Raul wrote:

B-Rex wrote:

NikeFootball wrote:

Hawkwing wrote:

It's also important to note that although DirecTV is getting the MTN, they haven't yet announced which channel package it will be on. However, there have been rumors that it will be on the basic (total choice) package in the MTN west footprint.

I see that Versus is not on the basic package. When does the TV schedule get released for the fall? Also, what is the deal with CSTV? I heard that CBS bought them...what are the implications of that?

Versus is in the Sports Pack ($12/mo) and I talked them down to $2/mo.

Any suggestions on how to talk them down to that? Did you just mention that you only wanted CSTV and it wasn't worth $12? Thanks.

I was talking about switching from Dish Network so they kept sweetening the pot!

I also got Choice Xtra for 2 years at $44.99 (or something like that)!

Did you go through a local installer that gave you that deal? If so which one. When my comcast promo ends in the next month or two I shoul be making the switch. Thanks

I called the national 800 number.

Scott Pierce has an interesting fact in his column today. He says that even with the DirecTV deal, the mtn will not be available in 86% of the homes in America. And that includes the "anemic cable distribution." That's right, even with DirecTV, the mtn will only be available in 14% of America's households---and that's if every household with DirecTV pays the premium to get the package with the mtn, which obviously won't happen. (It may be available on the basic package within the MWC footprint but probably not elsewhere.) Sounds like Thompson and his friends still have a lot of work to do. Here's the link:

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695261461,00.html

barf. Anyone in houston know about the direct tv deal here and if we will be getting the mtn by fall?

You have said that only 14% of homes will get the Mtn. However any recruit's family can get it to watch their son play. That is the important thing.