Got it.

I've watched maybe 4 games on that channel - 2 football and 2 basketball. It's no big deal to me if I have it, though I have the Top 200 package, so if there is a change, I'll probably get it anyway.

I'd gladly trade half those channels for the MTN.

I think all of us would.

My point is that Dish has nothing to bargin with Comcast still. There is no pressure on either of them now to get a deal done. I'm fairly sure that Dish will very similar call center disposition data as DTV. They know they're not losing many customers. Certainly not enough to get into a bad deal. I'd be very suprised if Dish got the mtn before the season unless there is outside pressure from politicians or CBS/CSTV. Comcast and Dish alone don't have enough incentive to do it otherwise.

Agreed.

That isn't entirely accurate. TCU is in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market, and SDSU is not a small market. However, neither of those areas really give a damn about their college sports teams.

Next thing you are going to say is that the MWC needs to add SJSU because it is in a huge market...

I saw an article that said there are 400,000 dish subscribers in the MWC footprint. Granted not all want the MTN, but do they want to lose even 10% of that #?

When I said small market I meant they draw a small number of viewers and not the population of the surrounding area of the school. I know that Dallas and San Diego are good sized cities. San Diego residents are watching USC and UCLA. Dallas residents are watching Texas, A&M and probably Tech over TCU.

I told a BYU fan in my ward about the directv deal today. He said "I'll believe it when it happens." I said "no, there was an article in the paper, it's a done deal." "I'll believe it when I see it."

Good question. I doubt they'd lose 10%. I doubt they'll lose 2%. A lot of people have contracts with a termination clause. They're not going to lose enough to force them into a bad deal. Especially if they won't get the same pricing that DirecTV got as Haddow has indicated.

I doubt they lose 10% of 10%. If CJF's numbers are accurate, I could see maybe 4,000 people switching. And if that is all that switches, I don't think that's enough to get into a deal that is less than favorable with the mtn. Dish's main advantage has been their price point, so there is no need to mess with that just to keep 4,000 subscribers.

Come on Whitney, learn to take a joke...

:)