NCAA Football Schedule on BEV

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I was flipping around channels, and the OhioState/Washington game was on with about 6 minutes left in the 4th Quarter on one of the 2 HD channels (the one with Arkansas/Alabama coming up next). Maybe someone just accidentally flipped on the ESPNHD feed too soon, or maybe they realized there was a game on they were supposed to be showing.
It might have been on longer, but that is when I just flipped to it.

I was kind of flipping around hoping they would have some more (or different) games on that what was listed in the channel guide that morning.

If even just one person in the programming department knows even the least bit about NCAA sports they would realize the slate of games they have offered thus far is brutal. A tape delayed Hampton/NC AT&T game is almost like it was done as a joke.

Last year they appeared to have full rights to all of the ESPN family of Network games to choose from, and with only 5 channels (plus HD) last year, they did a great job each week of picking the best matchups.

So if they have the same rights this year, something else has happened....

1. ESPN is charging them different rates for different games types (ESPN vs. low level conference ESPN regional games etc), and BEV is being cheap.
2. The people picking these games just don't know (or care) the difference between Ohio St./Washington and Norfolk St./ Rutgers. and are just picking A or B.

Anyways, I am giving them until this weekend to improve on this, because their mailer I got renewing my package for this year cleary said it was going to be even better this year.
 
Looks like they're back to playing games with this package again.
Very few Gameplan games available today.
And both primetime ESPN and ESPN2 games are not in HD.
 
Looks like they've got everything cleared up.
The guide shows the Thursday and Friday games, including HD, and a bunch of early Saturday games listed.

I'm happy with the result.
 
I tried calling but customer service is closed. Is there a different number than the 888-sky-dish number?
 
If the CSR compared the Cogeco schedule to his list, then what is the issue, if there is a list out there do the right thing and post a schedule and be accountable for what you are offering as a package. Should we have to go to a competitors website to find out what our supplier is offering, and then try and figure out what channels BEV is showing these games on. The BEV guide does not show either of the games Cogeco is showing tonight, I cannot advance far enough into Saturday to see if any of those games are listed. This is becoming increasingly frustrating and there appears to be no end in sight.
 
I just use the prompt for technical issue. I am being transfered to a level 3 guy, what ever that means. He told me that the issue has been sent to master control and I should see the game in 15 - 30 minutes if not I have to call back.
 
stop bytching and COMPLAIN TO BEV!!!!!!!!!!!!!


if you guys for college/extra innings would complain things would get done FASTER


on center ice i am calling and bytching at them every 2-3 weeks(sometimes they get mixed up on which feed the game is on***) and IN 5 MINS THE GAME IS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


***example LA & ANA games....between fox sports net 1 and prime ticket

once sj was playing min and they had a basektball game on ...it was golden state vs another team....i found it funny because BEV doesn't carry NBA League Pass but they have feeds for those channels....Whats up with that??????(i called and told them WRONG CHANNEL the sharks game is on Fox Sports Net BAY AREA....LOL).....4-6 min's later feed was switched
 
I threw the mailer out so I don't remember exactly what it said, but if it actually said it would be better then this is even more of a joke than I thought.

My theory is that your "#2" is what's happening. The people doing the programming are different than last year and are utterly clueless.

Also, with regards to the end of the OSU/UW game, that would have been exactly what you said, they just threw the switch early (or it ran late, in the Alabama/Arkansas time slot). Sometimes they turn it on early and we get a bit of the pre-game show.
 
Ok, this is a 100% serious message to any Expressvu employees here. It might not seem like it but it is.

Since it's painfully obvious that whoever is programming this package doesn't have the first idea about what they're doing, I volunteer my services to program this package for you. All I ask is that I receive this package at no charge. And since I've already been promised that, I'm actually asking for NOTHING. It shouldn't be a problem.

Seriously. Agent Express V, or Nimiq1, or whoever. I will PM you my email address. Just get it to the correct people for me. I assume there's a list sent to you by ESPN or the NCAA with all the available games. If this list is less than what Rogers and Cogeco get, then your management need to deal with this. But if it's the same, which I think it is, send it to me and I will tell you exactly which games to show, and which channels to show them on.

As an example, simply based on what you showed in last year's package, and what is on ESPN's website, this is what SHOULD be on this week:

391/397 - ESPN/ESPNHD

Thurs 7:30 Texas A&M @ Miami(FL)
Sat 12:00 North Carolina @ South Florida
Sat 3:30 Northwestern @ Ohio St.
Sat 7:45 Georgia @ Alabama

392/398 - ESPN2/ESPN2HD

Fri 8:00 Oklahoma @ Tulsa
Sat 12:00 East Carolina @ West Virginia
Sat 6:00 Kentucky @ Arkansas
Sat 9:00 Purdue @ Minnesota

393 - ESPNU

Thurs 7:30 Morgan St. @ Hampton (Div 1-AA, don't care)
Sat 12:00 Georgia Tech @ Virginia
Sat 3:30 Maryland @ Wake Forest
Sat 7:00 Connecticut @ Pittsburgh
Sat 10:00 Alabama A&M @ Grambling St (tape delayed from 7:00) (Div 1-AA, don't care)

394, 395, 396 - ESPN Gameplan

Select games from the following (** = my recommendations):

Thurs 7:00 Western Kentucky @ Middle Tennessee **
Sat 12:00 Clemson @ North Carolina St. **
Sat 12:00 Syracuse @ Louisville **
Sat 12:00 Temple @ Bowling Green
Sat 12:00 Kent St. @ Akron
Sat 3:00 Wyoming @ Ohio **
Sat 7:00 New Mexico St. @ Auburn **
Sat 7:00 Arkansas State @ Tennessee
Sat 7:30 Marshall @ Cincinnati **
Sat 8:00 San Jose St. @ Utah St **

Note:
Saturday @ 8pm, Washington State @ USC and Iowa @ Wisconsin are on ABC regionally.
The first will be on ABC-Seattle for sure. If the Iowa/Wisconsin game is not on ABC-Boston, it should be aired on one of the Gameplan channels in place of one of the other games.


The only people who could possibly complain about that schedule is someone whose son plays for Temple or Arkansas State. You won't have a bunch of people calling to complain about the schedule, and more importantly, people won't drop their subscription for next year.


C'mon... whaddaya say?

(btw, I haven't received the phone call back today that I was promised, but if it comes, and I'm not satisfied with their answer, I will make the same offer to the person who calls.)
 
Now just who was it that said Express Vu would not listen.?

Oh that was ME, sorry.

Glad they are now doing something right.
 
I agree...I called twice this week and once last week, but they say they don't have any info. It is so frusterating.
 
Baal that's part of the problem... Agents don't have acces to any listing on what games should be playing. We usually refer to the schedule shown on th Bell site, but there is none for that sport's package
 
I just got off the phone with a BEV CSR AGAIN! And they told me that "if the game will be aired then we should be carrying it. But he said no one at BEV has the schedule with channel numbers, he just directed me to Congeco's website. I hope I don't have to call back in 15 minutes:mad:
 
Just to let you know the Hawaii Fresno Game is on right now on Cogeco (Channel 432) on the super sports pack ... 31-7 Hawaii 2nd Quarter

** Cogeco/Rogers had 16 College Football games in total on today including 4 games in HD and as well the Fresno - Hawaii game at 11pm. **

12pm - 6 games
3:30pm - 4 game
7pm - 2 game
8pm - 3 games
11pm - 1 game

and btw Cogeco has 24/7 Customer Tech Support ... too bad BEV customers can't see the game, it's a pretty good one.
 
Well you can throw the fact that BEV will be airing the same games as Cogeco is offering out the window. Cogeco had two games sheduled for Thursday night and neither is being aired by BEV. If BEV games that are being advertised this weekend hold true we will see a total of 5 games from Thursday through Saturday, in the same time span Cogeco is offering thirteen games. If this is the case for the balance of the season this is a complete rip off, and I will be demanding a full refund and cancellation, what a joke. You can phone BEV all you want and nobody has a clue with regard to what games are being offered, the fact they ask you to go to a competitors website and that they would be showing the same games gave us a glimmer of hope it was just a glitch in the system, alas not the case. The college football season is almost a 1/4 over and we have had I believe a total of 14 games thus far in three weeks. Are BEV going to step up to the plate and match what there competiitors are showing or are there just going to be a mass cancellation of this pitiful package.
 
Does anyone know if BEV will be showing any ESPN(2) games in HD this weekend? As of 6pm the guide just has "US College Sports package" for all time slots on channels 397 & 398.
 
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