Jim Carrey – Information

One of the great things about modern cable and satellite TV is all of the sports that is now available to subscribers across the United States. Many years ago you would only see a couple of college football games on Saturday and two or three on Sunday today you can pick from dozens of games every weekend with specialized sports packages.  Even the NCAA tournament has expanded coverage with the Mega March Madness on Direct TV.

Content is king today, and as the saying goes the networks of course want to deliver as much sports content as possible to the customer so they can sell more ads. Lots of new all-sports networks have sprung up over the past couple of years. A few of the new networks are Altitude Sports, which carries NBA Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche games, and also the Big 10 network and the Mtn, the network of the Mountain West conference.

Sure these channels are good for people in certain parts of the country, but disagreements between the providers of content and those who deliver the content have brought trouble at times to the customer. Consider what happened last fall, the Big Ten Network started airing in 2007, but they were in a carraige dispute with cable TV provider Time Warner. Customers of Time Warner in Michigan were not able to see some of the local teams play because of the carraige dispute. Fortunately, the parties came to terms before the 2008 season, so customers could remain with with Time Warner instead of having to switch over to one of the satellite TV companies like DISH Network or DirecTV.  An important thing to do when considering providers is to consider all factors, comparing Time Waner vs Direct TV.

Out of market sports packages are another consideration for the customer. The NFL Sunday Ticket package is exclusive to DirecTV, so if you want this package, you have to switch. This has left a bad taste in the mouth of some consumers, who don’t understand why a high demand package like this isn’t available to every provider, especially a big company like Time Warner. Other sports bundles though are more fan friendly, like the NHL Center Ice and the NBA League Pass, which are available on almost every cable TV and satellite company. Direct TV seems to have all of the premium sports packages.