Monday, April 23, 2007
Want to watch the Badgers this fall? Better have satellite
Residents of Wisconsin outside of the Green Bay and Milwaukee remembers how they were blacked out for the Thursday night game against the Minnesota Vikings because their cable companies don't offer the NFL Network. It's happening again, this time with the Big Ten Network this fall.
The Wisconsin Badgers will no longer play their games on ESPN Plus. Instead, they will be shown on the new Big Ten Network. This means for subscribers of Time Warner Cable or Charter Communications you're out of luck. If you have AT&T's U-Verse, DirecTV and Dish Network, you will have access.
This is precicely why there needs to be competition in the cable industry in Wisconsin. This is why AB207/SB107 needs to get passed in the state Legislature. Without effective competition, Time Warner and Charter are free to decide which channels consumers get.
Thank God AT&T is scurrying around Green Bay prepping for U-Verse.
EDIT: AT&T pays for play
I'm not sure how I missed this in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but AT&T lined the campaign coffers last fall for Gov. Jim Doyle, Rep. Phil Montgomery, chair of the Assembly Utilities Committee, and others in the state house.
Of course, this should coome as no surprise. This is common sense legislation that would be passed regardless of the $10,000 put into campaign coffers.
Labels: Wisconsin Politics
