Direct TV PPV for ULM game

by Horncasting on Aug 31, 2009 9:19 PM CDT Comment 43 comments

A buddy of mine is having a party at his house Saturday night and has offered to get the UT vs. ULM game for the Horn fans that will be there. He called Direct TV today and the lady told him it was not available on Pay per view and that he could only get it by ordering ESPN Gameplan.

Anyone know if this is really the case? He is in San Antonio. Thanks in advance for the help.

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Wait until Friday to order

Direct TV has it as a Game Day game, but Texassports.com has it as Fox Sports PPV. I would guess Texassports know better than Direct TV. Wait until Direct TV gets its act together before ordering.

by Wells on Sep 1, 2009 8:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Same issue with Time Warner in Dallas

They didn’t show anything available to order right now. I ordered the Arkansas State game a couple of years ago. It must not show up in their system until a couple of days before.

by jtlonghorn on Sep 1, 2009 10:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Just got mine....

Time Warner Dallas does indeed have the game, I just got off the phone with them. The lasy asked if it was the gameplan for $120 and then transfered me to someone that had a clue. 39.99, channel 960 @ 6 p.m. I ordered the Ark St. game two years ago and they started showing band coverage about an hour before the game.

Hook'em

by TEXAS_FIGHT07 on Sep 1, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet

Thanks for the info. They didn’t have a clue what the hell I was talking about yesterday. I was getting worried about it.

by jtlonghorn on Sep 1, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do have to wonder whether the Rice games in 2010 and 2011 will be the same kind of PPV. Might that already be established in contract? Rice would seem a decent enough opponent that it’d make sense to put it on real TV.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 1, 2009 10:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

North Carolina

Trying to figure this out myself. I have the ESPN package but it sounds like I might have to grab the specific PPV if Time Warner picks it up. Hope so! Wish this stuff were announced more in advance so I don’t have to stress….

by Sleepy on Sep 1, 2009 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

let me know what you find out

I’m in Fayetteville.

JP @Fort Bragg

by thejahpaul on Sep 2, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, let me know too.

i’m going to be in wrightsville beach for the weekend and hoping to order it at the house.

You definitely can’t get it on ESPN gameplan, but if you figure out what channel it’s on and who to call, let us know.

by billyzane on Sep 2, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Last Year Direct TV PPV

didn’t have the game info available until Friday or Saturday…it doesn’t surprise me that they are again unprepared.

Also – I am lucky enough to have Sirius/XM satelite radio…I am expecting all the games audio to be available again on channel 231.

by jimjar on Sep 1, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Isn't That Like $10 a month? Seems worth it just for Horns Coverage.

by realmccoy on Sep 2, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why oh why...

there isn’t a Big 12 Network is beyond me? All this crap could be avoided with PPV nonsense

BOOOOOOOOM MF!

by TNHorn on Sep 2, 2009 8:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why oh why.......

I’m with you brotha!!!! 39.99??!?!?!?!? I love the horns, but geez!!!!!! I guess I’m going to swallow hard and get the game!!?!??!?!?! What happen to 29.99?!!??!? OU still blows!!!!

by TexasStateHorn on Sep 2, 2009 8:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I know this sounds kind of dumb to some people, but NOT paying the PPV fee would make PPV a less attractive option to the schools, no?

by burntorangehorn on Sep 2, 2009 9:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No.

The school doesn’t really have a say in the matter. The reason it’s on PPV at all instead of on a regular network is because no regular network picked it up, but some production company decided there was enough of a demand for the game to make it worthwhile to offer it on PPV. The school might have ties with this production company, I don’t know. But the options aren’t PPV or regular TV. They’re PPV or no TV.

Therefore, if no one buys it on PPV, you’re right that it will discourage companies from offering it on PPV, but that just means it will not be on TV at all.

by billyzane on Sep 2, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you don’t think the economics of a PPV boycott would lead the team to wake up and either work to get a network pickup or, better yet, a matchup that networks would more readily pay to broadcast?

by burntorangehorn on Sep 2, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If DeLoss has his way

The game will be on LonghornsTV, and you will earn the right to pay $12.95 (or so) per month for it.

All Longhorns all the time.

by jc25 on Sep 2, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The only problem then is the same problem with this effing PPV: it’s only available in a very small geographic area…unless LonghornsTV goes national, which would make me a happy camper.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 2, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

(a) it would never do anything to begin with, and (b) if it did do anything, that would be to prevent it from being picked up on PPV in the future.

I think you overestimate how much control a school has over what channels their games are on. As for tough scheduling, we’re always going to have a sun belt-caliber team to lead off the season. Even if Texas does punch the schedule up, it’s going to be by replacing UTEP or UCF -level teams with low BCS level teams.

by billyzane on Sep 2, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

UT vs. UCF was on ESPN2, wasn’t it? I honestly can’t remember. I hate Disney, but at least it’s national.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 2, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, some schools, particularly heavyweights, do have some control. Remember the TBS series?

by burntorangehorn on Sep 2, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only a few schools have independent contracts

Notre Dame on NBC and Army / Navy on CBS. All other schools have contracts via their conference affiliation. TBS was affiliated with the Big 12.

There’s a wiki page describing broadcast rights and a specific description of the Big 12’s contracts can be found here.

by gwh65 on Sep 3, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Texas, not the Big 12, had a specific contract with TBS to broadcast a certain set of games over a set period of years, am I right? That wasn’t a Big 12 contract, I don’t believe.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 4, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was Big 12 (mentioned in earlier comment's 2nd link)

Announcement of contract commencement
Example of non-UT TBS game
Announcement of contract not being renewed

by gwh65 on Sep 4, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is "PPV or nothing" driven by the Big XII contract?

It’s not that uncommon a practice throughout the country for teams to produce their own games, or sell/give the rights to shows games, that aren’t picked up as a result of any conference-network deal. This is more common at the non-BCS level, but it seems as though the SEC allows its schools to so, given the number of Kentucky/Tennessee/etc. home school-produced games that have shown up on GamePlan. (Though who knows if the new ESPN contract changes that.)

I’m assuming that Texas, or any other Big XII school, has no option to do so and that, if a game isn’t picked up via the ESPN and Fox contracts, it can’t be shown over-the-air at all?

by Hopkins Horn on Sep 3, 2009 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

According to the DirectTV reps, the game will be on channel 785. But $39.99 still hurts.

by RLKLonghorn on Sep 2, 2009 11:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

dumb question

Are the DirectTV channels the same across different geographies? Will it be on the same PPV channel in San Antonio that it is in, say, Dallas or Houston?

by Horncasting on Sep 2, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

All Channels 70 and up are national.

by Wells on Sep 2, 2009 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dish Network PPV Channel 462

Channel 462 for those of you with Dish Network. Same $39.99 fee as Direct. Steep fee but Iam anxious to see how everyone looks this year.

by cj43 on Sep 2, 2009 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So how much would you pay to watch this game on PPV?

If I reading the mood of this thread correctly, it reads as though most posters, though naturally unhappy, are prepared to pay the $39.99 to watch the game on PPV.

My question is, if you’re willing to bite the bullet at $39.99, at what cost do you say no más and throw in the towel? 49.99? 59.99? 69.99? Even higher?

I think I personally am a bit more on the fence about purchasing the game. In principle, shelling out $39.99 for an all-but-guaranteed blowout seems rather silly, especially after shelling out $129 for ESPN GamePlan, but in practice, as a DirecTV subscriber, not paying $39.99 for the game makes it that much more likely that I won’t be able to watch the Horns until the Tech game, given the Comcast-DirecTV pissing match over Versus.

by Hopkins Horn on Sep 3, 2009 12:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It’s probably not an option for many outside Texas, but I imagine it’d be more fun to go to a sports bar that picks up the PPV tab. Spend $40 to stay at home and eat your own food? Bah.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 3, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem is I spend a lot more that $40 when I watch Texas at the Bar

by Wells on Sep 3, 2009 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right, but when you’re home, you also are paying for food on top of the PPV fee.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 4, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Food and booze at home + PPV < Bar Tab

by a lot

by Wells on Sep 5, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

$4.99 seems fair to me -- same as for a movie.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Sep 3, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

directv ppv ULM - from their site

Louisiana-Monroe @ Texas: Louisiana-Monroe at Texas NR (Not Rated)
College Football: Louisiana-Monroe at Texas. In certain states subject to local blackouts, this game can only be viewed by purchasing on a pay per view basis for $29.95. This game may be available in other areas with an ESPN GamePlan subscription or …

channel 785 (ppv)

by Kasper-pA- on Sep 3, 2009 9:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I am thinking on BBQ’n and grabbing the game if any horns fan’s in Houston (katy area) need a place to watch it

by Kasper-pA- on Sep 3, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time Warner - west coast

Has anyone tried to order the game via Time Warner on the West Coast? I’m in Los Angeles and I’m DYING inside because the helpful Time Warner people can’t find the game. I mean, it’s not like I’m trying to give them $40 or anything…

HOOK ’EM!!!

by KevinJ on Sep 3, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I know here in OKC, Cox has not carried it in the past...

so I have to find a dish and box to watch. Seems like and they state that only regional cable carriers in TX will carry the game. I guess if demand is enough they could but what is the cost to the local to carry the game. I’m just gona go to the game this year. Gas is not $4 a gallon like last year.

We're Texas...and you're NOT

by Bevoboy94 on Sep 4, 2009 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs