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The old college try: beIN Sports' shrewd gambit for American eyeballs
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RE: The old college try: beIN Sports' shrewd gambit for American eyeballs
I've been looking forward to this. Al-Jazeera America had really excellent production values.
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(06-10-2016 02:26 PM)58-56 Wrote:  I've been looking forward to this. Al-Jazeera America had really excellent production values.

Perhaps that is why DirecTV removed it from my Guide list.
06-12-2016 02:38 PM
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It's a very interesting outside the box kinda move for both.
06-12-2016 07:55 PM
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RE: The old college try: beIN Sports' shrewd gambit for American eyeballs
Not a good deal for CUSA, in fact quite the opposite.

Conference USA signing a deal with an anti-USA tv station.
06-12-2016 08:27 PM
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(06-12-2016 08:27 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Not a good deal for CUSA, in fact quite the opposite.

Conference USA signing a deal with an anti-USA tv station.

They aren't any more anti-USA than any of our own major news networks.
06-12-2016 08:51 PM
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Well, you have a point there.
06-12-2016 08:53 PM
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