plenzmd1 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 From zimmermans column today. This is great news. The Dish On NFL Blackouts Great news for dish TV fans. In a blind fury because Sunday's Miami-Tampa Bay game was pre-empted by CBS (to bring us the end of Pittsburgh-Jacksonville) and then not made available on the dish right away, resulting in a total blackout, I started making my usual round of maniac calls. The NFL's Director of Media Services and Technology, Seth Palansky, told me the following: "Next year there will be no more blackouts. As a service to the fans who own satellite dishes, they will be able to pick up all games on the dish, even those that are carried nationally or in their own area by network TV." Yaaaay! (If it really happens.) Only thing I don't get is the Miami game was on the same time as the Pitt game. Maybe he just got his games mixed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Maybe, but I doubt it. The local networks are the ones who put up a stink about people watching on Sunday Ticket instead of the local channel and they got the NFL to have DirecTV change the rules last year (after testing it out in Seattle and Pittsburgh the year before, known as the "Seattle and Pittsburgh experiment"). I find it hard to believe that the local networks will back down now. Unless a lot of people are complaining (good!), I just don't see it happening http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writ...ex.html?cnn=yes CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Maybe, but I doubt it. The local networks are the ones who put up a stink about people watching on Sunday Ticket instead of the local channel and they got the NFL to have DirecTV change the rules last year (after testing it out in Seattle and Pittsburgh the year before, known as the "Seattle and Pittsburgh experiment"). I find it hard to believe that the local networks will back down now. Unless a lot of people are complaining (good!), I just don't see it happening http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writ...ex.html?cnn=yes CW 481232[/snapback] I want to complain as well since sometime the game being shown locally isnt HD or is only HD over my OTA versus HD over the dish. My Local fox and cbs affiliates dont hold the signal that well on the OTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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