NBA League Pass related questions

now and 4 life · Post #81 » by **now and 4 life** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:54 am

The reason the games are blacked out is due to how the NBA sells the rights to TV compainies. The smart thing would be for them to change their way of handelling broadcast rights, but that would make too much sense.

Indeed · Post #82 » by **Indeed** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:18 am

dacrusha wrote:
Indeed wrote:
knickerbocker2k2 wrote:I was definitely going to get the package this year but I don't like how they separated Canada/USA. I think we will be unable to use hotshield to get around raps games. I'm assuming if you have american IP (which is what hotshield is) you won't be able to access league pass.

I wonder how their billing works. Does it only look at IP or it looks at your credit card to determine which package you can buy.

I asked them your question last year, since I traveled back and forth.
They say it depends on the IP, and not your credit card.

You can ask them again, and maybe they separated Canada/USA to have better support in Canada, otherwise, it would be a poor decision.

So, if it works on an IP basis, then you should be able to activate hotspot shield, enter your credit card information etc on the American site and then also watch games using hotspot shield on the American league pass site.

Like others, I'm going to wait and see on this; I'm not paying $100+ dollars to sit through an entire year's worth of blacked-out Raptor games.

Let's ignore hotspot shield, and assume you actually travel to CA.
The problem was the national games without advance notice. NBA league pass always has bad services (non technical), and you can try listen to their NBA radio, which it doesn't work for over years with Canadian IPs. No explanation or what so ever.

Indeed · Post #83 » by **Indeed** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:23 am

now and 4 life wrote:The reason the games are blacked out is due to how the NBA sells the rights to TV compainies. The smart thing would be for them to change their way of handelling broadcast rights, but that would make too much sense.

You can blame the rights, and you can blame the league.. I guess NBA can include video streaming to TV companies along with broadcasting them, but they want to control the online section.

NBA is not the only league, like MLB costs $1m for the video highlights (2 mins max) to be shown on sports websites, and no TV companies make enough for that except ESPN (and TXX cheated on getting the MLB hightlights with partnering ESPN).

Mak · Post #84 » by **Mak** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:24 am

I think i'll just buy a VPN to watch Raptors/National(TNT) games. Can use it on the iPhone too. You can get one around 6 USD / month.

Indeed · Post #85 » by **Indeed** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:35 am

Mak wrote:I think i'll just buy a VPN to watch Raptors/National(TNT) games. Can use it on the iPhone too. You can get one around 6 USD / month.

Maybe you can let me know if it works out.
Personally, I am not very happy with last year's services, I hope they improved enough.

A Space Cow · Post #86 » by **A Space Cow** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:56 pm

Will I not be able to log into my League Pass account until the season starts? Highly confused on not being able to see anything after making said purchase.

Mak · Post #87 » by **Mak** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:36 pm

A Space Cow wrote:Will I not be able to log into my League Pass account until the season starts? Highly confused on not being able to see anything after making said purchase.

you can sign up for a free preview until Nov 1st.

Throwback24 · Post #88 » by **Throwback24** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:36 pm

Mak wrote:I think i'll just buy a VPN to watch Raptors/National(TNT) games. Can use it on the iPhone too. You can get one around 6 USD / month.

Hey could you tell me what VPN is?

Post #89 » by **Duffman100** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:46 pm

Throwback24 wrote:
Mak wrote:I think i'll just buy a VPN to watch Raptors/National(TNT) games. Can use it on the iPhone too. You can get one around 6 USD / month.

Hey could you tell me what VPN is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

Throwback24 · Post #90 » by **Throwback24** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:07 pm

lol I did google it before asking, I was hoping someone could explain it in laymen terms. Excuse my brain fart.

A Space Cow · Post #91 » by **A Space Cow** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:33 pm

Throwback24 wrote:lol I did google it before asking, I was hoping someone could explain it in laymen terms. Excuse my brain fart.

Basically, a VPN is a point that your internet goes through, before going to your target internet destination. You get a VPN that is based in Europe or the USA and that way it detects your internet from a different country/state. By tricking their internet location sensor with a VPN, you can thus get to watch Raptors games and get around the blackout rules, because they think you're from a different area.

Throwback24 · Post #92 » by **Throwback24** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:24 pm

Ooooh thanks a bunch. Say I wanted to share the costs with some friends, if they were Americans could they use my account?

Gimpy · Post #93 » by **Gimpy** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:12 am

A VPN provides a secure tunnel to another network. That network can be anywhere in the world. If that network provides you internet access, you can use it. Your public IP address comes from the network that you are VPN'ing into. For example, if you VPN'd into a network in Germany, your IP address would come from Germany. Nobody will know that you are actually in Canada using a VPN.

Now my question. When you sign up for league pass, you have to pick a country and enter an address. I'm assuming that if I have an american address and an american IP address, I could get the american package and therefore view the Raptors games. Anybody know if this would work?

Mad Prophet · Post #94 » by **Mad Prophet** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:44 am

Gimpy wrote:A VPN provides a secure tunnel to another network. That network can be anywhere in the world. If that network provides you internet access, you can use it. Your public IP address comes from the network that you are VPN'ing into. For example, if you VPN'd into a network in Germany, your IP address would come from Germany. Nobody will know that you are actually in Canada using a VPN.

Now my question. When you sign up for league pass, you have to pick a country and enter an address. I'm assuming that if I have an american address and an american IP address, I could get the american package and therefore view the Raptors games. Anybody know if this would work?

If you have an American billing address and IP, then it should work.

RedX · Post #95 » by **RedX** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:15 am

So I need to pay $100 minimum to watch all the games?

Wasn't their choice package the most popular one? Why would you not offer it again?

stupid marketing... nba just dropped some notches in my book.. all about the bejamins.

C_Money · Post #96 » by **C_Money** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:24 am

I'm still wondering if I should buy this. My Adobe flash player is messed up. Sometimes it'll let me use leque pass and other times it'll restart my internet for some reason. Does anybody know how to fix that?

C_Money · Post #97 » by **C_Money** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:30 am

I'm still wondering if I should buy this. My Adobe flash player is messed up. Sometimes it'll let me use leque pass and other times it'll restart my internet for some reason. Does anybody know how to fix that?

Paradokz · Post #98 » by **Paradokz** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:18 pm

how much does it cost to add tsn2 and sportsnet1 to an existing rogers cable plan (basic)

doctaJ_92 · Post #99 » by **doctaJ_92** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:53 am

Can someone tell me why LEAGUE PASS is showing the TNT games?

Mak · Post #100 » by **Mak** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:54 am

doctaJ_92 wrote:Can someone tell me why LEAGUE PASS is showing the TNT games?

I would not be surprised if they are showing this game because of the free preview.