Watching the Blazers on TV 23-24

[DaVoiceMaster]

I did not realize Root Sports was no longer included in my cable plan. Are the Blazers games still on Root? If so, that royally pisses me off. The Timbers went to Apple TV and I've not watched any games this season. Now I may not watch any Blazers games. WTF???

[valleyman33]

I made adjustments to my Xfinity bill to add the ultimate package that includes Root Sports and Root Sports+. In the end when working with a customer service rep, I'm now paying $2 less a month. So somethings you just have to be creative in your plan.

So got an email last week that said Xfinity is going to save me $6 dollars and some change a month by removing Root Sports from my channel package. I called the number on the email, and after about 10 minutes trying to navigate through the screwed up phone system I finally got an agent who told me I had to get the ultimate package for $30 more a month. I was %issed but with no other alternative I signed up for it, and now pay $238 and change a month for tv and Internet (+ DVR, sat boxes for other tvs and router/modem. Later found out FUBO tv had root sports and signed up for the 7 day free trial. At first it seemed ok, but after using the DVR for a couple of shows and the Seatlle game on sunday, the recording started out HD, then went to low Def after a while and did not look good. Since I have the highest quality Xfinity offers, thought this was strange, but had to cancell FUBO. Then I get another email saying that because of complaints, Xfinity will now offer Root TV for $6 a month for 6 months. When I called the number and went through the 10 minute crazy phone puzzle and got an agent, they said that offer was only good if I signed up for auto pay. Since that is a no-can-do for me, guess I'm stuck until I can find something else...

[zzaj]

Here's the way that works...

Make games impossible to see unless you're at the stadium so you can charge a premium price = mostly empty stadium and the only seats filled are corporate buyouts and uber-nose bleeds. This can possibly work if you play as many games as a football team or are a championship contender, but a team where the Blazers are at? No way.

The Blazers are literally throttling their TV fanbase at a time when they should be trying their hardest to build their TV fan base--and that is saying nothing for building their fanbase overall.

[Pattycakes]

So if you were going to stream

But not west, what direction would be the opposite of west?

Hint hint.

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[DaVoiceMaster]

Here's the way that works...

Make games impossible to see unless you're at the stadium so you can charge a premium price = mostly empty stadium and the only seats filled are corporate buyouts and uber-nose bleeds. This can possibly work if you play as many games as a football team or are a championship contender, but a team where the Blazers are at? No way.

The Blazers are literally throttling their TV fanbase at a time when they should be trying their hardest to build their TV fan base--and that is saying nothing for building their fanbase overall.

I stopped watching the Timbers games this year because they went to Apple TV. I don't understand alienating your fanbase. I assume the Blazers already had the TV contract with Root to show their games when this programming change occurred. Then Root became a premium channel. Perhaps the Blazers had no say in that. It doesn't bode well though.

[zzaj]

Here's the way that works...

Make games impossible to see unless you're at the stadium so you can charge a premium price = mostly empty stadium and the only seats filled are corporate buyouts and uber-nose bleeds. This can possibly work if you play as many games as a football team or are a championship contender, but a team where the Blazers are at? No way.

The Blazers are literally throttling their TV fanbase at a time when they should be trying their hardest to build their TV fan base--and that is saying nothing for building their fanbase overall.

I stopped watching the Timbers games this year because they went to Apple TV. I don't understand alienating your fanbase. I assume the Blazers already had the TV contract with Root to show their games when this programming change occurred. Then Root became a premium channel. Perhaps the Blazers had no say in that. It doesn't bode well though.

I believe you are correct that they had the Root contract in place, and Root changed it on the Blazers. All of that is moot, however. The ghost of Vulcan is framing this incorrectly, IMHO. Instead of nickel and diming this thing into setting it up for a sale like any good corporation typically would...they need to be saying, "We have zero competion. How can we get the Trailblazers on every TV in the PNW every night that they play?" They have the ultimate resources to buy out any contract they don't like, obviously. They can do whatever the hell they want to do. They just aren't.

THEN, 5 years down the line when you have a thing built and you are ready to actually sell you can point to a team that has value with a sold out arena and a very high viewership, versus a sold out arena with a piss-poor viewership on a wonky TV deal that no purchasing entity is going to want. In the long run, eating the money from a contract buyout no matter the cost would probably be the smart move. ESPECIALLY if it unlocks money from the new NBA TV deal...