From Deseret News archives:
Want to watch Cougs, Utes? Go to The mtn.
MWC signal not carried by many TV providers
A lot of local fans are no doubt going to be hot under the collar on Saturday when they realize that they won't be able to see the 2 p.m. BYU-Tulsa game or the 6 p.m. Utah-Northern Arizona matchup.
Both games will be carried on the new Mountain West Conference channel The mtn. And as of this writing The mtn. is available only to cable subscribers. Only to some cable subscribers.
Comcast, by far Utah's biggest cable provider, has added the channel to its expanded-basic lineup. Bresnan has done the same in places like Cedar City, Delta and Vernal.
The mtn. is available on expanded basic in Provo (on Provo Cable and MSTAR); it's on All West/Utah's basic lineup in Coalville, Kamas and Randolph; it's on Central Telecom's basic lineup in Anabella, Austin, Central Valley, Elsinor and Monroe and on its expanded basic lineups in Aurora, Central Valley, Ephraim, Eureka, Fairview, Fountain Green, Goshen, Gunnison, Manti, Moroni, Mt. Pleasant, Redmond, Richfield, Salina, Santaquin and Spring City.
CALL YOUR CABLE PROVIDER AND ASK.
Contrary to the belief of e-mailers and callers from not only around the state of Utah but from New York to California, Montana to Florida, nobody at the Deseret Morning News knows the status of The mtn. at every cable system in America. We can't even say for certain about its status at every cable system in Utah.
That there's confusion about all of this is evident just from the steady stream of phone calls coming in from people who don't understand what's happening. Some of those who subscribe to basic cable are going to be in for a nasty surprise when they realize their provider has placed The mtn. on expanded basic.
As for satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV again, as of this writing The mtn. is not available. Comcast, which owns half The mtn., is negotiating with the two and a deal is reportedly in the offing, but that won't be certain until the contracts are signed.
(And, no, Comcast isn't trying to keep The mtn. off other cable and satellite systems. Comcast benefits every time a distribution deal is worked out.)
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