Please: No More LHN-Related FanPosts Today!
by Hopkins Horn on Sep 3, 2011 11:13 AM CDT
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PrintYes, we know that many of you are frustrated that you won't be able to watch the game today, at least through legitimate means, because of the carriage dispute between LHN/ESPN and most major cable and satellite providers.
And we know that some of you want to post frequent updates and FanPosts as to who is or, more likely, is not going to be carrying the network.
But please remember that, for every new FanPost on this subject which goes up, another one is bumped off the front page. So I would ask you, our readers, to show greater discretion over whether we need yet another LHN-related FanPost.
Please rest assured that, if there is breaking news about a major, or even not-so-major, carriage agreement being reached, BON will pass that news along -- and if you don't see BON doing so, try to share the news in one of the existing game-day threads rather than start an entirely new thread or story.
Thanks, and hook 'em!
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"History lesson: Everything bad that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the South. Everything good that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the West." -- Paul Burka, Senior Executive Editor of Texas Monthly
by Hopkins Horn on Sep 3, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Our house has reception of LHN, in Austin
using Time Warner cable
Seriously???
What channel on TWC are you watching LHN?
It would be neat to add
“looking for a stream/bar/place” watch the game.
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
DKR?
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SECede?....Whoop(s)!!
Why havent you left yet?
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
by run Bevo run on Sep 3, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Date took too long to get ready
Got stuck in traffic and had to miss the first 2 minutes of the game.
We are now no longer dating.
Priorities, man. Priorities.
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SECede?....Whoop(s)!!
Ill post my update here then
TWC, stated they were still in negotiations, trying to decide whether to add to digital package or offer it as a different tier, guaranteed me that they would NOT have it today, they were very emphatic about this
I live in the
boonies of Central Louisiana….so I might as well forget about UT, let alone my Direct TV here doesn’t have ABC,CBS,NBC……..they said maybe in a few years…………..Can’t even watch LSU vs. Oregon……………and I quit drinking 2 months ago. Life sux when you get old(58)!
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
Move
Or at least tell direct tv you moved. Use a friend’s address who is not using Direct tv. Tell them you are moving it all yourself. I know it will not be local stations but it is better then nothing.
but I just moved
from Lake Buchanan (Between Burnet and Llano), and I’ve got direct TV, but absolutley no local channels. Remember, I live out in the woods…..
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
Thank god for veetle.com
Hopefully this won’t be an issue in the Kansas game. If folks in Kansas are going to be able to watch the game on another channel, so should people in Texas! This game better be on FSN in addition to LHN.
by goingforthecorner on Sep 3, 2011 11:32 PM CDT reply actions
veetle and god
Does it take an act of God to get Veetle to run? I downloaded Veetle, installed it six times, rebooted three times, and still, each time I click the shortcut, I get the install wizard, then…nothing.
Since I probably won’t get LHN here in the Valley (Weslaco), Veetle seems like the best alternative.
I have Windows 7, and I’m posting here because the Veetle Troubleshooter options failed except for the last one, which suggests that I go online and ask a friend for help (yep, that’s what it says).
it was incredibly easy
you don’t need the HD download, but it made it way more stable of a feed. And the picture wasn’t bad either. I didn’t even have to reboot.
What browser are you using?
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
From the description
I would guess it has an “e” for an icon coupled with severe retardation.
Chrome or Firefox, man!
There is so much beauty because life can be so symmetrical that it gives birth to this almost silent poetry . . . (like) a girl who's terrible at grammar saying, "Mama, you raised me good," and then being pushed down a well . . .
Instead of restarting
Clear your cache and active logins, close the browser, and try again.
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
I got it to work the first time
I have Windows 7 and used Google Chrome
by goingforthecorner on Sep 4, 2011 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I did the same thing..
I tried it on IE and it wouldn’t connect but then I open Chrome and it worked fine. My laptop crashed and my old desktop has IE7 as well..Works fine with Chrome..
OK, the Veetle download is “enabled” but the icon is blinking and when I click on it I am informed that Veetle is “incompatible”…with what it’s incompatible I am not advised.
I went to the Veetle website and looked for college football channels. The LHN was not there, and apparently nobody is broadcasting the Rice game. The only football game was ASU v UC Davis from last Thursday. Lots of soccer, rugby, nascar, golf, tennis, and ladies whining in Spanish about being football widows.
Are there no archives at Veetle?
No way that happens.
Hopefully this won’t be an issue in the Kansas game. If folks in Kansas are going to be able to watch the game on another channel, so should people in Texas! This game better be on FSN in addition to LHN.
If you could get the game on another channel, then there’d be no reason for anyone to pick up the LHN. The whole strategy is to put pressure on distributors by taking games that would otherwise be on TV away and letting Texas fans call and complain. Texas has essentially sold its fan base to the Disney corporation to be used as negotiating fodder.
So far distributors have largely shrugged. Some people called this weekend, but no one’s going to care about it again until the Kansas game, and after that no one is going to care about it again for another year, and they deal with renewals and cancellations all year. Meanwhile some fans of other schools have actually called and threatened to cancel if LHN is picked up. If Texas went independent the network would get picked up very quickly, but it could be devastating to the schedules of every sport except football. Texas has a lot of very good programs other than football, and they’re not eager to relegate them to Conference USA irrelevance.
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that Hopkins...
…has chosen a “PAC16” badge for his BON’er identity…while chastising us on not getting overly caught up in hype (LHN)?
Reading comprehension...
HH probably is just as upset that he had to find an online stream like the rest of us. His intent of this post was to stop the plethora of new fanposts that all SAY THE SAME THING, which in turn bumps a well written fanpost off the front page. He is not chastisiing anyone for getting caught up in the hype of the LHN.
Its understandable that fans are upset, but it got old to see 7 fanposts on the right hand side of the front page whining about how messed up this is and blah blah blah blah blah. We get it. ESPN and cable companies are working on a deal. This sort of thing happens, and sadly the Rice game was the sacrifical lamb.
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SECede?....Whoop(s)!!
Gracias
There is a big difference between using an avatar as a simple way of advocating what one’s see as a preferred outcome with posting the SAME DAMN THING SIX OTHER PEOPLE JUST POSTED BELOW.
It’s gonna happen again this week with realignment (I see it brewing already) and I’ll probably be doing the same thing with those posts.
"History lesson: Everything bad that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the South. Everything good that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the West." -- Paul Burka, Senior Executive Editor of Texas Monthly
by Hopkins Horn on Sep 5, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I swear to TD Jesus
if you delete my realignment thread…
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
I dare you to dare me
"History lesson: Everything bad that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the South. Everything good that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the West." -- Paul Burka, Senior Executive Editor of Texas Monthly
Apparently you don't understand irony real good
"History lesson: Everything bad that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the South. Everything good that has happened to Texas has been due to its association with the West." -- Paul Burka, Senior Executive Editor of Texas Monthly
by Hopkins Horn on Sep 5, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Course I do
It’s like rain on my wedding day. Or a free ride when I’ve already paid.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
by LonghornEm on Sep 6, 2011 7:16 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alanis Morrisette or Crazy MTV cab driver?
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
Where is my LHN
I am going to start boycott ESPN Sports next week until they get the LHN network available in Houston. It is not just the game vs Rice or the possibility of the Kansas game. It is the extra coverage; the behind the sense; other sports. We were promised LHN for over 6 months. They had enough time to market this product. They could have made it an add on channel to the big sports packages. I do not expect my 3 brothers who are Aggies to pay for the station.
I do not understand how I end up paying for Big10 football channels I don’t want but cannot get the channel I want. This is economic waste. Conference TV stations should always be a separate line item charge. If all I want is Big 12 and SEC football why am I paying for anything else. I understand why the other sports channels need to be bundled but let LHN go free.
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