DODGERS The TWC/SPECTRUM NIGHTMARE Thread

Discussion in 'Los Angeles DODGERS' started by THINKBLUE, Mar 27, 2014.

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When will deals strike with other providers?

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  2. 10 games into season

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  3. 20 games into season

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  4. 30+ Games into season

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  5. Never

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  1. THINKBLUE

    THINKBLUE DSP Gigolo

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    Never been the issue. I've done this and yes, it works well. Roku works great. With Ethernet connected, the streams are indistinguishable from the telecast.

    The problem is the games aren't available for channel flippers to attract new fans and they aren't on in the bars or restaurants anymore. They are taking the Dodgers out of the community. Only die hard fans are going to access the games this way.
     
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    Yeah but no DVR capability
     
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    Game is available in its entirety 90 minutes after.

    Aren't WE (hardcore fans) just looking for ways to see the games? Just have to deal with it, and lets be real, the Dodgers don't need to attract new fans.
     
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    Watching on my fire stick today, after looking for days for a good feed!!!
     
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    It's a shame because the channel is great. The Backstage Dodgers show is a must watch for me. Could've never imagined a show like this with behind the scene access to the clubhouse and players when the team was on Prime Ticket. The production value is excellent as well. Alana Rizzo is competent when it comes to baseball and is a polished reporter. The only area that needs improvment on SNLA is the analysis on pre-post game shows. I like how Hairston is proud to stick around with the organization, but he's a horrible baseball analyst. If they could bring in Andy Mccalough once in a while instead of rejects like Beto Duran as guests and hire an advance stats guy like former Dodgers Digest writer Mike Petrillelo to be on the network, it would make for an even better viewing experience.

    The Laker channel simulcasts the brutally annoying Mason and Ireland show. Dodger channel should consider doing the same thing with Petros and Money who are actually entertaining.
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    you had me until the last sentence
    petros is annoying and i can't stand him
    but yeah on petrillo and mccullough
    and nomar can join jerry in the unemployment line
     
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    Love Petros and Money. Great contrast from most sports talk shows where the hosts take sports far too seriously and shower the listeners with hot takes.

    Personal taste (no homo), I suppose.
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    perhaps
    i just can't stand papadakis
     
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    seriously dude
    wtf???
     
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    fucking 3rd grade Irish... some things aren't going to change
     
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    Every Business Ever laughs at this
     
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  12. CapnTreee

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    I let it slide but I'm happy that YOU didn't
     
  13. CapnTreee

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    Asshat dipshits TWC/Speculum have 'given' 6 more early games over to Channel 5 to appease local hordes (us)
    Tuesday April 18, 6:30 v. Rockies
    Wednesday April 19, 7PM v. Rockies
    Sunday April 23, 1PM v. Dbags
    Sunday April 30, 1PM v. Phillies
    Wednesday May 3, 6PM v. vaGiants
    Sunday May 7, 1PM v. PAAAdres

    I'll take what I can get and load up the DVR
     
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    Aaaand just like that...

    With limited TV, no streaming & minimum $21 Sunday ticket, how are #Dodgers trying to lure next generation of fans? fw.to/4U2qq5H
     
  15. CapnTreee

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    @irish I think that this thread deserves a new Poll
    1) in 2016
    2) in 2017
    3) in 2018
    4) in 2019
    5) in 2020
    6) Never
    7) Who cares?
     
  16. CapnTreee

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    The Dodgers AND Guggenheim simply DO NOT CARE if we ever watch them again. Ever.

    They got paid. Watching the team is 'our' issue not theirs.
     
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    I was watching Channel 5 this morning, and they had a "Dodgers on KTLA" countdown clock in the corner. I wonder if they will play the clock all day?
     
  18. CapnTreee

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    I just endured 20 seconds of Jerry Springer to see if it was still in the corner. Alas no. TV on for those seconds and there was a catfight. Uggh. Daytime TV is for those who deserve it. What hell. Turned it to ESPN before going off just so as to have better viewing upon next power cycle though I probably won't turn it on at all until first pitch.
     
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    fyi...

    ESPN to nationally televise 2 games of upcoming Dodgers/Mets series
    by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 17 minutes ago

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    The Los Angeles Dodgers begin a six-game road trip Tuesday and will then return to Dodger Stadium for the start of a nine-game homestand, with series against the New York Mets (four games), Colorado Rockies (three) and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (two).

    Contests on Tuesday, June 20, and Wednesday, June 21, will be nationally televised by ESPN. Both games will be available in the Los Angeles market but are subject to blackout restrictions in New York.

    The series will be the first meeting between the recent bitter postseason rivals. Last season, the Dodgers won four of seven games against the Mets, splitting a four-game set at Dodger Stadium.

    The Dodgers are 7-3 against the National League East division thus far, while the Mets are just 3-6 against NL West opponents.

    Both teams have dealt with a rash of injuries to key players. Los Angeles saw the return of Justin Turner last Friday, and Yoenis Cespedes returned on Saturday after being out since April 28.

    The Dodgers will begin their next homestand with a 25-10 record at Chavez Ravine. They’re averaging 5.31 runs per game at home, which entering Monday is superior to their average of 4.24 runs scored on the road.

    In completing a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, the Dodgers finished 4-2 on their most recent homestand.

    While the Mets series is receiving national treatment from ESPN, the matchup with the Rockies has larger implications.
     
  20. CapnTreee

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    When it comes to Dodgers' TV blackout, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is the latest to swing and miss

    Just when blacked-out Dodgers fans thought they couldn’t feel any more abandoned, now baseball’s official caretaker has turned his back on them.

    Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball’s commissioner, has basically and breathtakingly said the Dodgers TV debacle is none of his business.

    Given an opportunity to take a swing at an issue directly affecting millions of consumers in his sport’s second-largest market, baseball’s biggest slugger lamely never even took the bat off his shoulder Tuesday during his annual All-Star game news conference.

    Answering a question about the four-year blackout from The Los Angeles Times’ Bill Shaikin, Manfred said three things that may inspire Dodgers fans throw a brick through their darkened TVs.

    First, he said, “It’s not my job to tell a club to renegotiate its television agreements.”

    It’s not his job to make sure his sport is readily accessible to its entire fan base? It’s not his job to maximize a team’s exposure in a crowded marketplace where brand erosion is already occurring? He doesn’t care that even this week, amid All-Star game festivities featuring six Dodgers from the best team in baseball, more people in Los Angeles were talking about Lonzo Ball than Cody Bellinger?

    Strike one.

    Then, Manfred added, “As I have said repeatedly, I don’t have a seat at that table.”

    Bud Selig relinquish his seat at the table when he yanked the Dodgers from Frank McCourt? Did NBA Commissioner Adam Silver avoid the table when he pried the Clippers from Donald Sterling?

    The Dodgers television problem obviously doesn’t rise to anywhere near the ethical and moral crimes committed by the two worst owners in the history of Los Angeles sports. But it’s an issue directly causing the brand erosion of a Los Angeles and MLB institution, and the commissioner not only belongs at that table, but it’s his responsibility to be at the head of that table.

    Strike two.

    Finally, Manfred said, “First of all, Dodger fans can in fact see the games if they become Charter Spectrum subscribers.”

    Shaikin quickly corrected him, noting that fans on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and in southern Orange County do not have access to Charter Spectrum.
    As for millions of other people who have access but are unwilling to switch cable companies, is is really fair to cavalierly ask them to endure a logistical and economic hassle? These days, changing TV providers often means also changing Internet and phone service, and maybe Manfred is privileged enough to do that without a sweat, but he’s surely the exception.

    Strike three.

    Given his dismissive tone, it was surprising Manfred didn’t encourage fans to take shadowy Internet shortcuts and fool MLB into thinking you live in New Jersey in order to watch the Dodgers. Lots of fans out there are doing that, but again, it is fair to force someone to cheat the system to watch a baseball game?

    At the end of the day, Manfred works for the Dodgers, just like he works for the 29 other major league teams. He doesn’t work for the fans. His priority is not the fans. Never forget that. In refusing to do anything that might cost the Dodgers money, he is simply answering to his bosses.

    But would it be that hard for Manfred to at least take a swing at this? He knows the Dodgers, he knows Charter, he knows DirecTV. He could get them into a room and end the finger-pointing and facilitate something, anything.

    Certainly there are worries that his involvement would set a bad precedent for other club TV deals in a shrinking cable market, but it’s hard to see how a 4-year blackout in the second-largest media market is good precedent for anything.

    The effects of this TV nightmare have gone far beyond a television set. The blackout has eroded Dodgers interest to the point of costing one deserving Dodger, Corey Seager, an All-Star starting spot while forcing a massive voting campaign to ensure that another deserving Dodger, Justin Turner, even made the team.

    The blackout actually creeped into the Dodgers clubhouse, where Kenley Jansen, a truly good guy, felt compelled to blame the fans for lack of support even though the Dodgers lead the league in attendance. Jansen’s heart was in the right place; he just didn’t account for all those blacked-out fans who have rarely seen his team play.

    With the majority of Los Angeles missing out on a potentially historic Dodgers season, the TV stalemate is getting worse by the win streak. And now those Dodgers fans holding out for a savior have been shunned yet again, this time by the judge of the highest baseball court in the land.

    Instead of acting like a commissioner, Rob Manfred seems content to be an empty chair.

    Time Warner / Spectrum are the single lowest rated company in America for good reason and they have ZERO issue never letting the Dodgers be seen in LA EVER AGAIN.
     

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