Comcast Returns

by John Morgan on Mar 22, 2010 6:59 PM PDT

Well I talked to my boss, if such a term can be used in SBN's loose power structure, and I told him my reservations about blurring advertising and editorial content. I understand my concerns can sound quaint or even naive. Anyway, I think we worked out a compromise. Which is good, because these type of sponsored posts are the future, if not of journalism, definitely of SBN. As I have said before, I do not purchase Comcast services, have nothing against the company, but am not a spokesperson.

This post is an advertisement for their product. Here are the details I was asked to incorporate:

* Comcast's cable lineup, including NFL Network, will offer wall-to-wall draft coverage including a live broadcast of the draft

* NFL Network on Demand on Comcast will complement all the live draft coverage with profiles of the 100 top prospects available leading up to the draft

* Comcast's NFL programming will also include extensive training camp coverage, preseason game broadcasts and full coverage of Hall of Fame weekend

* During the regular season, NFL Network on Demand lets you re-watch every NFL game as soon as 24 hours following it's original airing

* The wildly successful and popular Red Zone will be back on Comcast for a second season

Future posts will have a Comcast banner of my own making, but otherwise be regular content.

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Fuck Comca$t.

I can’t watch Blazers games cause of them, and for a while, I couldn’t get Versus.

OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!

by bmxnw on Mar 22, 2010 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

I'm with Directv

and STILL can’t get Versus. Oh well you lose some, win some. Still better than cable and Dish network.

by cthunder on Mar 23, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I have DirecTV and they just got Versus back for us.

OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!

by bmxnw on Mar 23, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Glad to see you worked out a compromise.

by Nate Dogg on Mar 22, 2010 7:27 PM PDT reply actions

Nothing wrong with this John

It is what it is. I’m glad their money helps sustain SBN and therefore feel this kind of post is fine. Appreciate the fact you seem not to be comfortable with it, but if it’s as clear as you’ve made it here I for one have no problem with it.

by JamesMurphy on Mar 22, 2010 7:47 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

I think if you are advertising products

you need to present them with more pizazz than in boring old bullet point form. Try using a larger font, possibly some blingee, If that doesn’t fly, present the info next to a girl with a nice rack. That’s what they teach us in Marketing for the Football Demographic 101.

by Kevaru on Mar 22, 2010 7:50 PM PDT reply actions

Did someone say rack!?!? Where??!?

Talents that I covet:

Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes

by Carl Shinyama on Mar 22, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

To the right of your posts.

by thebyron on Mar 23, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah Comcast, home to the worst customer relations I've ever experienced

And I spend much of my time at work doing battle with Hewlett Packard, Dell, IBM, and Apple.

by BrianL on Mar 22, 2010 8:36 PM PDT reply actions

Comcast

On one hand, I hate that I can only watch Blazer games in standard def when the channel they run on is owned by Comcast and shows in hi-def down in Oregon (seriously, Comcast, this can’t be that difficult). On the other hand, I like NFL Network and Redzone (both in hi-def), and the idea of watching games on demand sounds pretty nice. My customer experience with Comcast has been sooo much better than it was with DirecTV, but I think my experience with DirecTV may have been exceptionally bad. My internet also runs faster than when I had my DirecTV/Qwest bundle. I know the pricing can be high for Comcast, but I get a competitive rate when I agree to 1-year contracts (dish companies also have contracts, so this didn’t bother me). All in all, I don’t think I’ll ever be a raving fan for a cable/dish company, but I’ve actually been surprised with how satisfied I’ve been with Comcast considering all the complaints I’ve heard.

by bocious on Mar 22, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions

Another thing.

One other little complaint about Comcast: they only have one hi-def sports pay-per-view channel in the Seattle market, so on the rare occasions that a boxing match and a UFC match are going on on the same night (as happened the night of the Pacquiao-Cotto fight), you’d better schedule guys’ night at someone else’s house (someone with a dish).

by bocious on Mar 22, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I would love to get the NFL Network...

But I have a provider (Charter) who is owned by an NFL owner (Paul Allen), and we can’t get it. I guess I can deduce that the NFL doesn’t want a lot of people watching the NFL network.

by Kryten on Mar 23, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh man

If your cable provider doesn’t carry NFL Network despite being owned by an NFL owner, and my cable provider doesn’t show hi-def Blazer games despite owning the channel that airs them exclusively, then there is seriously something messed up in the television industry.

by bocious on Mar 23, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

It's a sad day...

when basic journalistic ethics are seen as quaint or naive. Good for you for making this post clear, I think you’ve struck a fine balance in what was likely a tough situation.

by d.alexander on Mar 22, 2010 9:41 PM PDT reply actions

I'd like to quote myself...lol:

Comcast does not offer NFL Sunday Ticket or NFL Sunday Ticket HD.

The above is reason enough to go with someone else that does.

Comcast isn’t the only provider with ‘on demand’ functionality.

So, I have no use for their TV packages. And, it wasn’t until I changed services that I realized how bad Comcast’s TV-listing interface was. However, I will say that their Internet service is fine and has been good for me – better than others I’ve tried. And, I tend to utilize their bandwidth.

by Misfit74 on Mar 22, 2010 10:08 PM PDT reply actions

Loathe to defend Comcast, because they had their role in the ridiculous pissing match over carrying NFL Network

but Sunday Ticket being unavailable on anything but DirecTV isn’t their fault. The league and DirecTV have an exclusive contract.

“We’re disappointed that the court has preserved the current unfairness that allows DirecTV to have exclusives for NFL Sunday Ticket and NASCAR Hot Pass while restricting the exclusives that cable operators may have,” said Comcast in a statement.

by lemonverbena on Mar 23, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions