CSS to cablecast 4 Braves Spring Trainging Games

[darren_s]

Atlanta Braves Team up with Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast To Air Four Atlanta Braves Spring Training Games | braves.com: Official Info

I am not sure what to make of this.

Fox/SportSouth has the rights to 105 or so games for the next several years.

 

[Mariah2014]

Which is true, but comcast like what espn did with the NBA is willing to wait in the wings. They smell a sick animal and are moving in for the kill. Time Warner is money strapped. Comcast is apprently willing to part with some. Selling Braves Spring games to css allows them to help their money situation.

 

[SamCdbs]

CSS covers several Conference USA games, which is my team's league. We have had some hot discussions about CSS on our boards, because its not on cable (or dbs, or even bud) around here.

This caused us to hit its website. Its pretty much not on ANY cable system other than Comcast and Charter systems and a few independents. It just seems to not have much programming of interest to justify its cost.

 

[Mariah2014]

Which is another reason why they have wanted to put things like the sec and the braves on the network.

 

[darren_s]

Time Warner doesn't own the Braves anymore. Liberty Media owns them now.
Fox Cable has the regional cable/sat rights for the Braves. They paid a ton of money for Turner South.
Peachtree TV has the rights to 45 Regular Season Braves games.

Not sure how this CSS deal is working.