Blazer TV deal, it's.....

[riverman]

Free?

I think Rasta has Russian connections that hook him up

 

[santeesioux]

@santeesioux has used vue i believe and he lives in klamath falls. Its accessible to all in oregon

Our bro Wheels really lives out in the boonies and can't get the internet for that. What are fans like that supposed to do, go fuck themselves again like they have for ten years?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Free?

Free. On my computer (or on my TV if I plug it in).

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Free?

NBA streams on reddit is awesome!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

"C'mon Duh-wight, get some rebounds!"

 

[Sean.ivity]

I used Playstation vue last season and it worked fine... no contracts so I cancelled right after the season ended. I'm a cord cutter so this is a perfect option for me. Just Stream the game from my Android phone to my Chromecast. Last season I used my ps3 but the UI was pretty laggy.

 

[Tunchi]

Is it possible to get less than $0 of my money? Paul Allen... go F*** yourself.

Paul Allen actually took less money and years from Comcast than ROOT sports offered. If you read the article Blazers realized root sports contract was going to end with Comcast in a few years and their deals with dish and satellite were less distributive to the market than the current one

So pick your poison

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Our bro Wheels really lives out in the boonies and can't get the internet for that. What are fans like that supposed to do, go fuck themselves again like they have for ten years?

Sucks to be him. But, people have choices and can choose where you live.

Can never please everyone. There will still be 1%-5% screwed. Just the way it is. Get better internet.

 

[illmatic99]

Some of these numbers are staggering. So only 55 % of the market can access the games, unless they shell out for Vue?

The no KGW thing is disappointing.

I wonder if if any other market has this poor distribution

 

[Mediocre Man]

This summer has been complete shit for Blazer fans.

This. They fire extremely popular and talented broadcast crew. Do nothing so far to really shake up the team. Go back to the devil, Comcast

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Multi-year Deal Includes All Regional Games and New Media Distribution Rights

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 6, 2016) – CSN Northwest, part of NBC Sports Group, will continue as the local rightsholder for Portland Trail Blazers game broadcasts, it was announced today by Trail Blazers President & CEO Chris McGowan. Beginning with the new 2017-18 extension, CSNNW will become the exclusive media partner for all regional Trail Blazers games.

“After thorough negotiations with several other potential partners, it became apparent that by building on our existing relationship with CSN Northwest, we have the best opportunity to increase distribution for Blazers games and other programming in our marketplace,” said McGowan. “With the addition of David Preschlack at NBC Sports Group and his background in distribution, we’re very motivated to collaborate on ways to bring even greater access to our fans.”

“We’re excited to extend our relationship with the Portland Trail Blazers beyond the 2016-17 season, and look forward to building on the growth in distribution we have achieved over the last few years,” said David Preschlack, President of NBC Sports Regional Networks. “We’re also excited to work with the team to determine new ways to reach fans in the Portland area.”

CSN Northwest has seen meaningful increases in distribution over the last few years, thanks to new carriage agreements with Charter Communications, CenturyLink Prism® TV, and most recently SONY Vue which, is accessible on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Amazon Fire TV, Google Chromecast and Roku. These distributors expanded CSN Northwest’s longstanding carriage on XFINITY, Frontier and Wave.

“CSN is committed to super serving Portland’s passionate fans and thrilled that this new partnership features more Trail Blazers games on CSN than ever before,” said Larry Eldridge, GM of CSN Northwest.

In addition to game broadcasts, the Trail Blazers-CSNNW partnership will continue producing a comprehensive mix of shoulder programming, including Trail Blazers Courtside, pregame shows, halftime updates and postgame wrap-ups. There are also plans to refresh studio sets, on-air graphics and other production elements.

For the upcoming 2016-17 season, Trail Blazers regional game broadcasts will continue to be shared between CSNNW and local NBC affiliate KGW Channel 8. Radio broadcasts of Trail Blazers games will still be found on flagship Rip City Radio AM-620 and on 20 additional stations regionally on the Trail Blazers Radio Network.

http://www.csnnw.com/portland-trail...l-blazers-extend-and-expand-media-partnership

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Sports are a waste of three hours every night. I could be spending that time writing my shitty novel or writing music that makes people want to kill themselves because it's so bad.

Pretty sure I said I'd eat a bullet if your music was the only music available. I can just choose not to listen to it now.

 

[santeesioux]

Saw this on BE:

So CSN offered less money and fewer years
Root Sports must be the Portland Trail Blazers of regional sports networks.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Pretty sure I said I'd eat a bullet if your music was the only music available. I can just choose not to listen to it now.

I'm working on fixing that.

 

[Natebishop3]

So I think they delayed the announcement because they were hoping Neil would make a splash in free agency... but that didn't happen, so they finally had to just suck it up and take the punch.

 

[Tunchi]

How? They took less money to ensure as many people can view the games.

Root sports is partly owned by directv. You dont think directv would think it was awesome to dick around with comcast and tell.them to fuck themselves?

Keep in mind, this directv is a company not willing to agree to pac 12 network terms thats dish, comcast and frontier have all agreed upon. They are just as petty as the others.

Makes complete sense what the blazers did

God thank you.. Exactly what I said. These guys just read the headline and see its Comcast again and flip out. Fucking read

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[santeesioux]

So I think they delayed the announcement because they were hoping Neil would make a splash in free agency... but that didn't happen, so they finally had to just suck it up and take the punch.

It's been PR hit after PR hit with this team the past few months, firing their announcers, failing to improve the team in free agency, and now this. It's just a kick in the balls again and again.

 

[Natebishop3]

Pounding that company line.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

In addition to game broadcasts, the Trail Blazers-CSNNW partnership will continue producing a comprehensive mix of shoulder programming, including Trail Blazers Courtside, pregame shows, halftime updates and postgame wrap-ups. There are also plans to refresh studio sets, on-air graphics and other production elements.

LOL! I wonder if other production elements is @HCP in a mankini?

 

[santeesioux]

It's extremely easy to get Warrior games in Southern Oregon, this team must be losing fans hand over fist.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Pounding that company line.

That is his job.

 

[Natebishop3]

That is his job.

I don't know why he pretends to be a journalist. He's a hype man.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

And im the one that was told i needed my fruit roll up and capri sun?

Jeez guys. You are just complaining to complain now. Unless you have an actual issue and cant choose comcast or playstation vue, why are you complaining?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

One positive is that it sounds like the Blazers can opt out of this new deal if CSN doesn't get on DirectTV soon.

For starters, the Blazers included terms in their new contract that incentivizes CSN to expand distribution. What's more, by settling on a shorter deal, the Blazers have flexibility to reevaluate the broadcast landscape sooner, an enticing proposition in an era when technology is rapidly advancing and viewers are contemplating "cutting the cord."Also, McGowan said, he is encouraged by new leadership at NBC Sports, the parent company of CSN.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

And im the one that was told i needed my fruit roll up and capri sun?

Jeez guys. You are just complaining to complain now. Unless you have an actual issue and cant choose comcast or playstation vue, why are you complaining?

 

[Tunchi]

"ROOT's distribution agreement with Comcast will end soon and the Blazers were worried it might not be renewed, meaning ROOT could only guarantee distribution on DirecTV, which reaches 33 percent of the Portland market — 22 percent less than Comcast. In the end, faced with the prospect of even worse distribution, the Blazers decided to take less money and fewer years and stay with CSN."


You gotta pick your poison guys. If you go with ROOT sports you take a risk it would not be renewed with Comcast then getting even less distribution that Comcast currently has.

Then all the sudden DirectTV becomes the new villain. All the same shit.

Glad Paul Allen took less money to do the best he can.

55%>33%

I'll take it

 

[KeepOnRollin]

One positive is that it sounds like the Blazers can opt out of this new deal if CSN doesn't get on DirectTV soon.

Re: the opt out, I don't get that from it. He said re-evaluate sooner as this deal is only 4 years vs the 10 before.

 

[Natebishop3]

And im the one that was told i needed my fruit roll up and capri sun?

Jeez guys. You are just complaining to complain now. Unless you have an actual issue and cant choose comcast or playstation vue, why are you complaining?

I hate Comcast. I think it's a shit organization. The team knew how the public felt about Comcast. They knew that this reaction was inevitable.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I don't get that from it. He said evaluate sooner as this deal is only 4 years vs the 10 before.

Read it again, first sentence