The Pac-12 participation thread.

[Top Ute]

Wow. I had completely given up hope on DISH, even though we are DISH subscribers. This is really surprising. Maybe Uncle Larry's pulled another one out.

It would be an epic fail, not to mention a complete lack of awareness among league officials, for the Pac-12 to be on Dish and not DirecTV. Is there a sports bar in the country that carries Dish?

[Portland Ute]

FIFY

I'd wager that the PAC12 Network does actually end up on DTV and/or Dish long, long, long before BYU joins the Big12.

Shall we bet on it?

[LA Ute]

It would be an epic fail, not to mention a complete lack of awareness among league officials, for the Pac-12 to be on Dish and not DirecTV. Is there a sports bar in the country that carries Dish?

Don't you think this is just negotiations playing out? If Dish has the P12 Network will DTV be far behind?

[Scorcho]

http://www.mydish.com/

[LA Ute]

http://www.mydish.com/

Woo-hoo!

[LA Ute]

Whoops, the language on the website has changed. No mention of PAC-12 now. My guess is that someone jumped the gun. It does seem like something is in the works, and I'm sure that if/when it happens there will be hoopla and we will know about it.

[U-Ute]

Sweet. I already have that package.

[LA Ute]

Sweet. I already have that package.

So do I. Now it's just a waiting game, I hope.

[U-Ute]

Some more information...

http://www.pacifictakes.com/2012/9/6/3296215/pac-12-network-dish

[U-Ute]

http://www.mydish.com/

Is that still showing up on your screen? I'm unable to see it.

Maybe someone add it prematurely before an announcement was made and they yanked it down..?

[LA Ute]

Some more information...

http://www.pacifictakes.com/2012/9/6...2-network-dish

This seemed like useful info:

Now first of all, let's settle one thing: An uplink does not mean Dish Network has agreed to carry the Pac-12 Network; it just means they're anticipating the possibility that a Pac-12 Network might get carried on their airwaves. There are hundreds of channels that have been uplinked before that never ever light up a TV screen. Many channels are tested in the case that a deal is made, and the channel can get up and running as quickly as possible. So there is still a very good chance that the end result from all this interest might be another dead end.

What it probably does mean is that the satellite company and the Pac-12 Network see eye-to-eye enough to make us believe negotiation is possible on both sides. A satellite uplink is far more public process than anything we saw between the Pac-12 and DirecTV.

It'd be strange for Dish to actually offer the Pac-12 Network considering they just dropped the Big Ten Network and aren't really big in the sports business. However, Dish is known for their eccentric decision-making with regards to carriage, so another unorthodox decision in this process is no big surprise.

[Top Ute]

Don't you think this is just negotiations playing out? If Dish has the P12 Network will DTV be far behind?

I don't think the door will ever be shut with regard to DirecTV. If it ever gets to that point, someone needs to lose their job over it.

[U-Ute]

This seemed like useful info:

Yeah. My take is that it seems likely enough that they decided to go ahead and start reserving bandwidth so they can flip the switch if/when they sign the papers.

[LA Ute]

Yeah. My take is that it seems likely enough that they decided to go ahead and start reserving bandwidth so they can flip the switch if/when they sign the papers.

[Pelado]

Is that still showing up on your screen? I'm unable to see it.

Maybe someone add it prematurely before an announcement was made and they yanked it down..?

It shows up when I clicked on your link, but when I went for more info, I didn't see anything specifically about the PAC 12 Network - just the Redzone NFL and the other regional networks.