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

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Partial update on nationally-available satellite options (after speaking with Altitude and CU Athletics):

1. If Altitude's programming spills/splits, then I recommend looking for the "alternate" feed on DirecTV channel 658. I have a teenyweeny ray of hope that DTV 658 may save the day, but I wouldn't get too excited yet.

2. Jeremy Hartigan (CU's Interim Director of Athletic Communications) will be calling Time Warner tomorrow morning to see if he can get old-school satellite coordinates -- this will only be of use to people and sports bars who do the satellite thang the old-fashioned way, not with DTV. Not many of those left.

More to come.

[Rita]

Hi...
I found this phone number on the website. I have only talked to machines, no humans yet. but I left a message stating at this point they are the only hope that cornell fans across the country have of seeing this game.

303.405.1100, ask for the altitude entertainment network.

however, if more people called.......

I'll give my 0.02 cents to cornell athletics tomorrow morning....

rita

[DeltaOne81]

You mean 648?

In the meantime, I suggest we bombard the follow address with requests:
info@yesnetwork.com
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback (good for FSNY or NE or FS Ohio or FS Cincinnati - you can submit it multiple times, once for each station)
http://www.boston.com/help/feedback/ (this is where NESN's feedback link leads)
msgnetpr@msgnetwork.com

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote: You mean 648? [/q]
No, I was told 658, but I'd like to hear it from someone with more chops at Altitude before I get my hopes up.

Rita (and others), I'm not sure that bombarding Altitude with inquiries will be helpful. Their first responsibility is serving their Colorado college hockey fan consituency, which means that the West regional is of little interest. If you do call them, be openly grateful that they're picking the CU-OSU game up on their "alternate" (not an official name) thang, and let's concentrate on finding out how to find their "alternate" programming nationwide. I think it's miraculous that Altitude is showing CU-OSU in any way/shape/form.

[jtwcornell91]

Fred, you want to start threads on eLF and USCHO about this?  I'm too busy this week, but last week's impact on CSTV was encouraging.  Please suggest that people be positive and non-hostile about it, but express their strong interest in seeing this game LIVE.

I will certainly participate in the letter-writing campaign, but don't have time to organize it.

[DeltaOne81]

done - http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,61762

[DeltaOne81]

and done - http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=48308

[Cop at Lynah]

Games can be seen live on Time Warner 26 or on Directv channel 644 (Altitude)

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/stories/032205aae.html

[DeltaOne81]

The Altitude Sports part appears to be incorrect (from a practical perspective, if you check the rest of this thread).

[Cop at Lynah]

who's to say the release from the athletic department might actually be right and everybody else is jumping to inacurate conclusions.

[DeltaOne81]

How about this?

http://board.uscho.com/showpost.php?p=1915983&postcount=69

[cbuckser]

The Altitude web site recently posted a press release stating that the alternate Altitude feed will be on DirecTV channel 658 and Dish Netowrk channels 445 (on Friday) and 448 (on Saturday).

Though I'm certainly going to check my Dish Network receiver's programming guide on Friday morning to make sure that this is accurate, I take this to be very good news.

http://www.altitude.tv/news/newsDetails.aspx?NID=77

[DeltaOne81]

Well that is very good news. I'd like to hear this from Hillel and DirecTV (I may call DirecTV), but this is very good so far.

[Cop at Lynah]

I guess everybody got worked up over nothing

[Rita]

see posting under the "tv still unknown thread" for more info from altitude.