08-14-2010, 08:01 AM
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#41
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Maybe I should NOT subscribe and then I won't be subjected to as many Blue Jays games anymore.
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08-14-2010, 09:05 AM
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#42
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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Any word on TelusTV getting this channel- I know there's a lot of "yes they are" but anything more concrete?
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08-14-2010, 09:07 AM
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#43
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
No they didn't. It took quite some time for Rogers to get TSN2.
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Who had it at launch then? I thought I remembered it being more than just Bell. Maybe not.
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08-14-2010, 10:13 AM
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#44
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Originally Posted by Northendzone
as per dowbiggin - snet1 is only availbe to rogers subscribers - i suppose if enough folks start complaining to shaw, they will make it availible....
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As I've mentioned in a couple other threads similar to TSN2 this channel will be launched on their home network (this one being Rogers, TSN2 being Bell) and then the rights will be given to other companies as they come to an agreement.
Expect Shaw, Bell & Telus to get these channels but not today, maybe not for another month or so, but expect it to be live on all them by the start of the hockey season.
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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Even still, it's a perfect example of how second rate Rogers Sportsnet is to launch a channel exclusively on their own cable network. At least when TSN2 launched they had Bell and Rogers on board.
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Rogers was the last company to carry TSN2 in Canada. 'Bell' and Rogers couldn't come to an agreement because Rogers wanted to carry the channel for free but Bell was not moving on their stance on including it in with TSN. Now I'm curious if Rogers will give this new channel to Bell for free, only seems fair doesn't it? 
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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08-14-2010, 10:15 AM
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#45
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Originally Posted by HOOT
Expect Shaw, Bell & Telus to get these channels but not today, maybe not for another month or so, but expect it to be live on all them by the start of the hockey season.
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I spoke to Bell today and they are launchign Sportsnet 1 today at noon.
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08-14-2010, 10:17 AM
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#46
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Originally Posted by Coys1882
I spoke to Bell today and they are launchign Sportsnet 1 today at noon.
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That would be excellent but first lesson if you are switching to Bell, never believe their customer service. 
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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08-14-2010, 10:19 AM
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#47
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Originally Posted by HOOT
That would be excellent but first lesson if you are switching to Bell, never believe their customer service. |
I'll be waiting for a post in two hours then to see if you have the service. 
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08-14-2010, 10:33 AM
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#48
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Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by Coys1882
I'll be waiting for a post in two hours then to see if you have the service. |
I probably won't be home when it lauches but I checked my guide just now and didn't see any changes. I'm surprised that they will be carrying right away, I'm guessing after the TSN2 horror show Rogers went through Bell just decided to suck it up and pay whatever it cost.
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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08-14-2010, 12:53 PM
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Scoring Winger
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So, anybody who is like me and believes this new channel & its lack of availability is another stupid move by Rogers, here's the link to tell them.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/contact/
The fact that they have moved 25 Jays games to a network only a fraction of the country can get is insane. At this point it is impossible for me and million of other Canadians to watch the Jays. This is a total money grab by Rogers trying to force more people to subscribe, just like last year when they spread the Jays over all 4 Sportsnet channels. Have they really got the need for another channel? No. They don't even have enough programming to fill the channels they have had all along. Nobody wants to watch 11 hours of Sportsnet Connected and 4 hours of poker every day. These losers need to go seriously reevaluate how they run their stations.
Also, if anybody has/finds a more direct email for somebody in charge at sportsnet, please post it here, as I'd like to send more of a personal message to the genius who concocted this plan.
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08-14-2010, 12:57 PM
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#50
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The fact that when the channel is available (and it will be) you'll be able to watch every Flames game without forking over $15 is a stupid move?
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08-14-2010, 01:13 PM
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#51
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood
Have they really got the need for another channel? No. They don't even have enough programming to fill the channels they have had all along. Nobody wants to watch 11 hours of Sportsnet Connected and 4 hours of poker every day.
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It's not about filling the channels all day. It's about prime time and they had too much potential content to be able to broadcast it all. Between the Blue Jays, Raptors, and regional NHL broadcasts, they needed an additional channel to show everything.
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08-14-2010, 01:45 PM
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#52
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Yeah I think you guys emailing Rogers should just simmer down. Unless you find out that the channel won't be available on other carriers fairly soon, just relax for a bit.
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08-14-2010, 01:49 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
It's not about filling the channels all day. It's about prime time and they had too much potential content to be able to broadcast it all. Between the Blue Jays, Raptors, and regional NHL broadcasts, they needed an additional channel to show everything.
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This is fine. The more channels the better since there are alot of sports to go around. But putting a Blue Jays game, the main staple of the network which that has been on regular sportsnet all year round, onto a new channel in order to get people to have to subscribe to it is wrong.
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08-14-2010, 01:55 PM
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#54
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Shaw hasn't added it in my area but I am almost certain they are going to, it's got way more content than TSN2 IMO. They also juggled their HD channels around this week and opened up two slots between all the sports channels (sportsnet/tsn/tsn2) at something like channels 216/217 in my area. I am expecting them to add Sportsnet 2 and Setanta HD.
Dunno why they didn't go live with it right away after opening channel slots.
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08-14-2010, 03:12 PM
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#55
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Locked in the Trunk of a Car
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Originally Posted by Coys1882
I spoke to Bell today and they are launchign Sportsnet 1 today at noon.
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Havn't seen it yet....
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08-14-2010, 03:22 PM
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#56
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It's August, like others have said, as long as Telus/Shaw/Bell/whoever adds it in plenty of time for the hockey season then it's no big deal.
In the mean time I'm sure Sportsnet ONE will be a lot like TSN2 during summer programming, that is, 13 hours a day of poker/bowling/darts/basket weaving.
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08-14-2010, 03:27 PM
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#57
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Originally Posted by csnarpy
Havn't seen it yet....
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He got Belled. It isn't coming live today on Bell TV, I think it will be like TSN2 where the other providers will take a bit longer to grab on to the channel. I would not be suprised if the call centers for all of Shaw/Telus/Bell are recording who asks for this channel and that will determine how quickly they want/need to get it.
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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08-14-2010, 03:39 PM
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Maybe its not a big deal for those of you who are only interested in watching Flames games. The fact is that when it is available, I'm expecting it to be another subscription channel that we'll have to sign up for. There are a lot of people in this country who want to watch the Jays games, and putting them on a channel that they'll have to pay extra for when we were already getting every game on their current channels isnt fair. It's Sportsnet trying to force more people to sign up to their extra channels, and it looks like a lot of you will happily fork over your money to Shaw once this is available. The occasions when they had conflicts between the Oilers and Flames were few and far between. I know there will be more times now that PPV are gone, but when those times arise they could just put one game on an alternate feed. If they want to put the Jays on SNet One, that's fine, but they should leave them on the regular channels as well so it is possible for us to watch them.
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08-14-2010, 03:47 PM
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#59
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Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood
It's Sportsnet trying to force more people to sign up to their extra channels, and it looks like a lot of you will happily fork over your money to Shaw once this is available.
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Do you know for sure this is going to be an extra cost channel when it is released?
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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08-14-2010, 04:11 PM
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#60
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by HOOT
Do you know for sure this is going to be an extra cost channel when it is released?
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I'm guessing based on the fact that it is on a free preview on Rogers right now until Sept. 30. I assume once the free preview is done it will be extra cost.
Here is an interesting article. Basically, Sportsnet doesn't care if Jays fans get pissed, in fact they want them to, to force the other providers to pick it up before hockey season.
It’ll be plenty more once the NHL season starts. If the current impasse continues, viewers will also be denied games of the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers or Ottawa Senators – to say nothing of the Toronto Raptors games – when they begin this fall on Sportsnet One.
Cable viewers accustomed to receiving the entire Blue Jays inventory may be feeling like pawns in a game of chicken between Rogers and its rivals in the carrier business.
“I totally understand that point of view,” Rogers Sportsnet president Doug Beeforth said Friday.
Rogers hopes public pressure from disgruntled Blue Jays and NHL fans will force their competitors to acquiesce in time for the NHL season in October. That’s what eventually happened with TSN2, when demand for premium events placed on the second channel by TSN nudged carriers – including a reluctant Rogers – to give in and carry the channel.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle1672900/
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