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Local blackouts must be in place to protect the local option.

Personally, I wouldn't walk into the next room to see most of that network's content. Outside of the occasional decent doc and MLB Now only when Brian Kenny is on, the whole network is seat-of-the-pants boosterism, because they are just too close to the people in it to see it any other way. Most of the ex-players they have on there are just that: guys who knew enough to make the major leagues at one time, but don't know enough about the overall game in general to be interesting or informative.

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2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I saw *Local blackout restrictions apply* 3 or 4 times.......

I think the link is for MLB Network and their shows being available via the MLB site for a fee.

Any games shown on MLB Network will still be under local blackout rules as they were when I had it on Directv from what I recall anyways.

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“We believe that we have made substantial progress on resolving our issues with Comcast, and we have the intention of fully documenting and executing an agreement with Comcast to broadcast our RSNs in the very near term,” said Diamond lawyer Brian Hermann in a bankruptcy court hearing on Wednesday afternoon.

A Comcast spokesperson declined comment.

Looks like Comcast and Bally will have a deal soon.

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4 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

It looks like the end is near....Tigers broadcasts could be very different next season

 

Worth noting that Benetti is employed by the Tigers, not Bally. I believe that is true for Petry and Dirks too...

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10 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Worth noting that Benetti is employed by the Tigers, not Bally. I believe that is true for Petry and Dirks too...

The big question is what platform will replace Bally. Does someone like Amazon sweep in and take over the nuts and bolts of the broadcast. Will there be some sort of an agreement between Illitch and Gores to start their own platform. Is there interest from Dan Gilbert (or someone similar to get involved) 

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13 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

The big question is what platform will replace Bally. Does someone like Amazon sweep in and take over the nuts and bolts of the broadcast. Will there be some sort of an agreement between Illitch and Gores to start their own platform. Is there interest from Dan Gilbert (or someone similar to get involved) 

Overthinking a bit, but we'll probably see MLB stepping in as they've done in other markets to take over the TV rights. What this actually mean for fans within the market is another question outside of possible higher rates. 

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8 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Overthinking a bit, but we'll probably see MLB stepping in as they've done in other markets to take over the TV rights. What this actually mean for fans within the market is another question outside of possible higher rates. 

I think that is the fall back, but my spit ball guess would guess that in stronger markets like Detroit's, someone - mostly likely the local team or some created subsidiary org , will end up buying the rights before they go back to MLB.

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1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Nothing will change, this is a restructuring just like they did with Pistons and Red Wings. Bally will broadcast Tigers games in 2025.

I hope for all our sakes that’s wrong.

If you guys are lucky, what will happen in Detroit will be the same thing that is happening in Chicago now that NBC Sports Chicago has closed down: a new very local RSN will rise in its ashes, and the games will also air on one of the dot-two antenna channels. That way, not only would you not have to fight a bug-filled app to watch the games, you wouldn’t have to even subscribe to an MPVD to get access to them.

 

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3 hours ago, chasfh said:

I hope for all our sakes that’s wrong.

If you guys are lucky, what will happen in Detroit will be the same thing that is happening in Chicago now that NBC Sports Chicago has closed down: a new very local RSN will rise in its ashes, and the games will also air on one of the dot-two antenna channels. That way, not only would you not have to fight a bug-filled app to watch the games, you wouldn’t have to even subscribe to an MPVD to get access to them.

 

I saw Ozzie Guillen sobbing over this.

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12 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

It looks like the end is near....Tigers broadcasts could be very different next season

 

Ironic in that for a long time everyone used to watch the Braves on TBS, now they are going to be the most restricted team that you can watch.

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I stream everything.  I don't have cable or direct TV. 

I have Pluto TV, Roku, a fee other free apps, and stream online any sporting event I want to watch.  It's not very tough at all.

There really isn't anything worth paying for on television.

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Get basic no HD channels with my internet for 90.00 a month through WOW and a ton of streaming services, some I pay for some I am on accounts with others with, also Samsung TV's these days have like 3000 channels on them free of charge.  I have seent plenty of good movies/shows on those free channels when scrolling.  All kinds of cool random stuff also, TV in other languages, they have like 20 channels dedicated to just peaceful sounds with a fire by a lake or in the woods or a rain shower, a lighting storm in the mountains...stuff like that.  Also music videos.  All kinds of stuff that just comes with the TV...even some sports stuff.

I probably have access to enough content to keep me busy for 4-5 life times TBH and I still only watch 3-4 shows, a few movies over and over and sports.

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