Will the opener be blacked out by Spectrum and espy

[Liberal Bob]

Well it has been 3 days that spectrum and the espy folks are at odds with a new contract. All weekend espy has been offline and thus many college games were effected. This upcoming week should be interested with the nil starting. And of course the Bills are on espy for the opener,

[Boatdrinks]

I’d say no resolution until week 3 or 4. Just a guess, of course. 

[SoTier]

There's another thread on this topic.  If you are a Spectrum customer and can get programming on ABC, you should be able to see the Bills on MNF since the game is being broadcast on both ESPN and ABC.  If ABC is blacked out, then your ABC station is owned by Disney, so you will have to find a work around to see the game.   The other thread has lots of suggestions.

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Edited September 6, 2023 by HOUSE

[LabattBlue]

I’m interested to know how much of a credit I will receive for each day this nonsense continues?

[Saxum]

18 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

I’m interested to know how much of a credit I will receive for each day this nonsense continues?

 

You won't.  You will get access to 5 shopping channels, 2 infomercial channels and 1 political action channel for no extra charge instead.

[Marcus Aurelius]

3 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

You won't.  You will get access to 5 shopping channels, 2 infomercial channels and 1 political action channel for no extra charge instead.

Exactly 

[MikePJ76]

The monday night game is also going to be broadcast on ABC...so as long as you have ABC via cable/streaming or an antenna you will be fine to watch the game.

[Gugny]

I switched from Spectrum to Fubo less than a year ago. 
 

Eff Spectrum. 

[jkeerie]

52 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

I’m interested to know how much of a credit I will receive for each day this nonsense continues?

If you call them or do a chat, you will be given a $15 credit applied to next month's bill.  I did a chat since their auto attendant is exactly what House quoted.  

[brianthomas]

i stopped paying for cable 20 years ago & have relied on internet streams & torrents to get me thru. I have total freedom & control over what media i consume & have never looked back. Any sporting event, if theres a camera & internet connection, theres a stream out there to watch for free.

Companies like Spectrum aka Slime Warner aka Adelphia Cable have a history of mismanaging funds where the customer experience is secondary to their corporate profit margin & dividend. Exec's paid themselves millions while cheating seniors out of paying more due to predatory billing practices. I have no sympathy for the situation they've created for themselves.

There's plenty of options available, if you need a place to watch the game, dm me & Eff Spectrum & GO BILLS!

[Boatdrinks]

5 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

I’m interested to know how much of a credit I will receive for each day this nonsense continues?

Prorated charges for each missing channel as a portion of your total lineup. Never amounts to all that much, and certainly not for value as no one watches all of their channels equally. 

[Breakout Squad]

4 hours ago, Gugny said:

I switched from Spectrum to Fubo less than a year ago. 
 

Eff Spectrum. 

How is Fubo? Do you get Bills and Sabres games?

12 minutes ago, brianthomas said:

i stopped paying for cable 20 years ago & have relied on internet streams & torrents to get me thru. I have total freedom & control over what media i consume & have never looked back. Any sporting event, if theres a camera & internet connection, theres a stream out there to watch for free.

Companies like Spectrum aka Slime Warner aka Adelphia Cable have a history of mismanaging funds where the customer experience is secondary to their corporate profit margin & dividend. Exec's paid themselves millions while cheating seniors out of paying more due to predatory billing practices. I have no sympathy for the situation they've created for themselves.

There's plenty of options available, if you need a place to watch the game, dm me & Eff Spectrum & GO BILLS!

I used to stream online too but it got unreliable and you had to close 5 ads just to get to a poor quality link. If you wanna DM me a few links I’d be extremely grateful 

[Gugny]

8 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

How is Fubo? Do you get Bills and Sabres games?

I used to stream online too but it got unreliable and you had to close 5 ads just to get to a poor quality link. If you wanna DM me a few links I’d be extremely grateful 

Fubo is good. I pay a little extra for the sports package so I can get SNY to see Mets games. 
 

As far as Bills games, there’s no difference. If it’s not a nationally televised game, then I’m at the mercy of the local fox/cbs affiliate … just like I was with Spectrum. 
 

Between Internet service and Cable, I’m spending about $80 less/month with Fubo vs. Spectrum. 
 

Not having the Travel Channel is my only  minor gripe. 

[EasternOHBillsFan]

Hulu+ Live TV offers everything we watch at about $90 less a month, so we're going to ditch Spectrum.

 

They are literally telling sports fans we don't care about you by doing this, and their lame attempt to blame Disney falls flat, saying that they are for "fairness" when they are a part of a virtual monopoly in our area.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

6 hours ago, Liberal Bob said:

Well it has been 3 days that spectrum and the espy folks are at odds with a new contract. All weekend espy has been offline and thus many college games were effected. This upcoming week should be interested with the nil starting. And of course the Bills are on espy for the opener,

 

Will be be on channel 7 Buffalo

 

 

[TAinLack.]

6 hours ago, HOUSE said:

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Press 4 for Verizon Fios!

[jkeerie]

45 minutes ago, TAinLA said:

Press 4 for Verizon Fios!

Unfortunately, Verizon stopped expanding and Fios is not available everywhere.  Ticks me off.  

[jkeerie]

2 hours ago, Gugny said:

Fubo is good. I pay a little extra for the sports package so I can get SNY to see Mets games. 
 

As far as Bills games, there’s no difference. If it’s not a nationally televised game, then I’m at the mercy of the local fox/cbs affiliate … just like I was with Spectrum. 
 

Between Internet service and Cable, I’m spending about $80 less/month with Fubo vs. Spectrum. 
 

Not having the Travel Channel is my only  minor gripe. 

Fubo has the Travel Channel.  It's missing the History channel and the Turner networks and a few others.

[Gugny]

14 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

Fubo has the Travel Channel.  It's missing the History channel and the Turner networks and a few others.

Maybe it’s the Food Network I’m thinking of