Comcast Drops Yankees (YES) Network
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I do think it is harder for Cable to do so, and I agree Comcast may bend when the baseball season starts. Charter dropped SNY because of cost and there was quite a lot of pressure for them to carry it from even people in local government. They finally carried it so either caved or got a more favorable deal.
But something has to give, maybe a structure where RSN's are not part of the package will finally happen? Or perhaps the market will catch up to them and some will fold into others to make less of them.
But something has to give, maybe a structure where RSN's are not part of the package will finally happen? Or perhaps the market will catch up to them and some will fold into others to make less of them.
Can the RSN's go over the top without the leagues consent? I know MLB has a stranglehold on the streaming content. I imagine the NBA is the same. So if Yes or any other RSN goes over the top would they be forced to blackout the game itself. They don't want to be in a "sports tier" as they would lose money. And would people be willing to pay $30 a month for the sports package. Until ESPN agrees to leave basic cable, and that won't happen I doubt the RSN's do either.
Timely question! This was reported just a couple of days ago.
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/ml...ng-enables-15-fox-rsns-live-stream/2015-11-20
I don't believe any RSN for any sport can be seen online without the person watching proving they have a Cable/Sat account. Of course MLB as an example has all the online games for a fee but no other subscription needed. With a little effort you can get your home team.
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/ml...ng-enables-15-fox-rsns-live-stream/2015-11-20
I don't believe any RSN for any sport can be seen online without the person watching proving they have a Cable/Sat account. Of course MLB as an example has all the online games for a fee but no other subscription needed. With a little effort you can get your home team.
Actually Tampa, the blackout rules still applies.
If you are in market, you have to watch it locally.
I ran into this the last Time I tried out the Online Version of MLB pack.
If you are out of Market, It's a good package.
Go to this site, and scroll down to just above the blue section you'll see "Black Out locator Check"
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb
And it already Told me Mets and Yankees blacked out.
Because they want you to view it on SNY and YES.
This is the case even with MLB EI on Dish as well because they don't carry the channels.
But as I posted, with a little effort you can get your local team. Many in California did just that this year to get the Dodgers. No question the blackout rules are there.
You can watch yankee games on a delayed basis on the MLB roku channel..they also have radio broadcasts which are not blocked out.you can watch the Yankee game as soon as it ends it's live broadcastActually Tampa, the blackout rules still applies.
If you are in market, you have to watch it locally.
I ran into this the last Time I tried out the Online Version of MLB pack.
If you are out of Market, It's a good package.
Go to this site, and scroll down to just above the blue section you'll see "Black Out locator Check"
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb
And it already Told me Mets and Yankees blacked out.
Because they want you to view it on SNY and YES.
This is the case even with MLB EI on Dish as well because they don't carry the channels.
Comcast better hope that other carriers in different sections of the country don't look at the RSN they own and decide to drop them.
People use VPN and other means of geo-location spoofing to get around the blackout rules. Not quite legal, but effective.Actually Tampa, the blackout rules still applies.
If you are in market, you have to watch it locally.
I ran into this the last Time I tried out the Online Version of MLB pack.
If you are out of Market, It's a good package.
Go to this site, and scroll down to just above the blue section you'll see "Black Out locator Check"
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb
And it already Told me Mets and Yankees blacked out.
Because they want you to view it on SNY and YES.
This is the case even with MLB EI on Dish as well because they don't carry the channels.
The issue is simple. RSN managements want their channels to be exposed to the largest audience possible. Hence the fervent resistance to having their channels placed in higher tiers or all sports tiers. It is this model by which ESPN has so much exposure. ESPN is dragging nearly $7 per month per subscriber. Multiply that times the roughly 110 million pay tv homes. RSN's love it when non sports viewers get "stuck' paying for their service.
DISH never had YES. They uplinked it a few times but it was never made available to customers.
I stand corrected.
The bottom line though is of course none of the NYC based RSN's appear on Dish.
We shall see.
I believe sports fees and the willingness of subscribers, even those that watch sports have reached a tipping point
Comcast will be forced to settle...much like cablevision..dish is a different dynamic..they don't have franchise agreements and exclusive rights to cities and towns
