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SEATTLE, Oct 02, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Comcast Cable and Comcast SportsNet Northwest, home of the most comprehensive local sports content, today announces the network is launching to sports fans in the Seattle region with coverage including 55 Portland Trail Blazers NBA games and 60 NHL games featuring the Vancouver Canucks or the San Jose Sharks.

The network is carried on Comcast digital preferred channel 179, and is available on other local providers. Viewers with other providers can check http://www.csnnw.com or call 877-8-CSNNW-9 (877-827-6699) for information on Comcast SportsNet's local availability.

"Now that we don't have a Seattle-area NBA team, we are excited to bring the Trail Blazers to our Washington customers," said Tom Pierce, vice president of sales and marketing for Comcast. "If you want local sports, we've got more than any other provider. In addition to Comcast SportsNet Northwest, we also offer hundreds of hours of local On Demand sports programming which includes dozens of high school sports games; boxing; semi-pro beach volleyball; UW volleyball; Everett Silvertips; Seattle Sounders soccer; Seahawks All-Access show; Holmgren Q&A and the Husky Honks show."

Comcast SportsNet is the 24/7 home of Northwest sports featuring live game coverage of 55 exclusive Trail Blazers games, including 33 in HDTV; approximately 60 NHL games, including 50 featuring the Canucks or Sharks; and college sports including the University of Washington, University of Oregon, and more. Comcast SportsNet also offers daily sports news, talk and analysis to give fans the inside look at the teams and players that matter most in the region.
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So now we will hopefully have the Dish/Direct TV customers in the Seattle area pushing for Comcast and Dish/Direct TV to strike a deal.
 
How does everyone feel about this? That they decided to put Blazers out in Seattle first, before serving half of the loyal blazer fans in Oregon who still can't watch blazer games? Seriously, wtf, get the damn Dish deal done for Oregonians at least ffs.
 
dreamcloud said:
How does everyone feel about this? That they decided to put Blazers out in Seattle first, before serving half of the loyal blazer fans in Oregon who still can't watch blazer games? Seriously, wtf, get the damn Dish deal done for Oregonians at least ffs.
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Only the people in Seattle with Comcast will get the CSN Seattle channel. Same situation as here in Portland.
 
dreamcloud said:
How does everyone feel about this? That they decided to put Blazers out in Seattle first, before serving half of the loyal blazer fans in Oregon who still can't watch blazer games? Seriously, wtf, get the damn Dish deal done for Oregonians at least ffs.
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I think the two issues are completely unrelated.
 
Oh sweet Zombie Jesus, what the fuck is with this?

Get the problem fixed in Portland first before you show it there. Idiots.
 
That's great and all, but how about us Oregonians with Charter Cable? I'm really not looking forward to finding game links online in order to watch my home state's only pro sports team.:tsktsk:
 
Ummm ... this deal was done in Seattle because it was a carriage deal ON COMCAST up there. So no negotiations needed. That's why this was done before deals with other carriers in Oregon.

-Pop
 
It's good news for Seattle basketball fans, at least they'll get to see plenty of Blazer games.
 
PapaG said:
I disagree, and for obvious reasons. WTF???
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Do you think Comcast only has one single guy that manage all areas they provide service? This is a huge corporation that can in fact multitask. There's no reason to think that providing a Channel that the corporation owns to another region they already provide service in has any relation at all to selling the rights to broadcast the channel through different providers. Two completely unrelated things.
 
Ah fuck. Dish customers are still left out to dry before the season. 55 games? That's bullshit. I'll never support Comcast with cable, internet, or phone service, EVER. I've got FIOS and my Sunday Ticket on DirecTV, and I'll stay as far away from Comcast and their rediculous prices as possible.
 
Foulzilla said:
Do you think Comcast only has one single guy that manage all areas they provide service? This is a huge corporation that can in fact multitask. There's no reason to think that providing a Channel that the corporation owns to another region they already provide service in has any relation at all to selling the rights to broadcast the channel through different providers. Two completely unrelated things.
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Regardless of the reasons, the casual fan is going to see Seattle getting Blazer games while half the state of Oregon is still left in the dark.

Maybe if Comcrap stopped blowing out their budget on ads they would lower their demands to the satellite companies. :dunno:
 
Comcast isnt asking for any more $$$ for CSNNW then what Dish/Direct TV agreed to pay for other CSN channels in the past. Dont be so quick to point the blame on Comcast. Dish/Direct TV are just as much at fault IMO.
 
BeerBoy said:
Comcast isnt asking for any more $$$ for CSNNW then what Dish/Direct TV agreed to pay for other CSN channels in the past. Dont be so quick to point the blame on Comcast. Dish/Direct TV are just as much at fault IMO.
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That simply is not true.
 
BeerBoy said:
Ya, and Al Davis is a great NFL owner.
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Um, not sure what that has to do with you lying about Comcast's demands for this channel as opposed to some of their other regional networks.
 
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