Comments about ‘The mtn., DirecTV reach pact’

Anyone notice that both Direct TV and Dish Network have about the same amount of subscribers (around 30+ million each)?

Get the drift of what that means? Those subscribers don't generally have both satellites, so that means we need both for proper national distribution. 60 million's a lot more eyes for recruiting punch!

Wow there are a lot of whiners on here. This is great news. Remember people we were not exactly getting ESPN A Team, the talent is about equal to what we were getting from ESPN. The picture is not great and they need to improve that. DirecTV is better than Dish. Stop whining and enjoy the games!

DirectTV better not jack up my rates just so they can show this trash.

Outside the bubble known as Provo and Utah for that matter most people have directv. I have had both and Directv is hands down superior. Props to the mtn. for signing the deal with the good satellite company.

I love Direct TV, the guy asking about "who watches Direct TV?" is living in la-la land, try about 30 million people dude. Ever heard of the NFL Sunday Ticket (commercials featuring Payton Manning) HD channels on Direct TV are amazing (on the most watched networks, other HD channels are poor and shrunk). I'm just happy that I may actually have a chance to watch every football game this fall for the Cougs, even if the quality is poor, ever watch KBYU, KSL broadcasts of old games? The game makes the experience, not the announcers. This deal has hurt the MWC no doubt, but I can honestly say that I am excited that this may be real.

Don't hate, appreciate.

Go Cougs!

Dish still needs to be a part of the deal. After that, what premium package are they going to include the mtn in????

I am no fan of the MTN, but most of you making statements on here were probably too young to remember the infant status of ESPN. They were as bad as the MTN is now and struggled for many years. Hope the MTN can do better quicker.

I will believe it when I see it.

This should have been done before the contract was even signed with Comcast to be the exclusive carrier.

As far as patching up differences with ESPN I really do not want to watch a game at 10-11 at night and watch only Thursday Night Football games. That was the deal with ESPN and the MWC was going to get even less viewing according to ESPN.

Those with Comcast should talk to your city about the legal liabilities of Comcast as to whether or not they should extend their coverage into your neighborhood. Comcast will seldom tell you the truth about how few homes need to want them before they have to go through the expense of hooking you up.

With this deal the MTN should buy some better quality cameras and train their cameramen to actually follow the ball when it is in play.

I had just about given up!! One more season without seeing the games on my Direct TV and I was ready to leave the Mountain West Conference forever.

I am glad that you will have something else to watch. I am sure that you are tired of Harline's still open, 4th and 18, 4 in a row, 46 straight, two straight undefeated conference years, etc., etc., etc.
Enjoy paying for the new Directv sports package.

All this Idol worship of reality TV has corrupted the networks and destroyed our right to watch sports. The only reason why I own a TV anymore is to watch sports but reality TV has gone through the roof forcing sports which has lost it's popularity to cable or elsewhere. We used to see all the games and now we don't know where to find them. I see one game a week now because I can only afford basic cable and even owning a dish from the mafia is not enough to get your favorite sports programing anymore.

To all you freaks who are dumping their "TEAM" because of a tv deal, don't worry, your team doesn't need you and I'll know enjoy watching BYU on tv.

And to John, the kat that says DirecTV is no good. Let me bring you outside of the bubble of UTAH!!! First, DirectTv owns Dishnetwork, two and most importantly... DISHNETWORK has no market here on the East Coast, It's all Direct TV.

Regarding the fact that the deal does not guarantee BYU / UofU games always being on since every other conference team also wants their games shown, help me understand this: if the Mtn. elects not to show a game, can another provider (KSL/KUTV,KJZZ,etc.) purchase the rights to show the game?

Given the conference contract negotiating skills this is doubtful, but it does seem that giving the Mtn. right of first refusal and then offering the games to others could create additional money making opportunities for the school/conference. And we all know that it is all about the money - right?

Can anyone clarify this for me?

This is the best day of my life. Looks like I'll be switching to Direct TV if DISH Network doesn't sign on too.

It'll be great to finally be able to see MWC football games again, but, it those games will be set to the premium sports packages, it won't be getting all the national exposure it's been craving. The only people who will pay extra to watch MWC games are MWC alumni. And there really aren't a lot of us back here on he East Coast.

From what I hear CSTV (which is the parent company of the mtn) was purchased by CBS. So the mtn is probably going to disappear anyway. Having a network dedicated exclusively to our conference is a great idea but the mtn just couldn't pull it off. By the way has anyone ever seen "The Numbers Game"? I think that's what its called. My sixteen year old daughter could produce a better program!

For all those whining about having to pay extra and watching on the local channels SHUT UP! There are so many outside of happy valley that want these games. I had to pay well over a hundred dollars for ESPN gameplan when they were with ESPN. I can handle the upgrade to a bit more expensive setup. Besides the satellites are always cheaper than digital cable. In Colorado Springs you have to fork out $80 a month to get CSTV, MTN, and Versus. With Direct TV I'll bet I can get it all for $55 or less! Finally us fans outside of Utah can watch our teams! National exposure will increase. As far as respect we won't get that with any type of coverage until we get into the BCS regularly.

I use to be a UTE fan. I've really missed watching their games on TV over the past 3 years. So I actually started watching more SEC games than MWC. I have Dish rignt now so I will definitely switch to Direct TV this August/Sept. GOOD BYE DISH !!

The MWC was continually increased its coverage since the intial launch of MTN--I don't see why this will stop. I switched from Dish, after telling them numerous times over the past year and a half, to DirecTV.

The setup for DirecTV was a snap; however, the billing by DirecTV is not a good way to run a business almost on the verge of being dishonest. I received a discounted choice pkg, and the discounted price would be reflected on my 2nd bill...no problem I thought. When I received the 2nd bill, there was no discount. I called and I was told it would be corrected. I checked after severall weeks and still no discount. I called DirecTV again, and the agent tells me that I was suppose to submit the discount....which no previous agents told me....a little caution re: DirecTV's business practices.

I like Comcast and Dish menus/interfaces better than DirecTV...when my contract is done w/ DirecTV, I switch back to Comcast, or Dish--if they carry the MTN.