Whats going on.....TV???

DeltaOne81 · March 22, 2005, 04:19:49 PM

I got the same response. Telling me it was available at 12:30 am. I responded back and explained myself further.

cbuckser · March 22, 2005, 04:20:19 PM

The Cornell-Ohio State game will be shown live on Altitude Sports & Entertainment, which is available on DirectTV and Dish Network. The West final will be shown on Altitude, Fox Sports Net-North, and ESPN-U. Both games will also be on a number of local cable affiliates, including Time Warner-Syracuse.

http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/032205aab.html

Al DeFlorio · March 22, 2005, 04:21:16 PM

"On DirecTV, the Altitude Sports Network (channel 644) will broadcast both Saturday's West Regional semifinal and Sunday's West Regional final live, while ESPNU (channel 609) will carry Saturday's contest on tape delay at 11:30 p.m. and will deliver Sunday's final live. To get both channels, you have to purchase the Sports Pack option."

They also give complete geographical breakdowns, but they didn't format correctly here.

http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/032205aab.html

sockralex · March 22, 2005, 04:31:08 PM

So best bet to watch live nationwide outside of Ithaca-Syracuse is DirecTV 644 Altitude Sports? According to the DirecTV listings it has the regional from Michigan scheduled. Hmm..

Pete Godenschwager · March 22, 2005, 04:38:58 PM

[Q]According to the DirecTV listings it has the regional from Michigan scheduled. Hmm..
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I'm hoping that's a mistake, since ESPNU is listed as showing the Grand Rapids regional at the same time.

DeltaOne81 · March 22, 2005, 05:12:01 PM

Hmmm, this isn't great. The Altitude.tv web page also lists the midwest semifinal at that time. Maybe things are about to change over, or else Cornell got their info wrong.

Edit: its possible Cornell mistook "West semifinal" to always mean us, but sometimes it just means Minn/Maine.

Hillel Hoffmann · March 22, 2005, 05:21:18 PM

Uh oh. I think we have a problem. Maybe.

When I saw the Cornell Athletics announcement that Colorado-based Altitude was the only DirecTV-available regional sports network to carry the Cornell game live, I gave Altitude a call immediately, because they're a problematic channel.

Here's the rub: As I understand it, there are actually TWO Altitude channels: "regular" Altitude and "Altitude alternate." Only the "regular" Altitude is available on DirecTV's "Sports Pack" (it's channel 644). I think "Altitude alternate" is only available on a regional basis in the Colorado area (I may be wrong on that).

At any rate, the glitch is that "regular" Altitude (DTV 644) is indeed -- at this time, at least -- NOT going to show the Cornell game. "Regular" Altitude will be showing the Midwest region final in that time slot. I called Altitude to confirm this. They said the Cornell-OSU game will be shown live on "Altitude alternate," which as far as I can tell is not available in most of the country.

In other words, the Cornell Athletics announcement may be wrong: The CU game may not be available live on channel 644, or any other channel on DTV.

I'm holding out some hope that "regular" Altitude will make a programming change, or that another DTV-available regional sports network will pick up the game live, because at this moment, all gatherings to watch the Cornell game live on satellite are not going to happen.

jtwcornell91 · March 22, 2005, 05:24:55 PM

Hillel, did (could) you communicate this to someone at Cornell?

DeltaOne81 · March 22, 2005, 05:29:17 PM

Why is there no mention of Altitude Alternate - either their existance or their schedule - on the altitude.tv web site, nor on any other website I can find?

On a side note, DirecTV does have a lot of spots saved for "Regional Sports Net alternates"

min · March 22, 2005, 05:29:37 PM

If CC makes it to the regional final, I think that there's nearly zero probability that "regular" Altitude will show the Cornell-OSU game live.

jtwcornell91 · March 22, 2005, 05:31:36 PM

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

Why is there no mention of Altitude Alternate - either their existance or their schedule - on the altitude.tv web site, nor on any other website I can find?

On a side note, DirecTV does have a lot of spots saved for "Regional Sports Net alternates"[/q]

For example, when FSNorth shows something different in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the Wisconsin feed splits off and lands on 642 while the Minnesota feed stays on 641. But we need to find out now, not Saturday, if this will happen with Altitude.

Josh 03 · March 22, 2005, 05:33:17 PM

ESPN U is showing the Midwest Region Final. As I understand it, that takes precedence. They have the rights to the tourney. But if there not covering a game live, someone else may pick it up.

So, since ESPN U is carrying the Midwest Final game, Altitude can't cover it. They have to cover something else (the Cornell OSU game).

Does what I'm saying make sense and does it sound right to anyone or am I totally off?

dargason · March 22, 2005, 05:35:21 PM

Sounds like great logic to me! But then again, I'm not sure if these things follow any logic that I am aware of ::nut::

DeltaOne81 · March 22, 2005, 05:37:50 PM

I think other stations can still show it while ESPNU does. ESPNU is well aware that they're not on a ton of providers and are still licensing out. This is true for the first West semifinal, as well as others. I wish that held, but I don't think they're maintaining exclusive rights at this point.

Pete Godenschwager · March 22, 2005, 05:43:25 PM

[Q] I think other stations can still show it while ESPNU does[/Q]

I think that's correct, since the West finals are scheduled to be shown live on both ESPNU and Altitude. I guess the same could happen with the Midwest regional.