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| adamosthegreek | Oct 30 2007, 02:24 PM Post #16 |
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BIG NEWS FOR ALL BRIGHT HOUSE CUSTOMERS IN FLORIDA: Been reading on the RealGM Magic thread that even if you have FSN Florida for Bright House outside of Orlando in the state of Florida, that the Magic games will not be shown to you until the issue is resolved. MY SUGGESTION IS FOR EVERYONE HAVING DOUBTS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO VIEW THE GAME TO CALL BRIGHT HOUSE AND VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE GAME. |
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| adamosthegreek | Oct 30 2007, 07:51 PM Post #17 |
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By John Denton FLORIDA TODAY ORLANDO _ Fans of the Orlando Magic who have Bright House Networks as their television provider won’t be able to watch Wednesday’s season-opener against the Milwaukee Bucks and they may be without coverage for the foreseeable future. Negotiations between Fox Sports Network-Florida and Bright House Networks came to a stalemate Tuesday, meaning there will be no Magic TV coverage Wednesday for most of Central Florida. The Magic’s first three games, four of the first five and nine of 13 prior to Thanksgiving are slated to be televised on FSN-Florida. For the first time in the 19-year history of the Magic, almost half of the team’s games this season will be shown on FSN. Bright House, Central Florida's leading cable provider, does not offer FSN as a part of any of its packages. The sticking point is how much Bright House will pay FSN for its content and also the fact that Bright House wants to put FSN on a digital sports-tiered package, which would cost viewers extra. The Magic and FSN are opposed to that idea. FSN’s sister station, Sun Sports Network, will televise 42 games this season and that channel is still available to Bright House subscribers. But missing out on several games, including Wednesday’s opener likely won’t make Magic fans very happy. ``Unfortunately I don’t see it happening (Tuesday) or anytime soon,’’ FSN/Sun Sports general manager Cathy Weeden said. ``It’s frustrating and disappointing, but we will continue to be available to work though and discuss opportunities as much as Bright House will make themselves available to do the same.’’ The Magic sparked the issue months ago when they opted to end their self-produced, over-the-air broadcast of almost half the games, which they had done since the franchise began play in 1989. Instead, they sold those broadcast rights to FSN even though Bright House does not offer FSN. Adelphia, Comcast, DirectTV and DISH Network do offer FSN. |
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| efenell | Oct 31 2007, 12:30 PM Post #18 |
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Those who do have Brighthouse need to call and complain and threaten to switch to DirecTV if this doesnt get done soon. I hate seeing this quote from that b**ch from Brighthouse who says "Well at least we are carrying the majority of the games (on SUN). BTW, Im pretty sure that Directv will be covering all the HD games from SUN sports on channel 95-96 |
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| MagicMadness | Oct 31 2007, 12:38 PM Post #19 |
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I'm assuming FSN is opposed to this idea because they would make less money on advertising than if they were on a basic channel. Too bad for us fans though. ![]() I've said it before, but if I were in Tallahassee right now I'd be able to watch tonight's game. Which is really ironic, because I just spent the last 7 years up there getting only half the games. :S (I had Comcast, which added FSN last year.) |
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