10-08-2016, 07:59 PM
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#141
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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Taking a thrashing social media, if that was the case they would just say so.
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Throwing MLB under the bus is probably not the route Rogers wants to take, sometimes it's better to take one on the chin.
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10-08-2016, 08:05 PM
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#142
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Olympic Guru
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: PL1
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Is MLB Network even available on any of the providers in Canada?
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Originally Posted by Back2Back
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10-08-2016, 08:05 PM
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#143
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Throwing MLB under the bus is probably not the route Rogers wants to take, sometimes it's better to take one on the chin.
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If it's exclusive to MLB Network, why is it on RDS though?
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10-08-2016, 08:07 PM
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#144
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
As others have suggested with this game on the MLB Network exclusively, Sportsnet probably has no choice in the matter.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Taking a thrashing social media, if that was the case they would just say so.
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Viewers in the USA are very angry especially in the state of Illinois.
"MTCO Communications, which serves a large swatch of Central Illinois, also does not carry the MLB Network and will not have access to the game."
http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/chic...-saturday.html
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10-08-2016, 08:11 PM
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#145
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Didn't this happen last year too? This isn't the first time I recall mlb network controversy.
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10-08-2016, 08:19 PM
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#146
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
If it's exclusive to MLB Network, why is it on RDS though?
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must be english rights and french rights.
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10-08-2016, 08:54 PM
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#147
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
If it's exclusive to MLB Network, why is it on RDS though?
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Exclusive for English speaking broadcasts.
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10-08-2016, 09:14 PM
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#149
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So you need to blame your provider for not carrying the channel, not Rogers.
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10-08-2016, 09:20 PM
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#150
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
So you need to blame your provider for not carrying the channel, not Rogers.
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Even if someone in Calgary carried MLB Network, it's a subscription service. This is lunacy by MLB (if true). You should be able to watch the NLDS without a subscription service if you have a friggin sports package.
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10-08-2016, 09:26 PM
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#151
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It's a business plan to expand the reach of the MLB network. It's pretty easy to understand.
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10-08-2016, 09:40 PM
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#152
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
It's a business plan to expand the reach of the MLB network. It's pretty easy to understand.
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It's an incredibly stupid business plan if that's the case. The game was on FS1 across the US I think, and there's not a single Canadian who is going to out and buy MLB Network to watch one playoff game. People buy MLB Network to follow an out of market tram throughout the year, not for one playoff game. All they are doing is pissing people off.
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10-08-2016, 09:43 PM
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#153
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Even if someone in Calgary carried MLB Network, it's a subscription service. This is lunacy by MLB (if true). You should be able to watch the NLDS without a subscription service if you have a friggin sports package.
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It was on MLB Network in the US not FS1.
MLB network bought the rights for US tv and it's providers. They don't care about us.
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10-08-2016, 09:47 PM
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#154
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
It was on MLB Network in the US not FS1.
MLB network bought the rights for US tv and it's providers. They don't care about us.
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Same point though. What's the point of doing it for one game? No one is going
To buy a subscription for one game.
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10-08-2016, 09:53 PM
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#155
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Yeah this is a giant f u to baseball fans. It is moronic marketing strategy.
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10-08-2016, 09:56 PM
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#156
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You do it for the entire series or the entire out of market playoffs or you don't do it at all. Just completely foolish to piss your fan base off for one game on Saturday friggen night on a holiday weekend (US and Canada).
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10-08-2016, 09:59 PM
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#157
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Same point though. What's the point of doing it for one game? No one is going
To buy a subscription for one game.
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you get what you can get i guess. im sure all the contracts are locked in and maybe MLB Network could only strike a deal to show one game. Reward existing subscriptions. Get foot in the door could lead to more playoffs games in the future and more subscriptions.
US American tv is weird, some people have MLB Network, some have FS1, some have TBS. It's all splintered.
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10-08-2016, 10:52 PM
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#158
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Olympic Guru
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: PL1
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I can understand their decision making, from a pure marketing perspective of trying to grow MLB Network and MLB TV subscriptions, it's still dumb.
MLB TV is so worth it for anyone who doesn't subscribe, especially if you're a fan of any team other than the Jays who doesn't get lots of broadcast games here in Canada. It eliminates any of those summer evening issues of not having something to watch.
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10-09-2016, 10:13 AM
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#159
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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The NFL Network really wants a playoff game but can't get in the door. So crappy Thursday night games will have to do.
Meanwhile Sportsnet getting trashed this morning for not showing Ukraine like they're supposed to.
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Last edited by GirlySports; 10-09-2016 at 10:16 AM.
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10-09-2016, 10:31 AM
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#160
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Franchise Player
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Great start to the MLB playoffs this year.
Jays up 2-0
Red Sox down 0-2
Giants down 0-2
Hopefully those all go to 3-0
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