Present Dispute could black out Packers game for cable viewers

Nearly 17 million Charter Communications customers pay-TV world country NBC networks may lose in the transport dispute between the companies.

The pay-TV provider and the programmer must not reach an agreement by Sunday, that some customers Charter miss the crucial match Sunday Night Football between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions - The winner earns the crown North NFC - and possibly two hockey outdoors, on Sunday, Centennial Classic between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings winter Classic featuring the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, as well as starring on Monday Roses Parade.

Power outages could lead to a drop networks NBC Universal, such as Bravo and the United States for 16.9 million pay-TV subscribers spectrum of the National Charter. And those in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Fort Worth, where he owns the ABC station, customers also lose leading NBC.

Charter owns Time Warner Cable. Together, and customer service in many parts of Wisconsin. It is unclear how the dispute affects the BBC broadcast in the state.

Mobilize the masses to have some options to see if the game is not settled the dispute:

► friends who have DirecTV, or another subscriber dispute Charter ABC is not affected, and can be found on the game over the Nahr al-Bared camp.

Game progress ► NFL.com corridor in a free trial version for seven days, according to its website, and to enable people with Internet connections to watch via computer, tablet or phone. Science, however, that the service costs $ 49.99 after the trial.

► over-the-air broadcasts from the Nahr al-Bared camp. In the current digital age, however, TVs require specialized antenna - available in many electronics stores - to receive and decrypt the signal through the air.

Will ► sports bars and other establishments that have the Sunday ticket package victory DirecTV will be able to show the game. PackersEverywhere.com site has a database searchable bars that appear regularly Green Bay games. It is important to take a minute to call ahead, however, to make sure that a particular job will be broadcast.

Charter BCL and come to a standstill, says the programmer. She said, "The NBC Universal values ​​its partnership with the Charter of the spectrum, the third-largest distributor we have," the company said in a statement, "I've had the Charter of the spectrum unyielding in its demand periods than those approved by the rest of the industry, including distributors bigger. Due to this position, We feel responsible to inform viewers that the Charter of the spectrum may drop networks of NBC universal at the end of this year, including NBC, Telemundo, USA, Bravo and hit shows including the offer # 1 on TV - Sunday night Football , WWE, Golden Globe Awards, this is the United States and more than that. "

Rejected based Conn Charter. Stamford, comments, however, note that it will be the programmer does not make its content available that lead to blackouts.

Acquired the New York Charter-based Time Warner Cable Networks Bright House earlier this year to a combined $ 65500000000 (excluding debt) to become the second largest cable TV and Internet provider with a total of 24.5 million residential customers (16.9 million pay-TV customers). Comcast, the largest provider at nearly 29 million, I tried to get TWC, but abandoned under the microscope organizers.

Conflict transport NBC-Global Compact is the largest, but not the only one being discussed. DirecTV is currently negotiating a retransmission with Hearst Television, which owns 30 television stations, and Cox agreements and the media, with 15 stations. At the same time, the network is negotiating with Griffin Communications to maintain the two Oklahoma on its own dish.

Transportation is the perennial conflicts occur, says TVPredictions.com publisher and chairman Phil Swann. "The offers in terms of years and they end at the end of the year," he said. "More times than not, get a settlement before a power outage, but you never know, which causes the viewer concern."

Created NBC Universal DeliverMyShows.com site to inform subscribers about the situation. "NBC Universal has a strong track record of completing these transactions without interruption," he says on the site. "We do not like to involve viewers in the process, but we are concerned that the spectrum is not interested in the performance of our networks and feel we have a responsibility to inform viewers will be dropped if the programming that NBC Universal."