espnu ?

I doubt it. I don't see why adding the HD version would make any difference.

BTW I am moving this to the "DIRECTV Programming" forum.

I'd even be willing to subscribe to it al a carte for say 99 cents a month
some channels have left the sports pack ie Gold Channel so it's possible

millertime said:

Any chance this leaves sports pack when it goes hd? Its rediculous to buy sportspack for one channel cmon D*

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Technically, there are 37 channels in the Sports Pack, so you will get more than one channel if you subscribe.

QuickDrop said:

Technically, there are 37 channels in the Sports Pack, so you will get more than one channel if you subscribe.

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Most of which are blocked out every night unless you have NBALP, MLBEI, NHLCI, etc.

millertime said:

Any chance this leaves sports pack when it goes hd? Its rediculous to buy sportspack for one channel cmon D*

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You're getting more than just ESPNU in the 'non-RSN' list of channels in the Sports Pack. CBS College Sports, NBA TV, The Outdoor Network, Gol TV, Fox Soccer Channel, TVG and Fox Sports en Espanol are all also available. CBS-CS and NBA TV deliver high definition programming and we'll just have to see if any others jump on board when D11 goes live. It's up to you to decide whether that's worth your twelve dollars each month. It's at least three extra high defintion sports channels -- not much different than adding Starz for four additional movie channels in high definition in comparing the costs.

sigma1914 said:

Most of which are blocked out every night unless you have NBALP, MLBEI, NHLCI, etc.

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How much professional sports does ESPNU show? Aside forom the nonregional sports channels already mentioned, with the Sports Pack you do get many college games that you wouldn't otherwise get. Though to answer your original question, given the prime real estate ESPN gets for it's other 3 channels, I wouldn't be surprised if they contractually forced ESPNU out of the Sports Pack.

They do need to add this to their base packs. The NBA channel too. We have NFL net and NHL,why not NBA?

Brandon428 said:

They do need to add this to their base packs. The NBA channel too. We have NFL net and NHL,why not NBA?

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Because the NFL and NHL have better retrans agreements than the NBA and ESPNU

Brandon428 said:

They do need to add this to their base packs. The NBA channel too. We have NFL net and NHL,why not NBA?

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The NBA SD channel is in their base package. But you have to get the Sports Pack for the NBA HD.

I think ESPNU should be part of the regular package since they show local sports for some people.

How about swapping out ESPN Classic? The programming on U is much more compelling.

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How much professional sports does ESPNU show? Aside forom the nonregional sports channels already mentioned, with the Sports Pack you do get many college games that you wouldn't otherwise get. Though to answer your original question, given the prime real estate ESPN gets for it's other 3 channels, I wouldn't be surprised if they contractually forced ESPNU out of the Sports Pack.

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ESPNU mostly show college sports. Hence the U.

Michael D'Angelo;1686030 said:

I doubt it. I don't see why adding the HD version would make any difference.

BTW I am moving this to the "DIRECTV Programming" forum.

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Maybe some packing agreement will be made between Disney and D* because supposedly all the major sports games i.e. Football and Basketball on ESPNU will be in HD.

Paul Secic said:

ESPNU mostly show college sports. Hence the U.

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Well, yeah, that was sort of the point.

Do we have any information on when this channel will be available in HD?

Wildcat said:

Do we have any information on when this channel will be available in HD?

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ESPNU will launch in HD on August 28th. I believe DIRECTV will pick it up that day or very shortly after that.

Wildcat said:

Do we have any information on when this channel will be available in HD?

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Sounds like ESPNU will start August 28....just in time for the first college football games of the season.

Great news! I was just looking at the College Football schedule for this fall and noticed they have a lot of games in HD coming up, so this is good to hear.

Thanks!

mx6bfast said:

The NBA SD channel is in their base package. But you have to get the Sports Pack for the NBA HD.

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What base package? I have TC+ and don't get NBA SD or HD.