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http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com...ude-games.html
In an attempt to give fans an alternative way to view games, while adding more content to this website, Trail Blazers president Larry Miller announced on our Courtside radio/tv show Monday night that the franchise will be the first NBA team to begin streaming games live online.
I will attempt to outline what Miller talked about, but the easiest way for you to get all the information is to hear the interview yourself.
The NBA has recently given teams the permission to explore this new world, and the Blazers are the one team, so far, looking to take full advantage of this new opportunity. Obviously, the fact that Comcast Sportsnet Northwest has yet to reach an agreement with the satellite providers, and some cable distributors, has many fans out in the cold when it comes to seeing many Blazer games.
I'm not going to sit here and try to say that is a cure to the ultimate problem for fans. It's not the solution we are hoping for in the grand scheme, and you know that. But, as Miller said, his goal by the start of the new year is to have every Blazer game streamed live on the website.
As it currently stands, the KGW games will be included in the live streaming from the start, while the team works out the logistics with Comcast to get all of them streamed. Again, Miller is hopeful that by the January, another alternative way to see all Blazer games will be available.
There are now two negotiations going on- one, between Comcast and the satellite providers, and one between the Blazers and Comcast, on the ability to stream online. They are exclusive of one another, and I view this as a positive, in that the odds are naturally better that something positive will happen to give us something better than we have now. Possibly one negotiation will help the other, or at the very least will kick start the process.
As stated, this simply will serve as a new distribution method that could potentially provide an alternative. Clearly, not everyone has access to the Internet, and watching a game on a 15-inch monitor isn't exactly like kicking back on the couch in front of a 50-inch plasma. But, it's at the very least, a step in the right direction.
Even though the original deal didn't happen on Miller's watch, it's certainly at the top of his priority list to do what he can to push this along. The battle between the cable companies and satellite providers wages on, and it's so unfortunate that fans, like ours, are the ones caught in the middle, many times with no alternative. Recently Versus, which has, among other things, Pac-10 football and the rights to the NHL, was taken off DirecTV's lineup, as the two sides go back and forth. In other words, there are a lot of people caught in the middle.
I'll do what I can to answer questions you have on this, but most of it is happening way, way above my head.
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Now this is pretty cool. I wish all the NBA teams would do this.
Agreed. Good for Blazer fans, that's for sure. Now if only the other NBA teams could do this...especially the smaller market teams that don't get mega-contracts for exclusive broadcast rights.
I doubt the mega market teams will ever be able to do this due to the high profitability of their tv broadcast contracts that usually include exclusive media outlet rights as part of the deal.
I think this is a nice move. I don't give a crap about the Blazers, but it's still nice to see.
game are already streamed. just not legally
I'd pay good money to be able to have legal high quality streams of every game during the season.
Will they also stream the pre-playoff victory parades before their first round exits?
Probably. I would watch it.
Why watch it when you can see it live
he wants to flash his website with ads
this is not about the fans
doesn't league pass broadband do that.
you guys this is for portland fans that dont have comcast and have games blackedout on leaguepass, a large portion of fans in oregon have no way of watching the blazers as of right now.
Tlong, this article is a non issue.
The DeJuan Blair/Hogan picture in your sig is epic..lol
I just felt like threwing up when I saw your sig
Cheers mate
I just felt like threwing up when I saw your sig
Cheers mate
i love how spurs and lakers fans alike feel the need to regurgitate when they see the picture. might be changing it soon if i can find something funny to do with this picture
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