Sports packages, like MLB, NFL Ticket, etc still have to honor the local market blackout
Yankees games?
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Two questions:
1.) Did the OP have a meltdown when the Red Sox performed the reverse sweep and ultimately won the World Series that year?
2.) David, can you please not shout? I'm trying to get my kids to bed and your shouting just woke them up.
I thought MLB.TV didn't have blackout restrictions for in-market games, as it is an alternate for cord cutters.
1.) Did the OP have a meltdown when the Red Sox performed the reverse sweep and ultimately won the World Series that year?
2.) David, can you please not shout? I'm trying to get my kids to bed and your shouting just woke them up.
I thought MLB.TV didn't have blackout restrictions for in-market games, as it is an alternate for cord cutters.
I'm glad I saw this thread. I'm wondering what happened to the Iceberg. I used to enjoy most of his posts.
No negative impact? How many more subscribers in the metro NY area would they have if they carried YES?
to Satelliteguys David Furman!Dish has made a financial decision to not carry YES. It's an expensive channel you know! Blackouts are determined by MLB, not Dish. And please don't post in all caps!
I'd say about 20% have to have YES, MSG or SNY.
Let me add one more thing. If Dish did carry these channels then they'd have to be available a la-carte or in some sports only package because if Dish had to put them in all the larger packages then they'd have to charge a lot more for those packages and possibly even an 'RSN Surcharge' like DirecTV does. If that was the case then I can see that costing dish customers.
For that 20%, I would say is made up on Pac12 on the west side of the country.
Iceberg isn't with Sat Guys anymore. I don't know where he went, or why. I just know as I tried to ask him a question in a private chat, and noticed he isn't here anymore. I do agree with you that he was knowledgeable in TV, as well as radio, but he wasn't the only knowledgeable poster here. Scott built a forum where countless members here help out greatly.
Not enough to make a difference..the big drawl is the NFL season ticket..so Dish would still lose to DirecTV
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You forgot to factor in equipment , installation and service calls...sometimes less is more profitable..the additional cost of sports RSNs wont generate enough new customers to make a bigger profit..satellite is shrinking ..not growing
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The decision by Dish to not carry the YES network goes back many years, when satellite was booming.
Yet they carry Yes on their Sling TV service, and the YES Yankees Games are shown on their Extra Innings Package.
I remember than many years ago, when the Yes network started, Dish DID carry it. After about a year, when it was time to sign the new contract, the Yes network raised the price by a lot. Dish decided that it was not worth charging all customers more money so that some people could watch the Yankees.
Dish offered to carry the channel 'a la carte' and give it to just the people that wanted it, but Yes network said no. They wanted it to be in one of Dish's regular packages that everybody can receive. Dish said no, and subsequently dropped the Yes network.
Dish does carry the Yes channel on their Sling TV service.
(I guess Scott and I were typing a response at the same time).
