Maybe I just don't understand blackouts

[neff2k]

Alright we do not live in any teams home territory (Checked DirecTV's website). And the Steelers vs Vikings game is not being shown on any local channels. We live about 7 hours from the Vikings stadium. How in the world could this game be blacked out for us? We have the NFL Superfan Package. I have called DirecTV and both CSR's have given different answers.



Anyone think we should be getting this game?

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[charper1]

DirecTV, DISH, cable have absolutely NOTHING to do with the blackouts other than to enforce them. Please post the link you use to check for blackout areas on DirecTV. Regardless of your distance from the stadium/arena, or if you can actually receive a network affiliate or not, if they claim you (by your service zip code) to be in their area, you are 100% subject to their blackouts, no mater what. DirecTV can do nothing about this, unless YOU move. You should be complaining to the affiliates that are probably claiming your zip. Complain to the NAB and the FCC as well. THEY are the only ones causing this headache.

[CPanther95]

All CBS stations in Minnesota should have been showing the Pitt/Minn game at 1pm. Which game was your local affiliate showing?

Distance from stadium doesn't matter since it was a sellout.

[neff2k]

http://www.directvsports.com/asp/act...ckout_Info.asp

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is the link I found the blackout info from. I finally called DirecTV a third time, and that CSR agreed that I should have it, said they were going to escalate it and it should be turned on in five minutes. Well by the end of the game it never came on. I live where Interstate I-80 meets the Mississippi River in Illinois/IA. So it wasn't being broadcasted over CBS. They were broadcasting the Colts and Chargers over CBS here, and the Titans and Seahawks on Fox.

This might just be might last year with the NFL package which is the only reason we are using DirecTV anyway. I am tired of all the rules, regulations, and crap we have to go through to view what we want. I knew about blackouts before I signed up, but never had a game I couldn't watch. Granted to switch my local HD stations between CBS and FOX I have to get up on the roof and realign since CBS decided to build a tower all by its lonesome self a good 90-100 degrees from the rest.

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is the link I found the blackout info from. I finally called DirecTV a third time, and that CSR agreed that I should have it, said they were going to escalate it and it should be turned on in five minutes. Well by the end of the game it never came on. I live where Interstate I-80 meets the Mississippi River in Illinois/IA. So it wasn't being broadcasted over CBS. They were broadcasting the Colts and Chargers over CBS here, and the Titans and Seahawks on Fox.
This might just be might last year with the NFL package which is the only reason we are using DirecTV anyway. I am tired of all the rules, regulations, and crap we have to go through to view what we want. I knew about blackouts before I signed up, but never had a game I couldn't watch. Granted to switch my local HD stations between CBS and FOX I have to get up on the roof and realign since CBS decided to build a tower all by its lonesome self a good 90-100 degrees from the rest.

Sounds like you have a case for a small credit. I've heard that occassionally if they screw up, D* will give out such. Out of curiosity, does D* carry your SD locals at this point? If they don't, they might not have been able to confirm in a timely fashion if you should have been blackedout or not.

D* has turned on games for me when the local channel switched mid game or at the last minute, but it took 10 minutes or so for them to notice on my local station here in SLC. (Could be someone else called into D* and let them know.)

Happy Holidays,
Tom

[neff2k]

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Thought about asking for a credit. Yes they have SD locals. And we have the locals. So I was able to verify it. Oh well. Next time I will just have to become the hard a$$.

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