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Comcast using double talk, so surprising ;) They provide CSN Philly to RCN (has some small markets around Philly) and FIOS (which is only available in certain areas) because they couldn't hide behind the terrestrial loophole for these providers like they can for satellite. This is the same...

From the Philly Inquirer Dish: We will file Comcast complaint over sports | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/30/2010 Doesn't sound like Comcast is playing nice, kind of surprising with the NBC deal looming, but I guess they're afraid of all those dishes popping up in their back yard.

Update: Comcast Discussing Philly RSN Carriage With Dish, DirecTV: Sources - 2010-07-28 21:34:00 | Multichannel News

Looks like Padres fans will be happy: Cox Will Give AT&T, Others Access To Padres Games - 2010-06-16 14:23:32 | Multichannel News Now come on Comcast Philly.

Here's an article on the situation from a San Diego paper: Padres staying put on cable TV - SignOnSanDiego.com Interesting part of the article: So in other words, not any time soon :mad:

Still miss it being called the F U Center (First Union, for all those who forgot)

Just more double talk by Comcast, in the article Roberts says he "reserved the right to defend ourselves if any complaints should be filed." So in other words, they won't "challenge" the FCC ruling, but if anyone tries to use the ruling to gain access they will still fight it. :mad:

The funny thing is Comcast keeps saying that they'll follow all the FCC program access rules to get the NBC Universal deal approved, yet they're still fighting this rule. It's hard to believe some people don't trust them :rolleyes:

Good news. Let's hope that it doesn't drag out into a long legal battle now. Hopefully the looming NBC Universal deal will make Comcast want to give the appearance that they're not going to withhold programming.

Not sure how it was over in Hanover, but here the Flyers were blacked out even before they added CSN Philly on cable, which meant the only way you could watch the games was to get satellite and "have" a zip code outside the black out area. Even now it's still screwed up, on cable we get CSN...

It's kind of a glass half empty/full thing here in York, they added CSN Philly, like you said, but not in high def.

Last I heard it was scheduled for January 29th FCC Schedules Vote On Terrestrial Exemption Order - 2009-12-30 18:28:59 | Multichannel News I'm trying not to get my hopes too high on this, Comcast always seems to find a way to keep CSN Philly off satellite.

Shinner, I can understand your frustration. When I first moved to York they had Suscom cable, they offered CSN Mid-Atlantic (because the Orioles were on then) & FSN Pitt. So I figured I'd get center ice through them to watch the Flyers, well turns out they were blacked out on center ice on...

The same ones showed up in York, PA While it's good to have new HD channels, a news channel in HD (whether it be Fox, CNN, MSNBC) seems a waste if you have limited bandwidth.

Amen to that. I didn't have the EI package, I'm wondering if the CSN Philly broadcasts of the Phillies were available in HD or SD only? Couldn't find anything definite out there. My local Comcast system only provides CSN Philly in SD (CSN DC in HD), so I have to decide whether it's better to...

Best of luck to them, but I'd be surprised if anything gets done. Last time this came up during the Adelphia deal the FCC actually gave an exception to CSN Philly to remain off satellite. Comcast = deep pockets, just ask Arlen Specter.

Comcast in York, PA gives us CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, MASN, & FSN Pittsburgh. However they only carry CSN Mid-Atlantic in HD full time, which is lame since they don't even carry any MLB teams, so the entire summer is a waste of HD bandwidth. We do get some MASN baseball games in HD on...

"does not allow them on Sat tv"???? HA, that's a good one. Search for "terrestrial loophole" and you'll find the whole story on how they withhold it from satellite.

My advice, don't hold your breath. I could be wrong, but I believe the whole September 2008 date started getting mentioned due to the original deal when Sportsnet took over for Prism and the length of the contract. However I don't think it will impact anything as long as they continue to be...

I always thought the same thing about how they are losing out on income from not selling the channel to satellite. They must have determined that their subscriber loss in the Philly area would outweigh the additional income from selling the channel (they’re basically admitting that people would...

Amen, brother. It was a frustrating situation not being able to get CSN Philly on cable or satellite AND being in the blackout area for all the teams. Guess I'll go back to Comcast now, I'll return to satellite when they get CSN Philly (like that will ever happen).

The blackout rules don't take into account whether or not you can actually receive the local sports network. They just carve up the territories where they think they should be on a map. For example, in York, PA we're considered Flyers territory, however our Comcast system doesn't carry CSN...

They most definitely are.

If you want more info, check out this topic from a few days ago: http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-hd-discussions/109891-comcast-sportsnet-philadelphia-sports-programming.html And just to clarify, Comcast owns the Flyers and Sixers, not the Phillies, but your point is still very true (I...

You got that right. I still can't believe the FCC actually granted CSN Philly an EXCEPTION when they approved the Adelphia merger last year FCC Approves Adelphia Breakup - 7/17/2006 - Multichannel News "Comcast and Time Warner are barred from using terrestrial delivery of a regional sports...