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Title: Comcast gives in
Post by: DeltaOne81 on July 07, 2009, 08:17:46 AM

Wasn't sure whether to put this in Men's Hockey, Other Sports, or JSID, but since it does matter to hockey...

Comcast will carry ESPNU ( & ESPN360.com for their internet customers) starting "in time for the start of the college football season".

They just saved their hides with me. I was 1 month away from switching to FiOS TV, which is when my Comcast promo expires. Although they'll still have to extend the promotional pricing again to keep me, but now they have a fighting chance.

http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=868
http://www.multichannel.com/article/263701-In_Classic_Switch_ESPNU_Graduates_On_Comcast_DirecTV.php

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Hillel Hoffmann on July 07, 2009, 10:51:00 AM

Nice. Thanks, Fred. Sounds like ESPN Classic might become a bit less readily available for some Comast customers. That's too bad, but if that's what it takes for ESPNU to makes its long overdue debut on Comcast, I can live with it.

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: TimV on July 07, 2009, 02:18:25 PM

Hey Al- cancel the construction on the spare room for me - I can watch from here!

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Al DeFlorio on July 07, 2009, 04:57:45 PM

[quote TimV]Hey Al- cancel the construction on the spare room for me - I can watch from here![/quote]
Where's "here?" And are you "here?"

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Rich S on July 29, 2009, 06:57:07 PM

[quote Hillel Hoffmann]Nice. Thanks, Fred. Sounds like ESPN Classic might become a bit less readily available for some Comast customers. That's too bad, but if that's what it takes for ESPNU to makes its long overdue debut on Comcast, I can live with it.[/quote]

I'll get excited if and when Cablevision carries ESPNU. Not holding my breath however. After all, this is the Dolans we're talking about.

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Al DeFlorio on August 02, 2009, 07:42:10 AM

ESPN360 now has good quality replays of the Cornell-Virginia and [sigh] Cornell-Syracuse games available here: http://espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/channels?channel=3578796&

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Hillel Hoffmann on August 02, 2009, 01:37:37 PM

The long wait is over -- at least for me. Sometime in the last few days, ESPNU showed up on Comcast here in the Philadelphia in the digital sports tier (in the low 700s).

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: DeltaOne81 on August 03, 2009, 04:58:44 PM

Here in northern NJ too (channel 730, I believe), just a few days ago.

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Al DeFlorio on August 03, 2009, 05:53:52 PM

286 here on Cape Cod. No HD, though.

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: rmandel on August 03, 2009, 09:55:28 PM

ESPNU is on Comcast channel 298 here in Atlanta. It appears that I have lost access to ESPNC (122), but gained ESPNU.

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: ebilmes on September 01, 2009, 03:25:29 PM

This didn't deserve its own thread, but the Cornell@Union game on Dec 5 will be televised by Time Warner.
http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2009/sep/01/five-union-hockey-games-on-twc-3/

Title: Re: Comcast gives in
Post by: Jim Hyla on September 01, 2009, 05:26:28 PM

[quote ebilmes]This didn't deserve its own thread, but the Cornell@Union game on Dec 5 will be televised by Time Warner.
http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2009/sep/01/five-union-hockey-games-on-twc-3/[/quote]But I guess it should start a CU on TV Thread. So done.

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