I am well aware of how blackout rules work with regard to baseball telecasts, but I have run across a strange situation with games on MLB Network this year, or at least since our switch to Hopper 3.
I live in the Los Angeles DMA and fully expect that games involving the Angels and Dodgers will be blacked out when shown on MLB Network. However, I have been getting lots of games blacked out on MLB Network.
Today, for example, the game between the Royals and Yankees on MLB Network was blacked out. But why? I don't live in the DMA for either the Royals or Yankees. The game wasn't being broadcast on any of the national ESPN or Fox stations, nor was the game in an exclusive broadcast window for either of those networks like the Fox Saturday game of the week or ESPN's Sunday night baseball game.
I called Dish technical support and after finally conveying to the person that I wasn't trying to watch the game on Extra Innings or a local RSN, they informed me that the game in question was blacked out for my zip code (metro LA zip code).
Does anyone know why this is happening? Like I said, I expect to be blacked out for games involving my local teams, but this is happening often and in situations where no LA team is involved whatsoever. It really makes no sense even according to the arcane and idiotic MLB blackout rules.
I live in the Los Angeles DMA and fully expect that games involving the Angels and Dodgers will be blacked out when shown on MLB Network. However, I have been getting lots of games blacked out on MLB Network.
Today, for example, the game between the Royals and Yankees on MLB Network was blacked out. But why? I don't live in the DMA for either the Royals or Yankees. The game wasn't being broadcast on any of the national ESPN or Fox stations, nor was the game in an exclusive broadcast window for either of those networks like the Fox Saturday game of the week or ESPN's Sunday night baseball game.
I called Dish technical support and after finally conveying to the person that I wasn't trying to watch the game on Extra Innings or a local RSN, they informed me that the game in question was blacked out for my zip code (metro LA zip code).
Does anyone know why this is happening? Like I said, I expect to be blacked out for games involving my local teams, but this is happening often and in situations where no LA team is involved whatsoever. It really makes no sense even according to the arcane and idiotic MLB blackout rules.