Larry Miller:streaming SOON!

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He said the opening game on KGW online. and by the end of the calendar year, the comcast as well.
 
Free, or just another way to soak the fans?
 
Too bad the Comcast games won't be streamed before the 1st of the new year. But this is great news for Blazer fans, nonetheless
 
Soak the fans? I ditched Comcast because I hate those motherfuckers and refuse to give them one more red cent -- the only reason I subscribed was to get Blazers games anyway -- I'll happily pay a small subscription fee to the Blazers if it means I can get the games I want to watch.

Bandwidth aint free.
 
MARIS61 said:
Free, or just another way to soak the fans?
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Since Larry Miller didn't state that it is going to be free, I think it's safe to assume that there will be a cost to the consumer.
 
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KGW streaming will help us out of state fans, but I wonder if they'll black us out.
 
Larry Miller just confirmed that there will be a cost, but no further details have been provided yet. So we will have to wait a little longer to see how much it'll cost us.
 
He really made it sound like he wants as many fans as possible. I doubt they will black out anyone.
 
Darkwebs said:
Larry Miller just confirmed that there will be a cost, but no further details have been provided yet. So we will have to wait a little longer to see how much it'll cost us.
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I can't imagine it'll be more than the NBA League pass, which is 120$ for the year. Perhaps it'll be 1/32 the cost? ;]
 
westnob said:
I can't imagine it'll be more than the NBA League pass, which is 120$ for the year. Perhaps it'll be 1/32 the cost? ;]
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I hope it's something nominal, like $50.00 for the whole season or something around there.
 
We're never going to get the Comcast games, WAAAHHH!
 
Mike Barrett just explained that the Blazers actually have to pay the NBA to stream the games, so the cost of this might be more than nominal. Crap!
 
Mine was the very first email read, about the proof being in the pudding. He didn't answer the question, he just danced around it.
 
The Blazers will be the first team to stream games, so they really are "trail blazers" on this venture. I guess we should feel lucky to have this option.
 
Darkwebs said:
The Blazers will be the first team to stream games, so they really are "trail blazers" on this venture. I guess we should feel lucky to have this option.
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Well most teams don't have stupid tv deals in place where a bazillion people can't watch their home team play. They actually get to watch their team on tv with no extra fee.

Streaming KGW games is pretty much pointless.

Anyone out of town can just get league pass.

I don't see how this helps much at all. Maybe in 2010 but I won't be paying anything to stream Blazer games.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Soak the fans? I ditched Comcast because I hate those motherfuckers and refuse to give them one more red cent -- the only reason I subscribed was to get Blazers games anyway -- I'll happily pay a small subscription fee to the Blazers if it means I can get the games I want to watch.

Bandwidth aint free.
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Bandwidth is nearly free, and the advertisers pay for it many times over.

Before KP came here, the majority of games were broadcast on TV statewide for free.

Last year I think we got 5 or 6 down here in Beautiful Central Oregon, whatever was on espn, tnt...

No wonder there are so few fans left here.

The least they can do for fans is let them watch a crummy internet stream for free.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Soak the fans? I ditched Comcast because I hate those motherfuckers and refuse to give them one more red cent -- the only reason I subscribed was to get Blazers games anyway -- I'll happily pay a small subscription fee to the Blazers if it means I can get the games I want to watch.

Bandwidth aint free.
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Yep. If the $80 charge that was floating around it true, I will gladly pay that to the Blazers.

Sounds like some tension between the Blazers and Comcast regarding the TV contract. Will Comcast blink? Why not make this available right now? Seems like a negotiating tactic, but I like it.
 
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MARIS61 said:
Bandwidth is nearly free, and the advertisers pay for it many times over.

Before KP came here, the majority of games were broadcast on TV statewide for free.

Last year I think we got 5 or 6 down here in Beautiful Central Oregon, whatever was on espn, tnt...

No wonder there are so few fans left here.

The least they can do for fans is let them watch a crummy internet stream for free.
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Bandwidth for a high quality stream multiplied a couple of hundred thousand times over is not "nearly free" add in licensing fees that the NBA is going to charge the Blazers to broadcast the streams and the affiliate broadcast rights that comcast is going to want to levy and it all adds up.

As for the good ol' days of 13" black and white, analog TV, that model is mostly done in all sports broadcasting; almost every team has an exclusive cable deal with a provider or two or some sort of league broadcast package (NFL Sunday Ticket, MLBs paid streaming games, and NBA League Pass) ... you might as well be complaining about no more horses and buggies in downtown Bend.
 
Why would you pay for duplication of the internet streamed games we already have on many, many sites?
 
MARIS61 said:
Why would you pay for duplication of the internet streamed games we already have on many, many sites?
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The same reason I actually pay for downloaded songs 1) I can afford it, 2) it's not theft of services, and 3) most internet streams on Justin.tv and the like suck balls.
 
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