Q re: ESPN Deportes on Comcast

[Rima067]

I'm thinking of getting Comcast for ESPN Deportes. But, yesterday when I called they had it, but today when I called about it again, they couldn't find it.


Does anyone have ESPN Deportes via Comcast and can tell me the channel and package it comes with please?

I want to get it before the CL matches next week.

[OldFanatic]

See this:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166919

In the first post there, there are bunch of phone numbers to call. There is also a number I've heard of: 1-877-PIDE-ESPN.

[Rima067]

Oh, I know, I was the first person to reply in that thread. But I need to know the channel number of ESPN Deportes on Comcast. and the package it's included in.

[OldFanatic]

There is no channel number, and there is no package. It doesn't matter where in the US you're located (You fail to mention that BTW, as Comcast lineups differ so greatly over the country. You need to make it easier for others, if you expect them to help you). But still, ESPN Deportes is not offered by Comcast anywhere in the US, period.

You need to keep calling those numbers and hound them, as well as keep calling your local Comcast representatives. It is not very useful calling the regular Comcast callcenter dopeheads. They are idiots who know nothing, and might as well be replaced by trained monkeys. You need to call people who can turn the screws, specifically people in charge of "Ethnic content marketing". I know who these people are in my area, but since I've no idea where you're, I doubt it will help you.

[Rima067]

Comcast for Chicago, Illinois.


I thought Comcast DID carry it.

Who else besides Direct TV carries ESPN Deportes?

[OldFanatic]

Who else besides Direct TV carries ESPN Deportes?

DirecTV does NOT carry ESPN Deportes.
DISH Network does NOT carry ESPN Deportes.

Few pockets of cable providers sprinkled here and there (none of them Comcast) carry ESPN Deportes. (Time Warner, Adelphia, etc.)

[Cannon]

You need to call people who can turn the screws, specifically people in charge of "Ethnic content marketing". I know who these people are in my area, but since I've no idea where you're, I doubt it will help you.

I'd suggest bringing it up with your local pols and the group that oversee Comcast in your area. I was able to get the FSW/Goltv and the Euro04 package in my area despite them deciding to opt out of the big Comcast addition by getting politicians to write letters complaining. I brought up the ethnic issue a bit since we also had problems with a spanish language package here. I rolled them both into a single issue for the pols to sink their teeth into. You need to send out a few letters because only a few of the higher ups will do anything. I got one senator, a rep, a state senator, and the local cable commission involved but I had written about a dozen letters to get just that group. One of them even hit Comcast on the issue during a hearing.

[ballenato]

Cox in CT carries it as part of the Latino package, which is about 25.00 a month including the basic channels and...the HD package, i might get it.

[junbug]

espnd is available on comcast, at least in the bay area, california.
channel 619

[Cris 09]

DirecTV does NOT carry ESPN Deportes.
DISH Network does NOT carry ESPN Deportes.

Few pockets of cable providers sprinkled here and there (none of them Comcast) carry ESPN Deportes. (Time Warner, Adelphia, etc.)
Direct TV DOES carry ESPNDep but you are forced to buy the spanish package as it does not come with the sports package as GolTV and FSC do.

[unclesox]

A lot has changed in four years. :p

[Cris 09]

A lot has changed in four years. :p
My parents currently live in Ecuador...and as a good German, my dad needs his Bundesliga fix. He recently told me that in Latin America, there is now a channel called ESPN Plus or ESPN+ that is now covering BL (3 matches a week) AND the UEFA Cup.

Interesting as that they have the rights for those programs south of the border but GolTV and FSC have them in the States.