This contract was only signed a couple of years ago. The internets were a well-known phenomena by that time. I'd be astonished if streaming wasn't addressed in the contract explicitly. barfo
The Blazers season ticket rep didn't know anything about this. She checked with someone with communications and came up with never heard of this.
Got this reply from Sarah Mensah, Blazers chief marketing officer. From: Sarah Mensah Date: 10/6/2009 5:51:16 PM To: 'Mike Derrick' Subject: RE: TV Games Hello Mike, Thanks for your inquiry. More importantly thank you for supporting the Trail Blazers and for going above and beyond to voice your concern regarding your inability to get access to the cable games. We’ve been working hard on this all summer. Comcast continues to tell us that their conversations with dish and direct indicate that a deal may happen soon. However, in the event that we are all left with more of the same, and they don’t get a deal done, we’re now exploring other ways to distribute the games to markets not served by the satellites. We will shortly be making some public statements regarding our efforts. Thank you again for your inquiry. My best, Sarah
Nope. My pass worked out of state, but when I came to visit family in the Portland area the Blazer games were blacked out. Basically, I had more access to the Blazers when I was out of state, how backwards is that? FYI, they remain blacked out when they're archived.
Sounds like, through the lawyer-speak, the Blazer brass are none-too-pleased with Comcast at the moment.
That sure sounds like streaming to me. Unless they are going to burn dvds of the game and mail them to people. barfo
Man, I'm really hoping they get it resolved. I don't want CSN to go away. We have more blazers coverage now than ever before. I remember when we could only watch what was offered by KGW, and sometimes they were tape delayed (WHICH SUCKED).
This is 100% correct. Even though I don't have Comcast, I've seen CSNW at sports bars and friend's houses. The production is clean and professional, they show old Blazer games, Duck games, and sometimes-cool Oregon local programming and features that would never see the light of day on "Fox Sports Seattle". I would be thrilled to have CSNW in HD on my DirecTV. That being said, if forced to use streams to watch Blazer games, I will do so. But it will make my 50 inch plasma sad.
Comcast says a deal may be done soon?? Wow, never heard that before. Sheesh. I got Comcast for a year for $29.99, but I would love for a deal to get done so I could drop them next year. Even streaming would be good enough.
I just bundled FiOS TV to my existing Internet/phone bundle, it is free for the first 6 months and $20/month for the next 6 with a 1 year contract which works for me for the year. I kept my DirecTV though and just had this installed on 1 TV in the house.
No HD, though, right? That's where FIOS bites you in the wallet with the receivers, DVRs, and extras.
Just a heads-up: If anyone (who doesn't have CSNNW) would like to view the games, once the season starts, I'll be broadcasting them on my SlingBox. Obviously, only one person can watch it at a time, but it's better than nothing! Send me a PM if you're interested--I just figure it's the least I could do to help some fellow Blazer brethren!
That's where TiVo and a Cable Card from Verizon come in so I dont have to mess with their DVR, it's only for the away games for me anyways since I'm now a season ticket holder and this is the first year they've broadcast road games in HD so I never had it before. Not to mention I was watching games on a slingbox before.
If streaming directly from the Blazers will be an option, in my experience, the PS3 works best for that. Especially if you're connected to your TV via HDMI cable. Connecting my laptop to my TV by either S-video or VGA cable doesn't even come close to the direct connection of the PS3. So if you don't have one and you have the $, I would highly recommend it. Plus it's the best Blu-ray player out there.
I have both a PS3 with an HDMI cable and an HDTV. How do I use it to stream Blazer games? I'm a bit confused.
