Final 6 Games to be Televised Over-the-Air

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  1. BlueMouse

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    I imagine if MLB lifted their blackout restrictions, it would void or breach a lot of TV deals around the country. I'm sure the TWC deal came with a book of provisions, and having exclusive broadcast rights in the area has to be one of them.
     
  2. doyerfan

    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Yeah, I think maybe it'll only be for ESPN/FOX games where you are forced to watch certain games. That makes more sense
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Speaking of weird TWC stuff: Back home, I'm pretty far from Los Angeles (4 hours away) and I'm pretty much in the San Diego market (I get the FOX Sports San Diego channel). On my TV I don't get SportsnetLA, and when I check online if the channel is available in my area it says no, but when I use the TWC App on my Roku or iPad, I get SportsNetLA. I have no idea why.
     
  4. BlueMouse

    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    There must be something going on with your IP address. I've used unblock-us.com all season ($5/mo) to screw with my location.
     
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  5. rube

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    dodgydodgers.com
    pirate streams of time warner dodger games
    easy way to make a quick buck before it gets shut down

    wait that is illegal what am i thinking
    instead a superstation like TBS that shows teh dodgers WORLDWIDE
    someone pitch that idea to the dodgers owners for them to make more money elsewhere
    TWS is a regional channel priced to compete with the big national channels
    so why not keep TWS as the parent programming network but have the actual channel be named something else and piped out nationally like TBS?
    dont make it a sports site, follow the superstation format just not call it that
    the dodgers are a big national and international brand
    time warner owns their own systems in terms of networks, hardware, hosting, etc... but they lack entertainment other than sports
    their competitors like direct tv are doing great with different types of entertainment
    time warner should think of starting the first real network that caters to the internet user which is the user they are most losing.
    The @ network.
    Their logo is already a swirly round thing, might as well make it a stylized @
    with the cable controller having a big @ button that functions like the start key on a windows machine.
    the company could make an interactive network that competes with the smart tvs, the apple/google stuff that is the modern version of the old webtv and many other of the things taking users away from old cable style programming
    take good internet based shows add in some production values and put it on the air
    koreans pay more to watch pimply faced teens play starcraft on cable than they do hbo
    there are tons of gold to mine on the internet, networks already been doing it here and there for a few years
    and the Dodgers and possibly the Lakers would be the anchors for the station with both teams allowing for a deeper amount of interactivity
    like being able to choose the park/arena sound only when we want to feel like we are at the game
    or when they do those sideline interviews during the game interrupting the action you could press a button to go to the alternate feed where you dont have to hear the banter and instead the game continues, things like that
    built in tools to record snippets of content from the channel to mock up or otherwise edit on your tv the way irish edits a picture to make a funny or a meme. be able to then email it or post it online anywhere all done in a couple minutes during the commercial break of the content you were watching
    time warner has deals with sprint for using the phones during games, an alternate feed could exist with a pop up shoutbox on a slight delay of course for moderation
    run all kinds of gimmicks like the ability to text don mattingly during the game to give him advice
     
  6. MZA

    MZA MODERATOR Staff Member

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    I have a stream that's great quality, but when it goes down, I just use hola blocker and my friends mlb.tv subscription to watch games. Works we'll and I don't have to pay for anything.
     
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    MLB.TV and Roku are a godsend
     
  8. BlueMouse

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    That requires Chrome or Firefox? Or is there an app for tablets?
     
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    MZA MODERATOR Staff Member

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    Chrome. I use it in my computer.
     
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    Y'all are fucking up if you haven't been using MLB.tv and unblock-us.com all season! :D
     
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    I have MLB.TV and I get all the games with no blackouts lol

    I mean I have TWC anyways, but yeah it still works for me, lol
     
  12. bestlakersfan

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    I have TWC so meh :D
     
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    Haha Irish you know me man, I don't work for TWC nor do I even like them but I directv blame where it is due.

    You guys want to complain to someone take it off the 105 in El Segundo blatant collusion in the works here. Directv thought their customers wouldn't care and cancel and very few of us did. So what incentive do they have to pick it up? None...

    I'm in a charter area which also doesn't carry the channel. The moron who calls me weekly to get me to get the tv service had never heard of the channel so there's that.
     
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    WGN is televising the Friday game and Fox the Saturday game.
     
  15. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    great
    i'll be working... and working... :suicide:
     

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