HSA Note: "Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Hawaiian Telcom are preparing to offer packages this season. Bob Barlow, president of Oceanic, the UH rights holder, said parent company Time Warner is in negotiations with Hawaiian Telcom on an affiliate agreement that would allow both entities to show the games. Barlow said Hawaiian Telcom was negotiating only for PPV rights and he was not aware of interest by any other video programming providers."
Asked if they may be getting UH games also, a spokesman for DirecTV said:
"We have not discussed carriage and, as with any other channel, we'd have to evaluate the content and demand among our customers." (HSA)
About what they will charge Hawaiian Telcom for their PPV package (Oceanic renewal subscribers on Oahu were charged $420 last year), Oceanic President Bob Barlow said:
"We'll come up with a price that is fair for carrying UH football and how they position it will be completely up to them." (HSA)
Declining to comment on their plans to offer UH sports, Hawaiian Telcom said:
"We will share product and programming specifics of our TV service when the commercial introduction commences and as our rollout progresses." (HSA)
About how all non-PPV games will be available as part of Oceanic's basic package, Barlow said that their customers who had the basic plan last year:
"won't notice a difference at all." (HSA)
About how UH will gets more than the $2.3 million guaranteed from Oceanic based on sales, Barlow said:
"The more customers who take it (PPV), the more, potentially, UH will realize out of that." (HSA)
HSA Note: "For 2010, UH received $2.45 million, the school said."
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