wizowor
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Not sure if this has been covered here yet... Those of you who love Fighting Sioux hockey might be out of luck this year. UND signed up with Midco Sports Net instead of continuing their FSSN feed. Maybe the games will still find their way to one of the FSN national feeds but who knows. =(
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K
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Posted 06/26/12
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FSN only carried their games the last 2-3 years, now sure how long but irregardless the indie network they had for the FSSN, produced the games and continued to do so for FSN. I don't know about Midco but I would be surprised if they made a drastic change in production, and hopefully, it is just a distributon agreement, similar to the FSN carriage. Plus it may be an improvement as the announcement mentions a move to HD.
http://blogs.midcosn.com/2012/06/midco-sports-network-set-to-broadcast-over-40-live-und-games/
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wizowor
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Posted 06/27/12
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Midco will be handling the production too.
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Mike
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Posted 06/28/12
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The uplinker for fssn used to be on this forum and the previous forum.
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wizowor
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Posted 06/29/12
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FSSN was uplinked by the local public television station in Fargo (Prairie Public TV).
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wizowor
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Posted 07/03/12
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I wonder what this means to the Fargo CableOne subscribers. FSSN had their own channel for games, and CableOne is the only player in town. Are you out of luck if you live in Fargo?
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MichaelFTA
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Posted 07/17/12
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Rumor has it that they will continue to fiber to Fargo and uplink satellite again. Let's hope it is the same!
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MichaelFTA
Registered: 03/17/11
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Posted 08/22/12
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No FTA this year per Midco.
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DiamondJim
Registered: 12/30/11
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Posted 08/23/12
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Here is the conformation of the bad news:
http://twitter.com/MidcoSportsNet/statuses/238376174387081216
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Mike
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Posted 08/24/12
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That stinks. I've watched.FSSN since they were at 85 degrees after Primestar left AMC 2. Thanks for the update.
CableOne is here in Rio Rancho. They are finallly going digital on cable sometme this month. They gave everyone/girlfriend 2 free boxes if you have just the basic analog 60 channels. The boxes are not very good. They lose channels, shut off by itself. HD selection on the big box is awful compared with DirecTV. The internet package has lots of problems.
If cable one in Fargo is like it is here then maybe some games on satellite will be available.
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DiamondJim
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Posted 08/24/12
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Semi good news today Mike, I read yesterday that the tweet I posted is not etched in stone. So, there is still a ray of hope. I started watching FSSN back in '04 when they were on G3 Ku. It seems like they have been on G17 forever.
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DiamondJim
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Posted 08/25/12
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It is now offical, North Dakota sporting events will be produced by MidCo for FOX College sports network with NO FTA satellite feeds.
This is from Jayson Hajdu, UND fourm:
Happy Friday, everyone. Please bear with me on this lengthy post. Hopefully it will address the various questions regarding broadcast viewing.
Please note that the football game against Montana will be broadcast by Root Sports, not MidcoSN.
MidcoSN does not yet have a deal in place with DirecTV.
All home and conference road games for football, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball can be viewed for free on Big Sky TV at BigSkyConf.com. Men’s and women’s hockey can be viewed live or on-demand on UND Insider at UNDSports.com. UND Insider is also your ticket to live video and audio streams of exclusive events such as women’s soccer, baseball and softball not available anywhere else.
At this point, Fox College Sports is only picking up men’s hockey. All home men’s hockey games will be broadcast on Fox College Sports for 2012-13 only. Once UND joins the National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2013-14, CBS Sports Network holds national broadcast rights to all NCHC games. Thus, UND cannot broadcast nationally on another network, even if CBS Sports Network is not showing that particular game.
Midco will not be making programming available via FTA, as is their right. I believe Midco addressed this via Twitter earlier this week.
Is this ideal for UND as an individual institution? Of course not. In college athletics, there is a cost to doing business. Sometimes concessions have to be made for the best interests of the league(s). Now, this doesn’t preclude us from attempting to regain that national footprint in the future. We are well aware of how many loyal fans we have nationwide and we will make every effort to make sure we reach as many as possible, in as many ways as possible.
In the meantime, fans outside of the MidcoSN viewing area will still have the opportunity to view home men’s hockey games via UNDInsider webcasts. We like to think we already offer high-quality webcasts – we pull the feed directly from the television broadcast – but we are still making significant upgrades for the upcoming season.
Specifically, we are upgrading in terms of quality (to near-HD), video player (better streaming for your connection speed) and accessibility (iPad, etc.). Once MidcoSN makes the conversion to HD in 2014-15, our webcasts will also be available in full HD.
With the upgrade to near-HD – and eventually full HD – you’ll still be able to enjoy UND men’s hockey games on your television screen by connecting your computer. It will essentially be the same quality you previously enjoyed, albeit with an extra step involved.
Our goal is to provide our programming to as many fans possible through as many platforms as possible. We’ve come an awful long ways since the days of one or two games per year being broadcast on local network television. In 2012-13, every home game will be available to watch on television, webcasts and mobile devices.
The recent exposure we’ve had with the Fox College Sports deal is quite an anomaly in today’s world of college athletics. An increasing number of conferences are now dictating the terms of national television rights. As I mentioned earlier, that is a cost of doing business when seeking affiliation with elite-level conferences. But, as I also mentioned, we’ll continue to attempt to regain at least some of that national footprint going forward. When that will happen, I don’t yet know, but these things are fluid. The situation as it stands today could be quite different down the road.
But in the meantime, I urge you to utilize our other platforms for viewing our events. The world of technology is ever-evolving, and we’re doing our best to keep up while still trying to balance the needs of those who view through traditional platforms like television. That’s the positive in a technology-driven world – you are no longer restricted to viewing solely through your television. I’ve mentioned this before in Twitter discussions on the same topic: in 2012, if there is a game you want to watch, chances are you’ll be able to find it. You just may have to do so through non-traditional means.
Hopefully this answered your many questions. If I missed anything, please feel free to ask.
I don't know if this is coincidence, but I said a couple of years ago when FOX got their greedy little paws in the pie and FSSN was going to be broadcast on FOX College Sports that it would be the begining of the end for FSSN as we know it. Well low and behold look what has happened. You know FOX's motto, "don't give anybody anything for free." This is my opinion only, but I am willing to bet if the Sioux games were being porduced for MidCo only there would be FTA. Any time FOX get in on something you can kiss it good bye.
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Mike
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Posted 08/25/12
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thanks for the post and efforting as McLovin says all the time.
How many people are upset about no FTA?
It must be quite a few if there was a twitter post about it.
FSSN had a replay on FOX College Sports a few days ago that I saw on the cable system at my girlriends house.
Midco has college football feeds on satellite. They did in the past. I'd have to check the archive but I believe amc 16 last year.
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DiamondJim
Registered: 12/30/11
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Posted 08/25/12
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mike
How many people are upset about no FTA?
It must be quite a few if there was a twitter post about it.
From what I have seen on other sites, you are right, quite a few. I did not realize how many people have bought FTA equipment to get just FSSN.
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Motorola 922, Traxis 3500 & 6000 HD, AZ Box Primium Plus,
Quali TV, C & Ku Band-Digital, Analog and DVB S, S2-4:2:0, 4:2:2, HD
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1970-1974
3708 BMTS, FLT 1462 (ATC), Lackland AFB, TX
351st Security Police Squadron-509th Strategic Missile Wing (SAC), Whiteman AFB, MO
4683rd Security Police Group (ADC), Thule AB, Greenland
INDIANA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1982-84 181st Civil Engineers, Prime Beef, Hulman Field, IN
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nhulst
Registered: 10/20/07
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Posted 08/25/12
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Thanks for sharing, Jim. Could you provide a link or at least a hint of where you found it?
Quote: Originally Posted by DiamondJim
I don't know if this is coincidence, but I said a couple of years ago when FOX got their greedy little paws in the pie and FSSN was going to be broadcast on FOX College Sports that it would be the begining of the end for FSSN as we know it. Well low and behold look what has happened. You know FOX's motto, "don't give anybody anything for free." This is my opinion only, but I am willing to bet if the Sioux games were being porduced for MidCo only there would be FTA. Any time FOX get in on something you can kiss it good bye.
I don't disagree, but another thing to consider is that Midcontinent has devoted a lot of space on its website to bragging about its fiber capabilities. That can't help the situation, either.
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