But the channels are there. You're saying some contract provisio is triggered as soon as an otherwise empty open channel (specially designated as ESPN "alternate" mind you, and NEVER used for anything else) is put into use. That doesn't make a lot of sense and, at the very least, would seem a pretty easy thing to negotiate around.

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Posted by Golfer

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Posted on 6/5/16 at 10:33 pm to Y.A. Tittle

No. There's a whole lot that goes into slot fees, ad revenue splits, etc.

Cox/Att/Dish/etc is going to want to be paid and ESPN can't justify having the channel open all the time.

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Posted by lsutigers1992

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Posted on 6/5/16 at 10:35 pm to Y.A. Tittle

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That doesn't make a lot of sense and, at the very least, would seem a pretty easy thing to negotiate around.

It does seem odd that you would have a double-digit channel on your box (with my provider) that literally shows about 75 hours of content a year.

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Posted by barry

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Posted on 6/5/16 at 10:42 pm to Y.A. Tittle

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But the channels are there. You're saying some contract provisio is triggered as soon as an otherwise empty open channel (specially designated as ESPN "alternate" mind you, and NEVER used for anything else) is put into use. That doesn't make a lot of sense and, at the very least, would seem a pretty easy thing to negotiate around.

I don't think you get how this works

It's there for run over programming. You can't just go on an airplane and say oh I'm not paying for this seat, it was open anyway.

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