When sweetheart local TV deal goes wrong...

[ElNono]

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[elmanutres]

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Is this the same station that was not airing rocket games because they didn't like the contract?

[Trainwreck2100]

:lol that's just fantastic I wonder if that means their commentators got stiffed too

[Michael Jordan.]

Is this the same station that was not airing rocket games because they didn't like the contract?
The station is airing the games, but you have to have Comcast to get the channel, as other providers such as Direct TV, etc don't have the rights to air it. I don't know all the details, but the new owner of the Astros pretty much fucked up the deal and blocked the channel from getting picked up.

[Michael Jordan.]

Bad economics are precisely what unfolded in Houston, where the Astros are embroiled in several lawsuits and a bankruptcy proceeding involving CSN Houston and the Astros’ broadcast rights. I explained what led to the legal mess in this post from last November. In short, CSN Houston couldn’t reach carriage fee deals with any cable or satellite provider other than Comcast. Disputes arose between and among Comcast, the Astros and the Houston Rockets — which collectively own CSN Houston — over how to negotiate the carriage fee deals and at what price. Comcast forced the parties into bankruptcy court. The Astros sued former owner Drayton McLane, claiming he misled new owner Jim Crane on the financial viability of the new network. Four months later, nothing’s been resolved.

[Biernutz]

Didn't Time-Warner buy Comcast. Rocket-Astro fans should not worry. TWC will pick up the games.
The bad part is TWC will raise your rates to pay the teams off.

[Trainwreck2100]

Didn't Time-Warner buy Comcast. Rocket-Astro fans should not worry. TWC will pick up the games.
The bad part is TWC will raise your rates to pay the teams off.

Other way around, and Comcast tried to fuck the Astros new owner in the ass so I doubt he's just gonna settle

[Biernutz]

You know it wont take long for the Ryans to float this Astros boat and get is steaming in
the right direction.......

to hell with the Rock-Twits........