HSA Note: "Employees of KFVE — which, along with its family of stations, has aired UH sports since 1984 — said they were told by management recently that "everything" is moving to Oceanic, which plans to inaugurate a new UH channel in the fall in addition to its OC 16 channel, which features high school sports among its programming. Oceanic's new station will be dedicated, it said, to "all things UH." Oceanic and KFVE paid UH $2.45 million this past year for TV and pay-per-view rights to its athletic events, all but $500,000 reportedly coming from Oceanic."
HSA Note: "Oceanic has about 400,000 subscribers. Exclusive UH viewing would give it an edge against satellite competitors DirecTV and the Dish Network."
About how Oceanic may be taking over the production of TV coverage of UH sports, KFVE VP and GM John Fink said:
"We're still in discussions with Oceanic, and the best thing that I can say at this point is — and I hate to use this term — but (talks) are fluid. We should have some definite information in a few weeks." (HSA)
About how it is unclear if the UH sports channel will be part of basic cable or a premium sports pack, an Oceanic employee said:
"A lot of things surrounding this are still up in the air." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110301_Free_TV_viewing_dims_in_cables_UH_sports_deal.html
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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