US College Package 2009/2010

Bell finally added two hd channels but there is a grand total of one hd game on the schedule today. Maryland vs Cal at 10 PM. What's the deal? This free preview is not enticing me to buy at all.
 
Early in the season we sometimes get screwed out of HD games because the HD channels share transponders with other sports packages. (ie: Channel 397 is on transponder 23, which it shares with Global West HD, PBS East HD, Nascar1HD, and MLB6HD. And MLB6HD is in use today.)
But that may or may not be the reason.
They do have both Monday games listed in HD.

On a positive note, we're getting a game from the new ESPN-produced SEC network right now. Better than the Sunbelt and MAC conference games we've gotten the past couple of years.
 
The HD broadcasts were a real mess this past weekend, just like the beginning of the season last year. As previously posted by someone else the HD game count seems to increase through the season and is consistent with Bells story of the shared transponder issue. This past weekend the sound on the HD broadcasts were poor with only the 2.0 signal being carried for parts of the games or worse missing entirely. The Cin/Rutgers game missed a load of HD commentary early on. I hope it improves the season goes along.
 
Based on last year, my guess would be "any ESPN games that aren't being carried by the Score, TSN, or TSN2". I think that leaves 3 or 4 of them.
 
I cannot find the New Orleans Bowl listed anywhere tonight, it is on ESPN in the US?
 
It looks like this Saturday's HD broadcasts are going to get booted by Nascar. At least for the night games.
The USC/OSU game is on the Score though, so that helps a bit.
 
I'm surprised that BellTV did not add the Big 12 basketball TV package this season, from ESPN full court, on the NCAA sports pack since TSN 2 is showing saturday games from ESPN or ESPN 2
 
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