Time Warner Cable vs Direct TV

One of the great things about modern cable and satellite TV is all of the sports programming now available to subscribers across the country. 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.

The motto today is “Content is King” and as the saying goes the sports networks want to bring as much content as possible to the end user so they can make more money on ads. Lots of brand new all-sports networks have sprung up in the last few years. Included among these are Altitude Sports, which carries Nuggets from Denver and Colorado Avalanche matches, and also the Big Ten Network and the Mountian, the network of the Mountain West conference.

Sure these networks are great for people in certain regions of the country, but disputes between the providers of content and cable networks that deliver the content have resulted in trouble at times to the customer. For example, the Big Ten Network started airing in 2007, but they were in a carraige dispute with big cable provider Time Warner. Customers of Time Warner in the midwest were unable to watch some of the local teams play because of the carraige dispute. Finally however, the companies involved came to terms before the fall football season, so customers could remain with with Time Warner instead of having to switch over to one of the satellite television companies such as DISH Network or DirecTV. An important thing to do when considering providers is to consider all factors, comparing Time Warner or DirecTV satellite.

Specialized sports programming packages are another option hard core sports fans should consider. The DirecTV Sunday Ticket package is exclusive to the satellite TV provider, 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 Comcast. Alternative packages though are more fan friendly, like the National Hockey League 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 like the NFL Sunday Ticket.

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