2.5 Million MSG subscribers can't watch the game tonight because their cable provider doesn't carry Versus.
Can you imagine? A Rangers playoff game blacked out for half the city.
MSG and Versus should work something out to telecast the game on MSG or something. I thought MSG carried Versus, but they put it on some special package that not everyone has?
2.5 Million MSG subscribers can't watch the game tonight because their cable provider doesn't carry Versus.
Can you imagine? A Rangers playoff game blacked out for half the city.
Nothing new to "New Yorkers." When Steinbrenner started the "Yes" network, a bunch of cable companies did not carry it, therefore a bunch of Yankee fans (who didn't run out and buy the Dish, which many did) missed nearly an entire season of baseball (he-he)
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Originally Posted by Steve L
Ouch, there would be riots if they ever blacked out a game here.
Ha-Ha. Exactly the point I was trying to make on a different thread.
Nothing new to "New Yorkers." When Steinbrenner started the "Yes" network, a bunch of cable companies did not carry it, therefore a bunch of Yankee fans (who didn't run out and buy the Dish, which many did) missed nearly an entire season of baseball (he-he)
yeah... this is the reason cable companies HATE channel providers (like ESPN). if you have a channel that everyone wants (obviously not Versus) these guys hold you hostage and will only give you the channel if you pay a ridiculous fee, take on other channels... etc. ESPN does this all the time... I'm not sure people realize that cable providers PAY for the channels that they air... and obviously if you're running a channel you want it on the air so you can get ad revenue... which is why ESPNU started running good NCAA games a couple years ago so that people would start b'ing and moaning about not having it on their plan...
anyway... one of the reasons that Versus isn't on everywhere is this very issue... but Rodeo/NHL isn't enough to induce a riot, thus the companies aren't under a ton of pressure to put the channel on the plan.
yeah... this is the reason cable companies HATE channel providers (like ESPN). if you have a channel that everyone wants (obviously not Versus) these guys hold you hostage and will only give you the channel if you pay a ridiculous fee, take on other channels... etc. ESPN does this all the time... I'm not sure people realize that cable providers PAY for the channels that they air... and obviously if you're running a channel you want it on the air so you can get ad revenue... which is why ESPNU started running good NCAA games a couple years ago so that people would start b'ing and moaning about not having it on their plan...
anyway... one of the reasons that Versus isn't on everywhere is this very issue... but Rodeo/NHL isn't enough to induce a riot, thus the companies aren't under a ton of pressure to put the channel on the plan.
which is just one of the MANY reasons why Bettman is a moron.
Pierre McGuire is "between the glass" for TSN, he just took a stick off the forehead (hard to miss that target), he's got a nice cut and it's all swollen.
Pierre McGuire is "between the glass" for TSN, he just took a stick off the forehead (hard to miss that target), he's got a nice cut and it's all swollen.
Damn, missed that! been waiting for that all season! Hope it's on utube.
Pierre McGuire is "between the glass" for TSN, he just took a stick off the forehead (hard to miss that target), he's got a nice cut and it's all swollen.
