Cornell-Hahvahd - where to watch

[jaybert]

Dear Mr. Lee,

Thanks for writing. I'm sorry but as of this time, we don't have any information if DIRECTV will be carrying a free preview of College Sports Television (CSTV, ch. 610) this upcoming weekend. Please stay tuned to directv.com for the latest news and updates about our service as they become available.

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Emil
100128898
DIRECTV Customer Service

[BCrespi]

[quote Jordan 04]When I get a chance in the next day or so, I will put in a call to SoF to "officially" arrange something with them.[/quote]

It appears something has been officially arranged.  The following was sent out in the Cornell NY Net newsletter:

Friday, November 10th - Cornell vs. Harvard Hockey at Ship of Fools
Break out your newspapers and bring your frozen fish!  (Well, don't really bring the fish...)  Meet up with Cornellians to cheer the Big Red as we crush the Crimson during the most anticipated Cornell Hockey game of the year!  The game will be televised at 8PM at Ship of Fools, 1590 2nd Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, NYC.  Food and drinks will be available for purchase.  No RSVP and no cover to attend!  Questions?  Call Ship of Fools at 212-570-2651 or visit http://shipoffoolsnyc.com/.

See you all there! LGR!

[Jordan 04]

Excellent.  See you Friday.

[pfibiger]

Does anyone know if the Cornell Club of the Capital District has set something up, or is there something else planned? I'm going to be in Albany, and I'll set something up if there's nothing doing. If I don't hear anything in a day or so, I'll get it set up and post here.

[Beeeej]

That's because I got a phone call from the person who writes that newsletter, asking if anything official had been arranged, and I was confident enough that someone would arrange something that I told her to go ahead, and the worst that would happen is she'd have to send out another e-mail on Thursday or Friday retracting it.  Jordan, please go ahead and continue making arrangements when you can.

[Lowell '99]

Thanks for setting up SOF.  So much better than the "official" gatherings set up by the Metro Alumni group (with no disrespect intended).  See everybody there.

[oceanst41]

FYI I just received a message on my cable box (in Lowell, MA) that comcast will be carrying the CSTV weekend preview. It doesn't say when it starts, but I assume it is Friday at 7 like others have said.

It also very nicely tagged the 8-11pm time slot as "College Hockey: Harvard at Cornell (Football)"

[redGrinch]

FYI - CSTV's press release says that the free preview begins Friday evening:
http://www.cstv.com/genrel/110606aaa.html

[Rich S]

ok Bill...so invite me already! :-)

[billhoward]

[quote Rich S]ok Bill...so invite me already! :-)[/quote]

Rich, you're more than welcome. I'm serious, whether you're joking. We just gotta find somebody with satellite TV in Northern or North-Central NJ. I kept digital cable and turned off DirecTV a couple months ago after my fifth receiver in about five years died of overheating. I'm not betting that Comcast will really have the CSTV free weekend and if they do, it may not kick in until Saturday.

My fallback is to go into New York to watch the game ... or watch the webcast on a big screen TV at home. My recall from the TV games of a year ago is when CSTV picks up the video feed from its studio broadcast (rather than a webcast all the way out of Lynah), the quality is notably better. Assuming the game is webcast. The TV game(s) last year from Lynah were webcast.

[Swampy]

Does anyone know a place to watch in Southern New England?

All we get here is Cox Cable, and Cox doesn't carry CSTV. Perhaps this is because Cox doesn't want its name mixed up with Sucks, for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, Cox carries the Jewelry channel, something with Church Lady 24/7, and all manner of other crap. This leads one to conclude that, Sucks or not, Cox itself sucks.

(Is this posting too unwholesome for Lynah? ;-))

[jaybert]

Yay not buying CSTV....I emailed them again with the updated link saying Directv was taking in the promotion, and got the following back.  They must have got a memo....


Thanks for writing us back. We have late-breaking good news! We will be having a free preview of CSTV - College Sports Television (ch. 610) beginning 6 AM ET on Nov 10, 2006 until 5:59 AM ET on Nov 13, 2006. CSTV will air the Notre Dame at Air Force college football game on Nov 11 during the free preview.

Thanks again for writing and stay tuned to directv.com for the latest news and information about our services.

Sincerely,

Emil
100128898
DIRECTV Customer Service

[jy3]

assuming we do not get tickets for this weekend, if anyone is interested in watching in my living room shoot me an email, the old cornell ID jy40 still works

[jtwcornell91]

[quote jaybert]Yay not buying CSTV....I emailed them again with the updated link saying Directv was taking in the promotion, and got the following back.  They must have got a memo....


Thanks for writing us back. We have late-breaking good news! We will be having a free preview of CSTV - College Sports Television (ch. 610) beginning 6 AM ET on Nov 10, 2006 until 5:59 AM ET on Nov 13, 2006. CSTV will air the Notre Dame at Air Force college football game on Nov 11 during the free preview.

Thanks again for writing and stay tuned to directv.com for the latest news and information about our services.

Sincerely,

Emil
100128898
DIRECTV Customer Service[/quote]

CSTV could learn a thing or twelve from DirecTV about customer service.  They're not perfect, but in six years I was happy with them a lot more than not.

[BCrespi]

Wait, so nothing's been arranged with SoF?  I've never been, so I don't really know what to explain to them, but someone should get on this, no?  If no one has a relationship/any better idea than me, let me know, and I'll try to find a contact or something...