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MYTH
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FACT
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| Cable
doesn't want to carry the NFL Network and Big Ten Network. |
Cable
wants to carry the NFL Network and Big Ten Network and give
their customers the choice to watch and pay extra to receive
the NFL Network's football games, the Big Ten Network's games,
and additional programming. Cable doesn't believe that all customers
should be forced to pay for something that only benefits customers
who are willing to pay extra to watch very expensive sports
programming. |
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Customers
may miss a home team game.
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Cable
customers will not miss any home games. The NFL has agreed that
local channels have the right to broadcast the games involving
teams in the local marketplace. And several Big Ten football
match-ups will be available on other networks. |
| The
NFL Network and the Big Ten Network aren't asking for a lot
of money. |
The
NFL network and the Big Ten Network are seeking to charge ALL
customers of the most widely distributed tier of cable service.
This means ALL customer costs go up instead of just the customers
who are willing to pay for the channels. |
| The
NFL and the Big Ten Networks are putting the best interest of
their fans first in this argument. |
If
the NFL and the Big Ten had the best interests of their fans
in mind they would allow cable operators to offer the NFL Network
and Big Ten Network on a tier of service that would allow the
NFL and Big Ten fans to watch the channel. Fans are hurt by
the NFL Network and Big Ten Network that won't allow their channels
to be carried on a tier where their fans could watch the games. |
| The
NFL and Big Ten are looking out for all consumers' interests. |
If
the NFL and Big Ten were acting in the best interests of the
consumer they would not demand wide distribution of their networks
to ALL consumers. Instead the NFL and Big Ten Networks would
offer their fans the opportunity to purchase their channel on
a tier, giving non-sports fans the choice not to pay for these
extremely expensive sports programming services. |
