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" Owned by News Corp and 49% of BTN is owned by Fox Sports, which also owned by News Corp, so they make money on both ends. Maybe they could charge an extra 2 cents a month to one of the 50 shopping channels that I get to keep my bill at the same price. "

" What I have heard about it is that most cable companies want to make it a PPV type thing like HBO or NFL Sunday Ticket for DTV. Big Ten wants it to come free with all the other channels in your lineup and don't want a company to raise their price just for their station. It's not hard to just add one channel and not change your price. DTV has done it why can't insight. Well what do I care I am ready to start watchin on the 1st on my DTV! "

" It would be nice to know what is REALLY hanging this up. My guess is it has more to do with Comcast taking the Insight systems in January than Insight. Insight is under orders to hold the line on all expenses right now. Although a $1 per sub sounds like a little, to Comcast it's probably not acceptable. As far as who pays for networks, cable companies pay per subscriber to carry a network, but not all. The Big Ten network asking price must be out of line or Insight/Comcast would take it. If you want the Big Ten network and Insight won't pick it up, drop them and get DISH. This story shows why an ala carte cable system is needed! "

" Is this Gianni for real?? Must have an upper case "L" tattooed to their forehead.....that's L for loser not liberal. All the same though. "

" Well said from another Big 10 Allegiance!!! "

" The Big Ten Network has already signed with DirecTV and will be brodcasted on their Choice Xtra Package. DirecTV also will have it in HD on Sept. 1st! So goodbye Insight I am going DirecTV and get over 100 channels of HD!! "

" bring us what we want to watch... we want to watch big ten network "

" If the Big Ten Schools are not making enough money now then they should re-evaluate their budgets just like the rest of us have to due. I suppose they have exhausted raising ticket prices,parking,food & concessions and now they want us to pay to watch sold out OSU games on TV? The BTN will not gain many new fans and will lose a lot more lifelong loyal ones instead. What will they think of next? "

" There are a lot of worthless stations on the expanded package. Get rid of about 20 of those, and we'll be in good shape. It's too bad because the cable company really has us tied on this one. For anyone from Insight to say they are looking out for their customers is a downright lie, and perhaps the funniest thing I have heard all year. "

" the Basic Channels because of all the trash coming into my home. I kept the Basic to keep abreast of the news and even find myself keeping busy and missing most of that. I personally feel if the acutal costs were broken down and we saw Net profit against Net costs we could all enjoy the full packace for $40.00 a month. It all boils down to selective watching when we have television. NCAA and highschool sports are the best there is, but we'll never see it because of greed! "

" IF (note : IF) it's truly down to whether or not it's televised on the basic channel tier and the BTN is open to the $$$ negotiations, than it shouldn't be an issue IMO. I am subject to sooooo many channels that I could care less about in order to get the few channels that I actually want to watch, this should not be an issue. I don't watch the Speed Channel, The Golf Channel, any shopping channels, any children's channels, CSPAN, CMT, Oxygen, Soap Opera Channel, local AD Channel, the 3 local religious channels, etc. yet I am having to pay for them as part of my basic cable lineup. Until there is an ala carte option, everyone will be subject to paying for channels that they do not care to watch. I, for one, would like the BTN and who is listening to my request for service? "

" Before cable, the government played a healthy role in regulating the airwaves. It's time that they intervened with cable and required companies to provide free cable (subsidized by taxes) to those who can't afford it. All Americans should have equal access to TV programming. "