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Dose anyone know if DirecTV ever going to add this nework?
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^^Or eliminate channels that a certain cable provider might not want to provide.
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Correct. On the rare occasion that FCS College Sports does have original programming (e.g. a couple of college football games last year), DirecTV did pick up this feed on one of its overflow RSN channels.tonyd79 said:
Dang, I heard they are showing a replay of a game I wanted to see this morning, so I went to look for it...and learn there's a sports channel DirecTv doesn't have but many cable systems do.
With all the blackouts, that SPorts Pack is virtually worthless aside from ESPNU.
With all the blackouts, that SPorts Pack is virtually worthless aside from ESPNU.
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And NBA TV, and CBS College Sports and 2 soccer channels, and outdoor channel. Not to mention that only major college sports are blacked out. I find it highly unlikely that anything shown on the Fox college sports channels is not on an RSN at some time.Wildcat said:
Correction then...to me, it's worthless aside from ESPNU.tonyd79 said:
I would just add it and drop it, but I have a grandfathered package (TC+), so if I drop it, they are gonna stick it to me and make me change my programming.Same goes for Starz and HBO. I was going to drop Starz and Sports Pack, and just go to HBO, but it would have cost me about the same.
Oh well, just venting. And, fwiw, this game was not available live. Just shocked DirecTv doesn't have FCS.
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How can you like ESPNU and not CBS College Sports. They are basically the same channel?Wildcat said:Correction then...to me, it's worthless aside from ESPNU.
Same goes for Starz and HBO. I was going to drop Starz and Sports Pack, and just go to HBO, but it would have cost me about the same.
Oh well, just venting. And, fwiw, this game was not available live. Just shocked DirecTv doesn't have FCS.
Again, FCS is a best of channel that is for cable systems so they do not have to have all the RSNs that DirecTV and Dish have (both of whom need them to give everyone their local RSNs).
I assume you did a search for the game, whatever it was.
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No, FCS had one or two football games that weren't carried on a RSN last year.tonyd79 said:
Here's an article from last year:
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/101207/haw_207611689.shtml
And, now FCS will carry a game live that I want to see.
Hopefully, it's picked up on one of the other 60 or 70 channels that will all be showing the same thing that's on another RSN.
http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=1553394
Hopefully, it's picked up on one of the other 60 or 70 channels that will all be showing the same thing that's on another RSN.
http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=1553394
There were a few CBI basketball games that did not seem to show up on D* this spring due to conflicts on the other RSN's.
(Yes CBI is that new D1 post-season Basketball tourney below the NIT)
FCS is a sponsor of the CBI, While some games did show up on D*, you could never plan ahead and had to surf through all channels as the programming "change" on the guide was always last minute.
(Yes CBI is that new D1 post-season Basketball tourney below the NIT)
FCS is a sponsor of the CBI, While some games did show up on D*, you could never plan ahead and had to surf through all channels as the programming "change" on the guide was always last minute.
FCS is, as stated above, just a version of the Sports Pack's out of market RSNs boiled down for cable's limitations. 99% of its programming is just stuff that is on the various RSNs that are included in the Sports Pack. It shows a few (less than 10, IIRC, last year) original games, and DirecTV spools up a normally unused channel for the game.
The only thing that DirecTV needs to do is just publicize that fact so people would quit asking for a channel they already have.
The only thing that DirecTV needs to do is just publicize that fact so people would quit asking for a channel they already have.
The fact is, it's not a channel we have. There is a game this coming weekend, and a game the following weekend that is on FCS. The only place a DirecTv subscriber will be able to view these games is on Channel 617 if you live in the state that the telecast is being derived from.SamC said:
So, the Iowa State game will be shown on 617 in Iowa, and the Kansas State game will be on 617 in KS.
I truly hope that these games will be on elsewhere, but that's not the vibe I'm getting.
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This addition of games not on other Fox Sports Net channels is a new development with the announcement you posted a new deal that was just cut two weeks ago.
That announcement lists a channel (617) for DirecTV. All channels in the 600 range are available via the sports pack or via a sports specific package.
If that announcement is truly correct, the game will probably be available. I don't think you will see anything in the guide until later this week (they haven't added the Big Ten Network alternates, either or the ESPN Gameplan games, so you aren't the only one waiting).
However, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't add it (or add it part time) because it is still a channel with lots of duplication of RSN material.
That announcement lists a channel (617) for DirecTV. All channels in the 600 range are available via the sports pack or via a sports specific package.
If that announcement is truly correct, the game will probably be available. I don't think you will see anything in the guide until later this week (they haven't added the Big Ten Network alternates, either or the ESPN Gameplan games, so you aren't the only one waiting).
However, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't add it (or add it part time) because it is still a channel with lots of duplication of RSN material.
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