Re: Celtics TV Station News

["Michael J.King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>]

At 09:35 PM 7/30/99 -0700, Steve Bailey wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mark Estepp <EsteppJM@appstate.edu>
>To: <celtics@igtc.com>
>Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 11:09 AM
>Subject: Re: Celtics TV Station News
>
>
>        << With a "direct TV" dish, you can get the NBA league pass, and thus
>the home  games for the C's. Of course, you also get most all away games,
>but with  non-celtic announcers.
>
>With a "Dish Network/EchoStar" dish, you can get the superstation WSBK  (ch.
>38).
>
>  I have pestered DTV to get WSBK, but they ignore me.  It would be great to
>be able to listen to Cous/Heinson again.>>
>
>
>
>Does the "Dish Network/EchoStar" dish offer the NBA League Pass package yet
>or is it still only available through DirecTV???

Still only through Direct TV. Their exclusive runs out after next season, but they hold an exclusive window for negotiating a new agreement or so I am told. It is in the "Major Leagues" best interest to allow all DBS companies sell their PPV's but they don't always do the right thing. We will just have to wait and hope they smarten up. I wouldn't hold my breath though. Later.Mike