Where the heck is Penguins vs Thrashers?

bonscott87 said:

95 is just a best of channel. They pick up the feed from one of the RSN channels for either Pittsburgh or Atlanta (in this case). You will only be able to tune to the HD game on 95 IF the feed they are using is your local RSN. So unless you are in the Pittsburgh or Atlanta market this game will be blacked out to you (unless you have Center Ice of course).

And never count on getting a game on 95, it's not 100% cause you never know what feed they will use and the schedule may change as well.

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Ricknau said:

Venting...

I've been waiting 3 days to watch this. The guide gave a date and time for it to show on ch 95 (3/24 1pm eastern). Invite my son over (huge Penguins fan). We settle in, turn on the TV... nothing. Black screen. Called Directv. They say if the arena doesn't sell out they can't show the game and that that must be the case. You gotta be sh**ing me! Is that really the deal? Why can't they black it out in selected zipcodes near the game city? They should put the words "maybe if it doesn't sell out" in the guide data.

What's with this channel anyhow? It's like they're just dribbling out little tastes of content. Is it going to go full time in the future?

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Ricknau said:

They say if the arena doesn't sell out they can't show the game and that that must be the case. You gotta be sh**ing me! Is that really the deal?

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I believe that Directv's telephone rep gave you incorrect info. The blackout rule for sellouts was created for the NFL football games NOT hockey.

As usual they give you a song and dance answer....not always the truth.

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Bosco10021 said:

Ricknau said:

They say if the arena doesn't sell out they can't show the game and that that must be the case. You gotta be sh**ing me! Is that really the deal?

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I believe that Directv's telephone rep gave you incorrect info. The blackout rule for sellouts was created for the NFL football games NOT hockey.

As usual they give you a song and dance answer....not always the truth.

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You're correct Bosco, stadium sellouts are only a factor for NFL (not sure on NBA) but definitely not an NHL issue.

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Bosco10021 said:

Ricknau said:

They say if the arena doesn't sell out they can't show the game and that that must be the case. You gotta be sh**ing me! Is that really the deal?

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I believe that Directv's telephone rep gave you incorrect info. The blackout rule for sellouts was created for the NFL football games NOT hockey.

As usual they give you a song and dance answer....not always the truth.

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The game was in Pittsburgh and the arena was sold out...SRO...again. Gee, someone must have had bad information when they fed you that line.

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krmatth said:

Bosco10021 said:

The game was in Pittsburgh and the arena was sold out...SRO...again. Gee, someone must have had bad information when they fed you that line.

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I was actually at the game and can attest to it being completely sold out. Go Pens!

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stogie5150 said:

The way I understand it the whole issue is due to the NHL, not Directv. Which is also why we cannot see the little segways between the games on HNIC, which is stupid to me, you're showing both games on the same channel, for goodnessakes leave the stinkin feed up between!

Agreed, last night the second that Grapes from HNIC came on I got the D* screen with the classic rock playing. Then D* put the exact same feed back on at 10. What did we have to lose that 22 minutes? I mean, come on, could you see the NFL blacking out the clowns that do the post-game then bringing the second game back on 20 minutes later?!

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