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Phatguysrule said:
So if you don't have an antenna or cable does that mean we can watch them on Roku Channels (you can stream KPTV 12 there) for free?
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SharpesTriumph said:
I think streaming has to be done on Blazervision?
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Chris Craig said:
I think you have to have an antenna plugged into to the back of your TV still.
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If it is in fact KPDX/KPTV Fox 12 Plus, and your streaming service offers that channel, then you will be able to watch the games.
 
santeesioux said:
Hopefully they can get a deal done with some Medford stations, it looks like the company that owns KPTV, the closest station it owns is in Bend.
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Oh, there are parts of Oregon that don't get KPTV?
 
santeesioux said:
Hopefully they can get a deal done with some Medford stations, it looks like the company that owns KPTV, the closest station it owns is in Bend.
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I believe that is one of the issues they are dealing with, making sure there are affiliates all around the state that don't already have KPTV (or whatever station) in their market.
 
Yeah if a market doesn’t have KPTV/KGW/KOIN/KATU…..wherever we end up, which will be pretty much everywhere but PDX right…… won’t be able to watch if I’m not mistaken. Seems like there are a couple on here with more info than I. But maybe there is a streaming option for those out of market.
Don’t know any details, but doesn’t that sound like it will be HARDER for people to watch?
 
I know people in Utah who don’t have the channel the Jazz are on have to stream.
 
THE HCP said:
I know people in Utah who don’t have the channel the Jazz are on have to stream.
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THE HCP said:
Yeah if a market doesn’t have KPTV/KGW/KOIN/KATU…..wherever we end up, which will be pretty much everywhere but PDX right…… won’t be able to watch if I’m not mistaken. Seems like there are a couple on here with more info than I. But maybe there is a streaming option for those out of market.
Don’t know any details, but doesn’t that sound like it will be HARDER for people to watch?
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It will be like the Jazz+ where it's $125 to stream for the year or something.

Blazers may call it Blazervision.

Take out 1 national game 4 cup games and it 77 games so between $1-$2/game
 
I'd think many Blazer fans that get OTA may buy streaming too just for flexibility to watch on devices or outside the house.
 
Part of the issue with going to KPTV is that they likely won't be shown on KPTV's main feed (aka flipping to channel 12 on Xfinity, DirecTV, streamer etc) but will come in on one of the auxiliary channels over the air. For this most of the time you will need an antenna, or they may have an alternate feed that gets put into the channel lineup. This issue is that Fox (the station that KPTV is an affiliate for) won't want to cancel their normal programming for 80 nights out of the year. So in some respects it will be easier and cheaper for those in market to watch the games, it could also be more difficult and a hassle for many.
 
bigbailes said:
Part of the issue with going to KPTV is that they likely won't be shown on KPTV's main feed (aka flipping to channel 12 on Xfinity, DirecTV, streamer etc) but will come in on one of the auxiliary channels over the air. For this most of the time you will need an antenna, or they may have an alternate feed that gets put into the channel lineup. This issue is that Fox (the station that KPTV is an affiliate for) won't want to cancel their normal programming for 80 nights out of the year. So in some respects it will be easier and cheaper for those in market to watch the games, it could also be more difficult and a hassle for many.
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But KGW/NBC, KOIN/CBS or KATU/ABC would be perfectly fine canceling their normal programming 80 nights a year?
 
julius said:
But KGW/NBC, KOIN/CBS or KATU/ABC would be perfectly fine canceling their normal programming 80 nights a year?
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I watch KPTV news all the time and their regular programs are frequently pre-empted for a variety of sports programs albeit never for any local sports.
 
Kano John said:
I watch KPTV news all the time and their regular programs are frequently pre-empted for a variety of sports programs albeit never for any local sports.
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My guess is, if there is a conflict (NFL mostly), they'd just switch the Blazers to KPTV+. And if there are shows on KPTV/Fox that fox wants to show, it could also be switched to KPTV+
 
julius said:
My guess is, if there is a conflict (NFL mostly), they'd just switch the Blazers to KPTV+. And if there are shows on KPTV/Fox that fox wants to show, it could also be switched to KPTV+
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The difference is that KPTV is available on various apps like HULU and KPTV+ is not. As far as I know you need a local antenna to get KPTV+ (channel 13 if I recall).
 
julius said:
But KGW/NBC, KOIN/CBS or KATU/ABC would be perfectly fine canceling their normal programming 80 nights a year?
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None of them would ... that's why down here all the baseball games we cover aren't on NBC proper station, but instead 10.2 OTA ... hence if you're just using a cable box you can't get the games. Some of the streamers might fix this by adding another channel to their stream but it's not as simple as just tuning in to KPTV. I could be completely wrong and maybe they work out a deal with FOX but highly unlikely. We tried to preempt a handful of Thursday nights for HS Football and it was a major no go from NBC, of course the NBA may be able to pull some strings and this is all moot. I just think people hear that KPTV is going to carrying the games and think it will be like KGW back in the day which I was a kid for but remember just going to channel 8 and the Blazer games were on, those days are gone.
 
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I'm pretty sure the free Blazer games will only be available OTA. The streaming platforms will want to charge subscribers extra for the Blazer games and that throws the economics of this off.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I'm pretty sure the free Blazer games will only be available OTA. The streaming platforms will want to charge subscribers extra for the Blazer games and that throws the economics of this off.
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Roku Channels app doesn't charge as far as I know. They just stream the OTA feed, including commercials, as far as I know. You can watch them as much as you want for free.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Roku Channels app doesn't charge as far as I know. They just stream the OTA feed, including commercials, as far as I know. You can watch them as much as you want for free.
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I'm 99.9% sure there will not be way to watch the Blazer broadcast of games outside of the Portland metro area for free unless you use an illegal stream. The NBA would not allow that since it would take away from their NBA League Pass.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I'm 99.9% sure there will not be way to watch the Blazer broadcast of games outside of the Portland metro area for free unless you use an illegal stream. The NBA would not allow that since it would take away from their NBA League Pass.
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Makes sense to me.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I'm 99.9% sure there will not be way to watch the Blazer broadcast of games outside of the Portland metro area for free unless you use an illegal stream. The NBA would not allow that since it would take away from their NBA League Pass.
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Streaming will likely be similar to Jazz+ where you pay a fee but must be in Oregon/S. Washington region (same as jazz+). If outside the region you can buy league pass.

Agree there won't be a free streaming option.
 
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