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TV COVERAGE??? Someone smarter than me needs to explain...
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:22 amby Jeffrey Lebowski
My previous post this morning touched on this, but I cannot understand why SMU games are not shown regionally...ESPECIALLY when they are playing other prominent schools in the state like UH. I am gonna be stuck in the armpit that is Houston this weekend while my season tickets burn a hole in my pocket and I can't even see the game on TV...argh.
Can someone please explain to me why these games don't get televised? I am sure I will be able to flip on the TV on Saturday at 2:00 and find some of the most worthless crap imaginable being shown...Surely the SMU/UH games would get more viewers that the other crap that is being shown at 2:00 on a Saturday...so wouldn't stations want to cover it? Is it a contracting issue? An advertising issue? Someone please help me understand. I am so f-ing irritated that I am missing this game.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:40 amby BRStang
CSTV. (Joy! Joy!) Do you have access to a laptop and the internet?
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:48 amby PonyCat
As I understand it, CSTV owns the rights to all C-USA games, so you'd have to get it cleared first. Then, if CSTV doesn't pick it up, it costs about $50K to air a game. That said, you can watch tomorrow's game online through SMU All-Access.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:25 pmby SMU_is_bowling
How is the quality in those "all-access" on-line games
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:28 pmby smupony94
All access isn't that bad. Better than last year
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:30 pmby SMU_is_bowling
what about the CSTV? any good? same thing?
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:30 pmby FloridaMustang
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:How is the quality in those "all-access" on-line games
It's not bad. It's not TV, but I personally don't have any problems seeing exactly what's going on. I'm very thankful for it when just a couple years ago we had no way to watch our games at all save for the occasional Fox Sports SW game.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:31 pmby smupony94
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:what about the CSTV? any good? same thing?
Same company - CSTV is the tv, and CSTV all access is the internet
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:32 pmby SMU_is_bowling
Shows how much I have looked into it, huh!
thanks!
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:35 pmby Stallion
if you get the computer CSTV package make sure you get registered well before the game and try it out before the game because you may have some issues to resolve to best configure your computer to some of the requirements of the website.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:39 pmby smupony94
It does not work with the new Internet Explorer Version 7 by the way
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:40 pmby tmustangp
then obviously someone is smoking some serious crack at cstv.. How are they not showing a game that has conf championship implications? Can someone explain that to me please?
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:41 pmby FloridaMustang
smupony94 wrote:It does not work with the new Internet Explorer Version 7 by the way
Or with Firefox.. or on a Mac.
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:42 pmby Stallion
right but you can take it off and install Internet Explorer 6. There are several other issues like that.