Dish to carry all 150 FSN Marlins games?

[CapeFish]

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As of Tuesday, Atlantic Broadband (which services Miami Beach and other areas), as well as DIRECTV and Dish Network, declined to pay an extra fee to carry 55 Marlins telecasts that are being moved from Pax-35 to FSN or Sun Sports. Those three entities are scheduled to air 95 of the Marlins' 150 TV games.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/14211289.htm

However FSN Florida said something very differently to me about DirecTV and Dish Network: http://capefish.blogspot.com/2006/02/fsn-f...to-marlins.html

 

[BFG]

I wish this part would happen

Approximately half of the Marlins games will be produced regionally in HD this season and cable and satellite systems electing to offer them will make them available on a separate HD channel to their HD customers. To date, Dish Network has not elected to offer the HD games, but they are available to them should they elect to enter into an agreement to offer them regionally in Florida.

Your story makes more sense to me. It looks like all that needed to happen is carry both Sun Sports and FSN Florida on the same system, so D* and E* aren't affected. I'm positive the paper got it wrong

 

[CapeFish]

I agree with you on both counts BFG....and I hope they both happen.

 

[dishcomm]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/14211289.htm

However FSN Florida said something very differently to me about DirecTV and Dish Network: http://capefish.blogspot.com/2006/02/fsn-f...to-marlins.html

I don't see a probbelm here..Looks like all FL subs will get the Marlins on FSNFL and the few on SUN......

 

[CapeFish]

FSN Florida indeed confirmed the Herald's story to me. Looks like they spoke too soon when it came to the DirecTV/Dish packages.

http://capefish.blogspot.com/2006/03/fsn-g...sh-network.html

This is going to piss many off, I am just one.

 

[BFG]

Why Dish carries both Sun Sports and FSN Florida so what's the problem?

 

[CapeFish]

Money is what seems to be the problem. They have until next week to resolve this before games are missed.

Time to start writing/calling Dish.

 

[BFG]

Well I'm not gonna call or write dish because I could care less and don't think they should have to pay more money.

But I guess Fox thinks that by providing more marlins games they are entitled to more money...

 

[CapeFish]

Seems odd to me that even DirecTV said no, but Comcast in SoFla is going ahead. Yet Comcast in certain parts of Florida like Sarasota and Tallahassee don't get any games because they don't carry FSN Florida.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

You want to watch the 2006 Marlins?????

The Marlins should be able to develop a personal relationship with each of their remaining fans.

 

[CapeFish]

Thank you for your email. DISH signed on for the additional 55 Marlins games, so the Sun-Sentinel was incorrect.

Dish response

 

[BFG]

Congratulations.

Third contact is the charm it looks like.

 

[CapeFish]

The FSN contact still says no, but I think the Dish one is higher up. Plus I sent another e-mail reminding him there were 150 games and he said they had all of them.

 

[CapeFish]

Game is on Dish Channel 423....I am happy!

 

[BFG]

But tonight is on FSN Florida. I thought all the bonus games were on Sun Sports, or is it a mix?

 

[CapeFish]

But tonight is on FSN Florida. I thought all the bonus games were on Sun Sports, or is it a mix?

10 bonus on FSN + 45 bonus on SUN = 55 bonus games

Tonight and the entire Mets weekend series are all bonus games.

 

[BFG]

how do we know which is which?

 

[CapeFish]

how do we know which is which?

I got a schedule from FSN Florida, but on http://www.fsnflorida.com/schedule_fsn_marlins.jsp it would say MARLINS behind the game.

On http://www.fsnflorida.com/schedule_fsn.jhtml?method=displayTodaysSchedule it has a MARLINS and NON-MARLINS schedule as well.

 

[josem3]

Well, the Marlins are loosing the game tonight vs Astros so I switch the channel to basketball because Orlando, Magics are winning.

 

[CapeFish]

Well, the Marlins are loosing the game tonight vs Astros so I switch the channel to basketball because Orlando, Magics are winning.

6-4 Astros right now...the boys are chipping away.