I'm actually curious about this because next year my apartment up at State is switching to Direct TV. Not being big on dish service and not really following this process, does this mean that I will lose CSN Philly and have to pay extra for the NHL Center Ice package?
It depends. When you have Comcast ironically, all Flyers games are blacked out, sixers and phillies games are allowed. I have Winstream currently because I have CSN Philly and only get blacked out during the postseason. I also have ROOT Pitt so we are technically in both markets I guess.
SC Zip = 16801
EDIT: Pens games are never blacked out so I would assume it is the Penguins market.
Problem is my apartment is providing it for free so I won't have access to that. I was thinking about just buying Center Ice but 80 bucks for me just to watch the Flyers and then pay an additional charge for the MLB season pass to just watch the Phils seems a bit ridiculous.
So I just got set up with DirecTV in my new house. I was planning on getting Comcast as well to beat the system and watch Flyers and Phillies, but I just found out that my area of South Jersey is considered the NY area so I get NY channels, not Philly channels. Does anyone out of market have MLB Extra Innings or Center Ice and if so is it worth it (like are the games usually on and in HD and are they Philly feeds)? The price (spread out over a year) for the sports packages is a few dollars cheaper than it would be to get Comcast but if the games aren't in HD or aren't always on or something I'd probably stick with Comcast.
Does anyone out of market have MLB Extra Innings or Center Ice and if so is it worth it (like are the games usually on and in HD and are they Philly feeds)?
i have both, even though I live near the WW Bridge.
if you want EVERY game, they are worth it. i don't have HD. 95% of Phillies / Flyers games are opponent's feed
i have both, even though I live near the WW Bridge.
if you want EVERY game, they are worth it. i don't have HD. 95% of Phillies / Flyers games are opponent's feed
Good deal. I would prefer home-team feed, but as long as I get to see them I'm happy. It's tough to watch every Phillies become because of the number of games, but I'd pay the $35/month or whatever it is to have the option to watch whenever I feel, rather than the handful that are on national TV.
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I guess I'll invest in a sling box because there is no way I'll be able to afford both MLB and NHL packages and pay to watch every team when I only care about Phillies and Flyers. Seems ridiculous that a satellite can't pick up sports channels from anywhere in the world because I live just inside a "Pittsburgh" market.
I guess I'll invest in a sling box because there is no way I'll be able to afford both MLB and NHL packages and pay to watch every team when I only care about Phillies and Flyers. Seems ridiculous that a satellite can't pick up sports channels from anywhere in the world because I live just inside a "Pittsburgh" market.
It's the contracts they sign with the teams that only allows them to broadcast to a certain market, it's not the satellite providers decision.
And the false address thing is a violation of the DTV terms of service, so I think the "middle of the road' is more 'you have to pay the termination fee and get banned from having DTV for some length of time'.
I contacted them specifically and asked about this practice, and they said they were aware of it and they were planning on implementing software upgrades that helps them prevent this (i.e., you have to connect to a phone line to get the package and if it's not from the right area code, you lose the service entirely until you contact them to fix it).
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I may need to clean this thread out. However, it will not be closed down completely.
Edit: OK. Cleaned up. For the last time, no more discussion on evading blackouts via illicit means.
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"8) Warez: Do not use these forums (this includes Private Messages) to swap/sell/buy illegal software (or other illegal materials), to arrange swapping, or to solicit advice to circumvent copyright protection. No linking to "underground" or "pirate" sites to get copyrighted materials, or asking for said sites. This includes FTP servers, websites, and the like. Soliciting invites to said sites is not permitted. Discussion of widely-known, established file sharing services (such as Kazaa) or websites (Digital Archive Project) is acceptable.
I may need to clean this thread out. However, it will not be closed down completely.
Edit: OK. Cleaned up. For the last time, no more discussion on evading blackouts via illicit means.
Yeah it's gonna be an uphill battle though. I think plaintiffs best hope is a settlement. Antitrust lawsuits allow for treble damages which could potentially really hurt the NHL which could scare them out of going to trial. The NHL will probably claim that they are a single entity and therefore can't violate the antitrust rules, but that argument doesn't really work in the sports context (or at least hasn't). Then it all comes down to if the anti-competitveness aspects outweigh the pro-competitive aspects. Should be interesting because it is fans suing the league not teams or other businesses.
Talked to my professor earlier today (this is my second "talked to a source" post of the day, sorry) and he said he thinks the plaintiffs are going to run into some standing issues on top of the other hurdles they will have.
