Off Topic: NFL Network Fight Goes to Texas Capitol
Reagan Hackleman writes on News 8 Austin:
The fight between the NFL and large cable companies was taken to the Texas Capitol on Monday.More here.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made their pitch to the Texas House Regulated Industries Committee to get their fledgling NFL Network into more households. They want lawmakers to force the network and the nation's two largest cable companies into arbitration.
The NFL Network wants both Time Warner Cable (parent company of News 8 Austin) and Comcast to include the network on standard cable at a cost of $.70 per subscriber, per month. Both cable companies want to put the network on a sports tier. Time Warner Cable hasn't come to terms with the network.
Background here.
And yes, this issue is a sensitive one for NFL fans everywhere. -ferg
posted by Fergie @ 12/11/2007 06:33:00 PM
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