Cincinnati Reds games no longer available on FSN Tennessee / SportSouth

[chudgins63]

In Nashville and other parts of Middle Tennessee, we have been receiving Cincinnati Reds games as part of D* standard packages on channels 644 (-1) and 650 (-1) since 2009. Beginning Monday July 2nd, the guide no longer showed a listing for Reds games on those channels and checking again today there is nothing listed. I checked other RSN Alternate channels and found nothing listed.

An email and 2 phone calls to D* has gotten me nowhere. I'm probably the only one who cares as they're are not many Reds fans in this area but hey, it's been available before and part of my standard package and now they want $12 for Sportspak so I can continue watching the games. I verified that Reds games are still being shown on FSN Tennessee and SportSouth on other providers.

This has to be a simple oversight by D*. Anybody got any suggestions????

 

[videonex]

Contact the Reds front office directly. They will either be able to get it fixed or they will have somebody that can explain what happened better than any explanation you'll get from D*. Snail mail to the President's office usually works best in my experience.

 

[Mr Tony]

Checking a zip in Nashville (37208) does shows you need Sports pack to get it

The 37208 ZIP Code is in the home team territory for the following pro teams. With HD Access select channels and teams available in HD are noted below:

With any DIRECTV base package (CHOICE or above, or MÁS ULTRA or above):
FS South HD (Ch. 646) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)
Memphis Grizzlies (HD Available)
Nashville Predators (HD Available)

SportSouth HD (Ch. 649) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)


With the PREMIER or LO MAXIMO package or any DIRECTV base package plus SPORTS Pack, you also get:
FS Cincinnati HD (Ch. 661) - HD Available
Reds (HD Available)

 

[chudgins63]

Correct and if I wanted to see ALL of the games broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio, I needed to subscribe to Sportspak but beginning 2 years ago, FSN TN and SportSouth began showing a subset of the broadcast schedule. Typically by June 1 all of the games broadcast by FSN Ohio were similcast on FSN TN or SportSouth. Approx 150 games broadcast by FSN Ohio, FSN TN / SportSouth would pick up about 120 of them.

Checking a zip in Nashville (37208) does shows you need Sports pack to get it

The 37208 ZIP Code is in the home team territory for the following pro teams. With HD Access select channels and teams available in HD are noted below:

With any DIRECTV base package (CHOICE or above, or MÁS ULTRA or above):
FS South HD (Ch. 646) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)
Memphis Grizzlies (HD Available)
Nashville Predators (HD Available)

SportSouth HD (Ch. 649) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)


With the PREMIER or LO MAXIMO package or any DIRECTV base package plus SPORTS Pack, you also get:
FS Cincinnati HD (Ch. 661) - HD Available
Reds (HD Available)

 

[Jimbo]

Correct and if I wanted to see ALL of the games broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio, I needed to subscribe to Sportspak but beginning 2 years ago, FSN TN and SportSouth began showing a subset of the broadcast schedule. Typically by June 1 all of the games broadcast by FSN Ohio were similcast on FSN TN or SportSouth. Approx 150 games broadcast by FSN Ohio, FSN TN / SportSouth would pick up about 120 of them.

Sounds like you were getting a good deal when the Reds gamers were added to FSN TN/SportsSouth in the beginning and now something has chenged, maybe a contract or something like that.

I would suggest contacting FSN TN directly and ask them whats going on ... other option would be to add the Sports pack for the next few months.

 

[ejb1980]

Here in NC, Time Warner Cable does not carry FSN Cincinnati so I can't verify other providers carrying the games, but we have it on Directv. Like you, we also need the Sports Pack to get it. Since NESN is a requirement for my daily TV viewing habits, I have the Sports Pack. However, we used to also have select Reds games on Southsouth alternate channels. Time Warner did carry a very few of those Reds games on their version of Sportsouth. I don't see any Reds games upcoming on Sportsouth on my Directv guide or on TWC's online guide.

 

[T_N_T]

Sounds like you were getting a good deal when the Reds gamers were added to FSN TN/SportsSouth in the beginning and now something has chenged, maybe a contract or something like that.

I would suggest contacting FSN TN directly and ask them whats going on ... other option would be to add the Sports pack for the next few months.

Still get them on Comcast in the Nashville area(we switched back here to Comcast here) and the Reds game is being shown on Fox Sports South/FSTN(channel 1675 in HD) right now w/ the Braves game on SportSouth(channel 1676 in HD)

 

[chudgins63]

Update from Fox Sports

Today I talked with someone at FSN who told me they received a communique from DirecTV earlier this week saying they were no longer mirroring Reds games on FSN TN / SportSouth or on FSN Indiana to save bandwidth and that those customers should turn to FSN Cincinnati (channel 661-1) to view the game. Only problem - FSN Cincinnati is only available to those customers in Cincinnati unless you want to pay the extra 12 bucks a month for Sportspak!

My contact at FSN is checking into this further because by DirecTV no longer making these games available, it diminishes the value of their contract with MLB if the rates were negotiated with the understanding that games would be available in certain areas when in fact they are not. Below is a list of games from a spreadsheet I received today from FSN showing the Reds games that should be available on FSN Tennessee and SportSouth.

Stay tuned sports fans!@

DAY	DATE	VS/AT	OPPONENT	TIME (ET)	NETWORK
Mon	3/5	VS	CLEVELAND INDIANS	3:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	4/5	VS	MIAMI MARLINS	4:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	4/12	@	Washington Nationals	1:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	4/18	@	St. Louis Cardinals	8:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	4/19	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1:30 PM	FSTN
Fri	4/20	@	Chicago Cubs	2:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	5/5	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	5/7	@	Milwaukee Brewers	8:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	5/8	@	Milwaukee Brewers	8:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	5/9	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	5/16	@	New York Mets	7:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	5/17	@	New York Mets	1:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	5/19	@	New York Yankees	1:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	5/20	@	New York Yankees	1:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	5/27	VS	COLORADO ROCKIES	1:00 PM	FSTN
Mon	5/28	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1:30 PM	FSTN
Tue	5/29	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	5/30	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	6/1	@	Houston Astros	8:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	6/3	@	Houston Astros	2:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	6/5	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	6/6	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	6/7	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	6/8	VS	DETROIT TIGERS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	6/9	VS	DETROIT TIGERS	4:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	6/12	VS	CLEVELAND INDIANS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Wed	6/13	VS	CLEVELAND INDIANS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Thu	6/14	VS	CLEVELAND INDIANS	12:30 PM	FSTN
Fri	6/15	@	New York Mets	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	6/17	@	New York Mets	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	6/18	@	Cleveland Indians	7:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	6/19	@	Cleveland Indians	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	6/20	@	Cleveland Indians	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	6/22	VS	MINNESOTA TWINS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	6/23	VS	MINNESOTA TWINS	4:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	6/24	VS	MINNESOTA TWINS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	6/25	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	6/26	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	6/27	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	12:30 PM	FSTN
Thu	6/28	@	San Francisco Giants	10:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	6/29	@	San Francisco Giants	10:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	6/30	@	San Francisco Giants	4:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	7/1	@	San Francisco Giants	4:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	7/2	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	10:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	7/3	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	10:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	7/4	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	9:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	7/5	@	San Diego Padres	10:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	7/6	@	San Diego Padres	10:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	7/7	@	San Diego Padres	10:00 PM	FSTN
Sun	7/8	@	San Diego Padres	4:00 PM	SPSO
Fri	7/13	VS	ST. LOUIS CARDINALS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	7/16	VS	ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	7/17	VS	ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	7/18	VS	ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	7/20	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	7/21	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	7/22	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	7/23	@	Houston Astros	8:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	7/24	@	Houston Astros	8:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	7/25	@	Houston Astros	8:00 PM	SPSO
Fri	7/27	@	Colorado Rockies	8:30 PM	SPSO
Sat	7/28	@	Colorado Rockies	8:00 PM	FSTN
Sun	7/29	@	Colorado Rockies	3:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	7/30	VS	SAN DIEGO PADRES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	7/31	VS	SAN DIEGO PADRES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	8/1	VS	SAN DIEGO PADRES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	8/3	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	8/4	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	8/5	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	8/6	@	Milwaukee Brewers	8:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	8/7	@	Milwaukee Brewers	8:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	8/8	@	Milwaukee Brewers	2:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	8/9	@	Chicago Cubs	8:00 PM	FSTN
Sat	8/11	@	Chicago Cubs	4:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	8/12	@	Chicago Cubs	2:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	8/14	VS	NEW YORK METS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	8/15	VS	NEW YORK METS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	8/16	VS	NEW YORK METS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	8/17	VS	CHICAGO CUBS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	8/18	VS	CHICAGO CUBS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	8/18	VS	CHICAGO CUBS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	8/19	VS	CHICAGO CUBS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	8/20	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	8/21	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	8/22	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	8/23	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	8/24	VS	ST. LOUIS CARDINALS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	8/26	VS	ST. LOUIS CARDINALS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	8/27	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	9:30 PM	FSTN
Tue	8/28	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	9:30 PM	FSTN
Fri	8/31	@	Houston Astros	8:00 PM	SPSO
Sat	9/1	@	Houston Astros	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	9/2	@	Houston Astros	2:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	9/3	VS	PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES	1:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	9/4	VS	PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	9/7	VS	HOUSTON ASTROS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	9/9	VS	HOUSTON ASTROS	1:00 PM	SPSO
Mon	9/10	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	9/11	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	9/12	VS	PITTSBURGH PIRATES	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	9/14	@	Miami Marlins	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	9/16	@	Miami Marlins	1:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	9/18	@	Chicago Cubs	8:00 PM	FSTN
Thu	9/20	@	Chicago Cubs	2:00 PM	SPSO
Fri	9/21	VS	LOS ANGELES DODGERS	7:00 PM	SPSO
Tue	9/25	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	9/26	VS	MILWAUKEE BREWERS	7:00 PM	FSTN
Fri	9/28	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7:00 PM	SPSO
Sun	9/30	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1:30 PM	SPSO
Mon	10/1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	8:00 PM	FSTN
Tue	10/2	@	St. Louis Cardinals	8:00 PM	FSTN
Wed	10/3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	8:00 PM	SPSO

 

[dishcomm]

Checking a zip in Nashville (37208) does shows you need Sports pack to get it

The 37208 ZIP Code is in the home team territory for the following pro teams. With HD Access select channels and teams available in HD are noted below:

With any DIRECTV base package (CHOICE or above, or MÁS ULTRA or above):
FS South HD (Ch. 646) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)
Memphis Grizzlies (HD Available)
Nashville Predators (HD Available)

SportSouth HD (Ch. 649) - HD Available
Atlanta Hawks (HD Available)
Braves (HD Available)


With the PREMIER or LO MAXIMO package or any DIRECTV base package plus SPORTS Pack, you also get:
FS Cincinnati HD (Ch. 661) - HD Available
Reds (HD Available)

From which website did you get this?. The one I use has info several years old

 

[Mr Tony]

RSN lookup
Local Regional Sports Network Information

 

[dishcomm]

Sounds like you were getting a good deal when the Reds gamers were added to FSN TN/SportsSouth in the beginning and now something has chenged, maybe a contract or something like that.

I would suggest contacting FSN TN directly and ask them whats going on ... other option would be to add the Sports pack for the next few months.

Here's my understanding...If team claims a zip code as being located within their territory, the local RSN broadcasting that game should be available to all subscribers in that zip code.
For example, Here in the Charlotte, NC area the Braves, Nationals, Orioles and Reds all claim my zip as being in their territory. My local RSN's are..FoxSports South, Sports South and MASN.
However, when the Reds appear on Fox Cincy or Fox Ohio, the games are available to me....That's on Dish.
For those viewers who do not have access to out of town RSN's, Fox Sports Tennessee( South) would provide the feed for the Reds games.
Perhaps that has changed. Who knows. I have the Sports Pack, so I don't worry about it.

 

[dishcomm]

RSN lookup
Local Regional Sports Network Information

Thank you!

 

[WhodeyTN]

I registered on this board just to chime in about this situation. I'm an Ohio native who moved down to the Nashville area five years ago. I have enjoyed being able to watch the Reds almost every night on Fox Sports South or Sports Tennessee. I seriously can't believe that we are being blacked out from any possible way to watch the game. The Fox Sports channels all just say "to be announced" (even when Comcast is showing the game) and I can't buy the MLB package because we're somehow still in a blackout zone. This is ridiculous and it may just cause me to switch TV providers. I think it's wrong that they can just change our channels that we are paying for whenever they want!! So now I literally have NO WAY to watch the Reds down here. None.


Also, I have one of the choice packages and apparently I can't even add the sports pack for $12 unless I upgrade my package. Unreal.

 

[Mr Tony]

welcome

Also, I have one of the choice packages and apparently I can't even add the sports pack for $12 unless I upgrade my package. Unreal.

As long as you have Choice or greater you can add sports pack. Rumor is with entertainment package you can too

 

[WhodeyTN]

welcome


As long as you have Choice or greater you can add sports pack. Rumor is with entertainment package you can too

I tried to last night and it told me that the package that I have was discontinued (I think it may have been a promotional package) and that I would have to upgrade.

I'll look into it more though.

 

[Mr Tony]

What package do you have?

I have Choice Xtra Classic which is a discontinued product yet I can add the sports pack to it

 

[zilla1126]

The same thing has happened for those of us in Indiana. Fox Sports Indiana no longer seems to exist. When you call Directv, they act as if it never existed. This is the same channel that the Indiana Pacers games are shown on - so don't know if those will be affected as well.

What to do?

 

[zeejaydee]

was there any resolution to this? I'm in Nashville and I'm thinking of switching to DirecTV, but I'm not sure on this Reds thing

 

[ejb1980]

You will get the games IF you add the sports pack. You will get ALL of the games, not just a couple like on cable. This is how it works here:

Time Warner Cable: "Select" Reds games are shown on Sportsouth. Since they only carry one feed of SpSo, it rarely fits into the schedule. The way cable patches RSNs together to create 1 channel where directv has 2 or 3 baffles me.

Directv:
MASN/MASN2, ch 640/641: ALL Nats/Orioles games (MASN is not carried on cable)
FSTN, ch. 644: ALL Predators games (blacked out here)
FSCAR, ch. 645: ALL Hurricanes games
FSSouth (main), ch 646: many Braves games
FSSo+, ch 647: ALL Bobcats games since SpSp is not available in all of NC
FSSo2, ch 648: Braves games that are shown on local Atlanta channels
SpSo, ch 649 (main): ALL Hawks games (blacked out here) and the rest of the Braves.
SpSo alt1, ch 650: ALL Bobcats games
SpSo alt2, ch. 651: ALL Grizzlies games (blacked out here, repeats are not)
FSCin, ch. 661: ALL Reds games.

With Cable, ch 644 to 648 are merged into ONE channel (called FS Carolinas, ch 1508 on TWC) and 649 to 651 and 661 are merged into one channel (called Sportsouth, ch 1510 on TWC). Many games, especially Reds, are missed.
Get Directv. When I call to downgrade a package (which I never actually intend to do), they will try to keep you. They gave me (and a few friends) the Sportspack for $7 for 3 months, and will continue to do so if you call back. I cancelled Showtime a few weeks ago, and they OFFERED me the Sportspack for $7. And Starz for free! There's hope!

 

[Mr Tony]

As I look on the RSN website it shows for Nashville the following channels
FS South
Atlanta Hawks
Braves
Memphis Grizzlies
Nashville Predators

SportsSouth

Atlanta Hawks
Braves


FSN Cincy
Reds