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Why doesnt Uverse offer the NHL Network when it carries NFL NBA AND MLB?
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tj_1
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halk
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halk
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americangame
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NBCU only owns about 15% of the channel.
Also, prior agreements between NBCU and AT&T doesn't mean that NBCU can make AT&T add a new channel that they don't have a contractual agreement to broadcast.
They only refuse to being the NHL network back because the NHL network's terms and conditions for them to air on U-Verse were unacceptable.
Rumor has it that they wanted the channel to be taken off of the Sports package and placed on the U200 package. If true, AT&T saw that the number of their subscribers that had access to the sports package and the number of people who watched that channel and this wouldn't be a good price increase for a majority of their customers who wouldn't want to watch the channel.
When the NHL Network decides to come back to the negotiating table with a reasonable offer I'm sure AT&T will gladly air the channel once again.
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oufanindallas
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When weighing the cost for placing a channel on a lower package AT&T has to look at the number of subscribers and determine whether or not the cost works for them, if it doesn't, they won't add/change the channel. While hockey maybe popular, losing "thousands" of customer is probably cheaper than paying the network for MILLIONS of customers, many who probably wouldn't watch it. ESPN is the most expensive channel on the air and for each subscriber AT&T pays ESPN over $4.00 per subscriber that has access to it. Since it's available in every package except for UBasic and UFamily, it costs AT&T close $225 million per year. NHL's highest rating was on NBC Sports Network, game 3 of the Stanely cup and it only drew just shy of 4 million viewers. That's just a few hundred thousand less than the number of UVerse subscribers. Now figure that is across 13 major cable providers that's less than 300,000 viewers on average per network. Last count DirectTV had 20,110,000 subscribers, Dish has around 14,000,000 subscribers, Comcast has around 50,000,000 subscribers, AT&T has around 5,000,000 subscribers. When you look at those numbers, NHL network and the number of viewers isn't that high. ESPN averages 115,000,000 viewers per month. That's a far greater number than an NHL game. The majority of hockey games draw less than 1,000,000 viewers. Since the majority of NHL games are on either the RSNs or NBCSN, the NHL Network loses out on a lot of viewers if they game they are showing isn't a major rivalary game between the higher profile teams.
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mypreciousmoments
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THERE ARE ALSO MANY "TALK" SHOWS AND OTHER INFORMATIONAL SHOWS AVAILABLE ON THIS NETWORK TO KEEP UP WITH THE SPORT IN GENERAL. WISH THEY WOULD OFFER THIS CHANNEL. CONSIDER MOVING BACK TO COMCAST!
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mypreciousmoments
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WHY DON'T THEY JUST ADD IT TO A HIGHER TIER, LIKE U300?
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dwinth
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There is no need for your shouting (the use of all capital letters). That is not going to change anything in regards to the NHL Network.
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Other than that, it is all up to AT&T. They are very much aware of their subscribers desire for getting back the NHL Network.
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americangame
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Maybe the NHL Network doesn't want there to be a premium option.
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