Alerted to this on Mike Shaw's twitter feed, Versus & DirecTV are involved in a carriage spat. No idea what Versus & DirecTV want in terms of subscriber fees, contract term, carriage tier, etc., but it will affect the fans of the Big 12, Ivy League, MWC and PAC-10 who have games on the network. This is in addition to the coverage of the NHL and Indy Racing League.
The contract expires on 8/31 and the channel could stick around as long as contract talks are continuing in good faith.
As a DirecTV subscriber, I hope we don't see an outage and I'd prefer to see Versus step up in tier to DirecTV's Choice tier. It currently resides on the Choice Plus tier.
Interesting news. Why is it that Comcast always seems to be getting in these spats, regardless of whether they are the network or the provider? I hope they come to an agreement in time for football season.
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