Kraken leave Root Sports

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  1. BlazerBeav

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    Hopefully the Blazers soon do the same. The Kraken are moving to over-the-air local TV stations (including KGW in Portland - 70 games!) and streaming on Amazon Prime.
     
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    The Blazers should do that asap. It'd be a good start to fix things.
     
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    They should, but I doubt they do.
     
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    Good! Cable prices are just outrageously expensive.
     
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    Just a heads up ... this will only be for those that get OTA channels, if you get KGW from a cable or streaming package, you'll be SOL. Same thing we are doing with a baseball team down here on the border, they make the announcement and people think it's going to be for everyone, but you have to have the antenna to get the games.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    They can't. They are locked for one more year under contract. It will happen the year after.
     
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    You can get an OTA antenna for $20.
     
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    The Kraken seems to be an organization that cares. Not only cares about making money, but cares about fan outreach and expanding the customer base through exposure and goodwill.

    The Blazers, under it's current management and ownership, don't. Simple as that.
     
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    Yup but most people will read this and think it will be on KGW standard and not realize it's only OTA. Going through that now with people calling our station and wondering where the broadcast is and why we are still showing NBC programing and not the baseball game.
     
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    I literally had to search to find out who the hell The Kraken even are, guess they are a hockey team from Seattle. Who knew? Never heard of them, but good on them, hope it helps push the Blazers to do something similar.
     
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    The good news is the Blazers won't be on Root's version of The Ocho next season.

    WE'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO THE MAIN CHANNEL! :NOTMARIS:
     
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    God Portland loves being Seattle little bitch when it comes to sports
     
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    Sounds a bit misleading. So the only way to watch is to get the antenna?
     
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    I'm sure root won't be sad to see them leave and if Portland wanted out they could get out
     
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    You are assuming that Root will still be around next season. I doubt they will.
     
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    Interesting about the over the air KGW and not any other feed.
     
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    The Root... The Root... The Root is on fire!
     
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    Antennas are cheap
     
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