Orlando Magic.com to broadcast 10/14 and 10/20 games

[Smitty731]

Orlando, FL -- The Orlando Magic have announced their preseason games on October 14 against Indiana and on October 20 against New Orleans will be broadcast on their official website, OrlandoMagic.com. Both games tip-off at 7:00 p.m. Per NBA rules, the game will be available to anyone on the website within a 75-mile radius of the Amway Center.

The game broadcast will feature the in-arena video feed from Amway Center along with Magic radio broadcasters Dennis Neumann (play-by-play) and Richie Adubato (color analyst). Fans can also hear the game on the Orlando Magic Radio Network (flagship: ESPN 580 Orlando).

Totally editorializing here, but my guess is the Facebook live experiment didn't work. I know I couldn't get it in the arena, but Phil from Orlando Magic Daily, right next to me did. So, it sounds like the Magic are taking it in their own hands for the next two games.

But at least they are trying to make them available!

[fendilim]

I hope they fix the video too.

[Howard Mass]

The camera angles sucked.

Hopefully, it will be better tomorrow night.

[Smitty731]

The camera angles sucked.

Hopefully, it will be better tomorrow night.

Probably not. You get the jumbotron feed. So whatever they put up there, you get for the livestream.

[Nemesis21]

I don't get why preseason games are not on NBATV.

[UCFJayBird]

I don't get why preseason games are not on NBATV.

Simply put NBATV (or Fox Sports Florida) feels they'll get more viewers with whatever else they're airing at the time instead of the game. They're going to go with whatever gets the most people tuning in, and not enough fans are interested in preseason games. Less viewers = less money from advertisers.

Are they right? Tough to say. You'd hope they would've done some kind of actual analysis or studies to determine it, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's just some random exec who goes based off his personal feeling on excitement for each team heading into the new season.

[UCFJayBird]

Honestly I think the NBA should cut the preseason in half. 8 games is too many. Keep training camp the length it is now, just push back preseason games a few more weeks and cut the number of games.

[thelead]

The camera angles sucked.

Hopefully, it will be better tomorrow night.

Better than nothing! I'll easily take it over the alternative.

However, Facebook was a complete disaster. There wasn't even a link from what I saw.

[Howard Mass]

We just have to make it through tonight.

After that, Sunday and Tuesday's games are on FS Florida.

[MrShow]

I don't get why preseason games are not on NBATV.

Cheapskate ownership crapping on the fans, again.

[Tayswagzzz]

Better than nothing! Hype.