Time Warner Rejects League's Offer to Submit NFL Network Dispute to Binding Arbitration
The league's offer today to submit its dispute with Time Warner over distribution of the NFL Network to binding arbitration has been rejected by the cable company.
Glenn A. Britt, the president and CEO of Time Warner Cable, wrote to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell late today that Time Warner remains willing to carry the NFL Network on a sports tier, or make games carried on the NFL Network available to its customers on a per-game basis with the league setting the price and collecting the revenues generated. Britt also urged Goodell to move the New England Patriots-New York Giants game on Dec. 29 to a different network in the meantime.
"Over the years we've been able to successfully reach agreements with hundreds of programming networks without the use of arbitration," Britt wrote. "We continue to believe that the best way to achieve results is to privately seek a resolution and not attempt to negotiate through the press or elected officials."
By Mark Maske |
December 20, 2007; 7:38 PM ET
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Posted by: Anonymous | December 21, 2007 7:53 AM
It's gonna be hard to blame the NFL when nobody gets to watch Pats/Giants in week 17. Cable had their chance to do something for their customers, and THEY said no.
Glad I have DirecTV.
Posted by: BoltsFan | December 21, 2007 9:46 AM
I can't stand the NFL Network's broadcast of games. The Gumbel/Collingsworth combo is just plain bad TV.
Posted by: leeh1128 | December 21, 2007 1:54 PM
let's forget about that for a minute i'am about to tell you what this is all about this is nothing but greed it's not enough that the NFL is making 7 Billion a year also they are fighting with the cable companies trying to force them to do things differently when it comes to NFL Network because they don't want to look bad to ESPN, NBC,FOX,or CBS in the next negotiations that's why the NFL wants the NFL Network to be in premier channel instead of basic so that the NFL can make money and the cable companies don't want that because they don't want to lose their customers by charging extra on their custuners bills to get their money because they are paying to NFL so they can carry the NFL network.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 21, 2007 10:25 PM
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Good for TW! The NFL Network is a low-budget, minor league operation trying to showcase a first rate product. The production end is terrible. The talent end is really lame, horrible, talentless. NFL Network deserves nothing more than lower tier pricing from ALL cable operators.