Same difference. I guess I’m school.
I have a local NBC Sports, the Boston one (the WORST one). I still call it Comcast SportsNet New England because it makes me feel included so it's all good.
Altitude Sports Network (Channel 681 Dropped)
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I have a local NBC Sports, the Boston one (the WORST one). I still call it Comcast SportsNet New England because it makes me feel included so it's all good.
I was hoping DTV would settle with Altitude by the beginning of the NHL season on NHLCI. I really like the Avalanche broadcasters.
Gotta put up with Jack Edwards on NESN tonight. Eeesh,
Gotta put up with Jack Edwards on NESN tonight. Eeesh,
You can always stream the Avalanche feed on the NHL app, as long as you’re not in the Avalanche territory.
look for more rsn's to go.
the cost of sports is growing too much.
even the altitude ownership said they cant afford to go as a premium only channel
everyone in the rsn area needs to pay for them to make any money
the cost of sports is growing too much.
even the altitude ownership said they cant afford to go as a premium only channel
everyone in the rsn area needs to pay for them to make any money
Not so fast. The RSNs are here to stay.
AT&T & Sinclair Agree To a New Deal to Keep Sinclair Owned Channels Including Fox RSNs on DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & More - Cord Cutters News
AT&T & Sinclair Agree To a New Deal to Keep Sinclair Owned Channels Including Fox RSNs on DIRECTV, AT&T TV NOW, U-verse TV, & More - Cord Cutters News
Most of the Linear TV Subs left are older people like me that WANT access to their in market Regional Sports Teams. Without them I'd be gone in a heatbeat.
In fact the only reason I moved from Dish to DirecTV in the first place was Dish dropping my favorite regional sport team.
Besides all those out of market league passes NEED ACCESS to each Team's Regional Network to offer both HOME and AWAY broadcasts for each game.
In fact the only reason I moved from Dish to DirecTV in the first place was Dish dropping my favorite regional sport team.
Besides all those out of market league passes NEED ACCESS to each Team's Regional Network to offer both HOME and AWAY broadcasts for each game.
Hey, I am not old! I am 39. Directv works and is functional. I'll take it any day, especially for sports. I wish the bill would be broken down so that people could see the cost of other things (like locals for example) so there wasn't so much RSN hate. RSNs are key programming. If there was no NESN for Red Sox, Sunday Ticket for Colts, NBCS Boston for terrible Celtics coverage, and ACC Network and FS RSNs for Duke football, I don't know what provider I would have. No one else has all of that. Cable here only has NESN and NBCSB and NESN does show some of the ACC football from the Fox RSNs, but not all. Dish only has the ACC Network (but no HBO!!). Streaming is missing so many sports channels, and the PQ fluctuates so much, you have to mix and match different apps to re-create somewhat what you have with Directv all in one place, and it's so cumbersome to use that it is not a viable alternative.
Reading the article in the news link sounds like none of the big channel providers care at all about the Nuggets, this channel, their fans and viewers.
Will this tv channel start producing the games and going straight to streaming and just dump sat. and cable permanently.
I would think their fans would follow with them.
Older and non-tech fans would get left behind.
Isn't it nice having such massive powers own and control nearly the entire country.
This is exactly when we need our politicians to get new rules in place or break up these TV distribution monopolies.
bjf
Will this tv channel start producing the games and going straight to streaming and just dump sat. and cable permanently.
I would think their fans would follow with them.
Older and non-tech fans would get left behind.
Isn't it nice having such massive powers own and control nearly the entire country.
This is exactly when we need our politicians to get new rules in place or break up these TV distribution monopolies.
bjf
Being that AT&T has an RSN there already I wonder if they could make some kind of deal with the Nuggets and the Avalanche to get their games back on cable and satellite? Or would this breach their current contract with Altitude? Basically, do the Nuggets and Avalanche have a way out of their current contract if no one comes to terms?
How many independent RSN's will be able to make it on their own. I only count 2 and they are in bigger markets with popular teams. YES and NESN, while not totally independent the Yankees make the most money for YES, and NESN has the Red Sox. Can the Nuggets support a channel on their own.
This is a unique situation....The Kroenke empire owns....The Nuggets, the Avalanche, The Pepsi Center,where both teams play, Altitude Sports, which is the channel all games are televised by, and a Lacross team, and a local Soccer team and its local Soccer field and also a soccer team in England...Aresenal I believe. So the "teams" are not really free to negotiate with another channel. When the Avs first moved to Denver in 1995....before there was Altitude Sports, local TV coverage was on a channel that was known as Prime sports....that channel is now Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, which is now owned by Directv....
Long term thoughts:
- RSNs that do not have all of the region’s teams are anti-consumer.
- With blackout enforced regionalism and the increasing use of the internet for video, it is becoming easier to watch all the other teams than your own. This is not dissimilar to the early days of cable, when you could watch the Braves and Cubs, every day, but your local team hardly at all. I still know of people who are Brave or Cub fans, who have never been in either town in their lives, due to this mistake.
- Basketball and hockey simply do not have the regionalism of baseball and football. It is important to remember that these deals cover vast areas many hundreds of miles from the core city. People in rural areas do not think of the nearest NBA or NHL team as “us”.
- RSNs that do not have all of the region’s teams are anti-consumer.
- With blackout enforced regionalism and the increasing use of the internet for video, it is becoming easier to watch all the other teams than your own. This is not dissimilar to the early days of cable, when you could watch the Braves and Cubs, every day, but your local team hardly at all. I still know of people who are Brave or Cub fans, who have never been in either town in their lives, due to this mistake.
- Basketball and hockey simply do not have the regionalism of baseball and football. It is important to remember that these deals cover vast areas many hundreds of miles from the core city. People in rural areas do not think of the nearest NBA or NHL team as “us”.
I forgot they own all of that. I guess that won’t happen then.
But what would happen if they tried going at it alone offering a streaming only channel, charging a monthly rate, one rate for home use and one rate for sports bars? Would they last, or would they lose more money than its worth?
So to be clear here ...
At present beyond DIRECTV and other MVPDs carrying the Nuggets and the Avalanche from Altitude S&E to out-of-market viewers under their contractual commitments to NBA LP and MLS DK.
Altitude is essentially off the air for now and really generating no revenue for the Kroenke empire?
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At present beyond DIRECTV and other MVPDs carrying the Nuggets and the Avalanche from Altitude S&E to out-of-market viewers under their contractual commitments to NBA LP and MLS DK.
Altitude is essentially off the air for now and really generating no revenue for the Kroenke empire?
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They still have agreements with a few, small cable/fiber outlets around Colorado, but the viewership numbers in those areas is pretty small. My local cable service has Altitude in its lineup. We are a town of maybe 5,000 people. To add a package that would have that channel would run us an extra $70 a month with our DTV service. It also only has the one Altitude channel. When both teams are playing the same night, there is an Altitude 2 available on DTV.
