Tennis Channel - Direct TV

Hey,

We just received the Tennis channel from Direct TV. The digital picture that we receive and the programs are great. Will post more when we see some of the line up. We can see the tennis on 217 and it is our first........... Great,Great,Great

I have seen nothing great about The Tennis Channel and I'm sorry I kept after Directv to carry it! There are Tennis Tournaments going on right now. But are we getting to see them--NO! I'm sorry I thought TTC was for watching tennis? If the programming doesn't improve, TTC won't be on Directv very long it will be dropped!

I loved the Tennis Channel on Direct TV. Especially during the Slams. I had six channels of matches to chose from.

I've moved and now have Time Warner Cable. I had to buy an extra tier to get it and I hope but don't know how they will be airing the slams.

Be happy with Direct TV, I recall it was awesome.

I am sure it's the same as Dish as there is only 1 Tennis Channel.  I am very happy with it, shows the matches when they are on.  When there are no matches they use fillers, reruns of old matches, and interviews, etc.  Talk to the AT&T Uverse subscribers, they don't get TTC, and emails to both go unaswered as to when it will be carried.  I will stay with Dish until they drop it, then go to DirecTV if they still carry it. With AT&T possibly buying Dish, and the lack of it TTC on AT&T Uverse now, you will probably see me and a few others migrate to DirecTV or local Cable.  TTC has contracts with both, so I doubt it will just go away over night.

Chris1:

Talk to the AT&T Uverse subscribers, they don't get TTC, and emails to both go unaswered as to when it will be carried.

From a post on the U-Verse Forum:

The AT&T executive who is response for programming (and getting the Tennis Channel) is Chris Lauricella.  His email is chris.lauricella@att.com.  I would suggest that you and all those who want the Tennis Channel start an email campaign to him demanding that he add the Tennis Channel to the AT&T lineup.

<http://utalk.att.com/utalk/board/message?board.id=Uverse_TV_Programming&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=6986#M6986>
http://tinyurl.com/7wylgb

I just confirmed with an AT&T employee who works for U-Verse that Mr. Lauricella is indeed in charge of programming decisions -- I'll be sending him a message soon, and I hope everyone else does the same.