course!

And btw, there are lots of people who want the Tennis Channel, but I believe you are the most enthusiastic about it!
 
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okietekkie said:
Danes, of course!

And btw, there are lots of people who want the Tennis Channel, but I believe you are the most enthusiastic about it!
:lol: Duh--sometimes I can't believe how stupid I am. Of course, they would be Danes like your Avatar. And yes since I have been trying to get D to get TTC for 3 years now I would have to say I'm the most enthusiastic about it :yesman: And I would have been trying longer than that, but I didn't find out about TTC until well after they started up. But being enthusiastic about it has not gotten me TTC :(
Of course in all fairness to D I have read where some people have said TTC isn't a good channel now. Apparently there is a lot of "fill" to the programming--you know things being repeated. I think they need the rights to more Tournaments, but they can't get that until they have more channel coverage :rolleyes: It's a no win situation right now for TTC :nono2: :(
 
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TTC has to get on D! If they could tell the tennis tournaments that D carried them, I know they would get the rights to more tournaments. D is the "gold standard" when it comes to sports :sunsmile: So TTC needs D, but D can get along just fine without TTC :(
 
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http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6429842.html

In other DirecTV new-media news, Shanks said the company will serve up multiple-court coverage of the French Open to support the Tennis Channel's presentation of the Grand Slam tournament this spring. Similar to the coverage it provided for last summer's U.S. Open, DirecTV will offer multiple live channels from the tournament, which begins in May, as well as a special "French Open Mix" channel that will feature all live feeds, according to Shanks.
 
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DCSholtis said:
:hurah: I think? I'm glad the postings on tennis sites were true about D, the FO, and TTC :) Of course leave it to D to provide the twist--I hadn't read anything about it being interactive until now ;) However, as I mentioned earlier in the thread it concerns me that it is the FO. The Slam the American tennis fan is least interested in because our tennis players don't play well on clay at all :( Plus the time difference between the U.S. and France which you might know now I can't even remember what the difference is :confused: I'm crossing my fingers on this one and I hope it does better than I think it will--please :angel: BTW thanks for the posting :sunsmile:
 
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I know the FO is sometime away yet, but D doesn't seem to be giving the FO any big play right now :( But what is really surprising is that TTC isn't making a big deal about working with D :( TTC really needs to do that because they really, really need D :yesman:
 
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D*mn I can't believe I missed it :rolleyes: I got so interested in the interactive French Open that I didn't read on and see that the article said Directv will launch TTC later in the Fall :hurah: Of all things for me to miss that would have to be it :blush: Well I guess I can stop :beatdeadhorse: now :sunsmile:
 
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I'm just wondering where D is going to show the interactive French Open? When D did the interactive U.S. Open their partner was the U.S.A. channel which D already carried. But D as I have been told so many times "doesn't carry The Tennis Channel". And since they don't plan to add TTC until in the Fall how are they doing to do the FO which starts the end of May and runs into early June :confused:
 
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:hurah: I saw the first mention of The Tennis Channel on D this evening. Of course, there is nothing actually on the Channel yet, but it looked so good to see it :heart: Let me tell you I and other people worked very hard to get to see that :sunsmile:
 
#66 ·
In last weeks conference call, for the quarterly results... Chase Carey made a pretty big deal out of the fact that DirecTV is going to extend it coverage of Tennis, with a partnership with the Tennis Channel and other things...
 
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Earl Bonovich said:
In last weeks conference call, for the quarterly results... Chase Carey made a pretty big deal out of the fact that DirecTV is going to extend it coverage of Tennis, with a partnership with the Tennis Channel and other things...
Thanks Earl for telling me that :sunsmile: I really hadn't paid too much attention to the quarterly results :nono2:
 
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DCSholtis said:
You know Im not into tennis but looking at how thats gonna work its gonna be cool. Hell I may even get into it now, at least for the French Open. :lol:
:hi: Just wanted everyone to know I haven't forgotten all of you. It's just with all the HD postings there is really very little I can say :( I think D is doing a very good job with the FO :sunsmile: The interactive has been over because there were too few Matches left to let that continue. However, The Tennis Channel will continue on D until the FO is completely over. Then it is a question of how long I will have to wait until D picks up The Tennis Channel for real--not just this sneak peak FO :rolleyes:
 
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MikeR7 said:
I still think that we should do a donation collection to buy Dolly an HD TV. That way we'd hear from her more often. :lol:
I wish that could be done believe me :sunsmile: But what is it with D and The Tennis Channel? It was my understanding that there was to be the sneak peak FO and then the channel would be picked up later. However, my D channel guide seems to show that The Tennis Channel is going on during this week? But the FO ended today :confused: Does anyone know anything about this here?
 
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