SEC Network

[Denver_1]

I live in the Atlanta, GA, area and have Uverse TV.  It does not have the SEC Network channel, which carries a lot of SEC football games.  Our cable company in this area, Comcast, does carry this station.  Don't understand why Uverse doesn't carry it.  It seems to be associated with ESPN and was always available when it was called by another name.  Does anyone know if Uverse will pick this channel up?  If you know, do you think it will be during this football season?

[texasguy37 ACE - Champion]

The SEC Network is not an actual channel but it is an agreement between the SEC and ESPN to syndicate sports programming which airs on various TV stations around the country.  The link below is an article explaining the SEC Network and lists the stations which are part of the SEC Network.

SEC_Network

[texasguy37 ACE - Champion]

It appears that WPCH (Channel 17) is part of the SEC Network and is carried by U-verse in the Atlanta market.  Here is the SEC Game that will be broadcasted tomorrow:

http://www.secsports.com/news/sec-network-schedule.aspx

[Denver_1]

Now I understand.  Our papers only list it as WPCH so I thought I was missing a SEC football game on the SEC Network.  Too bad now that UVerse doesn't carry CSS, which has Tech and MS playing tomorrow.  CSS, I think, is Comcast and Charter cable companies.  Anyway Uverse can broadcast those too?

[texasguy37 ACE - Champion]

The chances of U-verse being able to broadcast that channel in Atlanta might be slim since Comcast and U-verse compete in that market.  You might be interested in these comments from Wikipedia:

"Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) is a cable regional sports network based in Atlanta, Georgia, and serving 5.6 million cable subscribers across twelve U.S. states. It is a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, and appears on many of the two companies' cable systems across the Southern United States. The initials stand for Comcast Sports Southeast in Comcast markets and Charter Sports Southeast in Charter markets. Despite the co-ownership, the network's logo uses the "crescent C" from the Comcast logo. CSS is only available on terrestrial cable, and is used as a selling point of terrestrial cable service over satellite services such as DirecTV and Dish Network. For the same purpose, CSS is occasionally offered to subscribers of other cable systems that may or may not compete with Comcast or Charter in their specific markets."

[Denver_1]

Yes, I kind of knew it wouldn't be offered on Uverse.  I just love SEC football and wish all games were offered on regular channels that all people could get instead of the way it is set up.  Thanks for your info.