
Maybe the Comcast dynasty is finally coming to a close in Philadelphia!! Good new for Directv and maybe even Dish!!
Inside the Phillies: Phils swinging for fences with next TV deal
Inside the Phillies: Phils swinging for fences with next TV deal
It says current TV contract runs until 2015 so we've got some time before folks can start getting into a tiz of "omg is the new channel coming to _____________"?
In related news, the other baseball team that had an exclusive local cable agreement, the Padres, is now available on Fox Sports. It should show up in Extra Innings this season.
U-T: Padres' TV Haul In '12 Could Reach $40M - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
but the games werent always guaranteed to be on carried like the ones from FSN or CSN
They have always been on Extra InningsIn related news, the other baseball team that had an exclusive local cable agreement, the Padres, is now available on Fox Sports. It should show up in Extra Innings this season.
U-T: Padres' TV Haul In '12 Could Reach $40M - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
They pretty much all were. I watched them just about every nightnot all of them were
Even during the freeeviews there would be a game or two missing. No worries but at least now they're guaranteed to be on (as long as FSN SD is doing the game)![]()
They pretty much all were. I watched them just about every night
Ramy said:I see a lot of teams doing this in the future.
Some cities like Pittsburgh only has one sports network so they are trapped with that one channel
SandraC said:Pirates can create their own network if they want to and if they can.
Sandra
They wouldn't be able to afford it, maybe if they can get the pens to join with them to help pay for it but I think they like getting the money from root sorts instead of paying someone to show their games.
Cities like NY and LA can do things like that since they have a lot of stations, small markets don't.