I have been a Dishnetwork member since 1999 and have never had an ESPN event or game blacked out, until just recently.
On baseball's 2005 Opening Day, I was able to watch the Cubs play a game on ESPN2. However, some time after that date (4-4-2005) "the man" began blocking me when the Cubs are on ESPN and now when I try to watch the Cubs on ESPN, ESPN2, or (more importantly for me) ESPN HD, I am blacked out from viewing it.
Again, I have never been blacked out from watching an ESPN game prior to this season. And the only way I can possibly watch the Cubs in desired High Defination is when they are on ESPN HD.
FYI, I live 225 miles SW of Chicago and not in the immediate Chicago media market. My RSN is Comcast Sports-Chicago.
Is it common for the ESPN channels to be blacked out when you live hundreds of miles away from the team you want to watch? Is this a new phenomena this year? When did blacking out ESPN games start? Where can I go to appeal to try to get ESPN-HD to unblock these games? (Dish Network customer service was NO HELP with this...stupid idiots! They could not even tell me WHEN the blacking out of my games began.).
On baseball's 2005 Opening Day, I was able to watch the Cubs play a game on ESPN2. However, some time after that date (4-4-2005) "the man" began blocking me when the Cubs are on ESPN and now when I try to watch the Cubs on ESPN, ESPN2, or (more importantly for me) ESPN HD, I am blacked out from viewing it.
Again, I have never been blacked out from watching an ESPN game prior to this season. And the only way I can possibly watch the Cubs in desired High Defination is when they are on ESPN HD.
FYI, I live 225 miles SW of Chicago and not in the immediate Chicago media market. My RSN is Comcast Sports-Chicago.
Is it common for the ESPN channels to be blacked out when you live hundreds of miles away from the team you want to watch? Is this a new phenomena this year? When did blacking out ESPN games start? Where can I go to appeal to try to get ESPN-HD to unblock these games? (Dish Network customer service was NO HELP with this...stupid idiots! They could not even tell me WHEN the blacking out of my games began.).