WTF Direct TV Removes WOIO in Cleveland

Browns149

Just go to the bar and watch it.

Problem solved

Kvoethe

I built one of these in 30 minutes and it is freaking amzing. Im in columbiana county and can get pittsburgh and youngstown channels. I love it.

Most newer tvs have converters/ decoders built in. My 3 yr old LG does.

It wont work if your in a valley...but its awesome. Radio shack sells the little transformers, but i had one in a box of junk from my old atari days.

Tour2ma

Yesterday afternoon I tuned into the local ABC affiliate to watch the USC-Stanford game only to see a placard that Raycom Sports is seeking an increase from DirecTV and so the game will not be available...

TopDawg31

@westside-steve said:

So what's the status of the game?

Will Direct TV open the Sunday Ticket to the viewers?

WSS

Direct TV's Sunday ticket is free to all subscribers for week one only, after that we are on our own. Do as I did and get Time Warner in one room. I have 6 HD TV's in my house so one room with TWC is doable.

CMD3039

The game is going to be blocked on Direct TV's Sunday Ticket too.

TopDawg31

@cmd3039 said:
The game is going to be blocked on Direct TV's Sunday Ticket too.

why would it be blacked out its an away game

Westside Steve

@topdawg31 said:
Direct TV's Sunday ticket is free to all subscribers for week one only, after that we are on our own. Do as I did and get Time Warner in one room. I have 6 HD TV's in my house so one room with TWC is doable.

I would rather dig out my digital transformer and rabbit ears than to go back to Time Warner they suck. No idea how much is Sunday Ticket cost to purchase what even if I did it would cost less I assume, the extra Time Warner bill.

WSS

CMD3039

When a game is available for viewing on a local national channel, Directv blocks it from being viewed on their Sunday Ticket.

Westside Steve

@cmd3039 said:
When a game is available for viewing on a local national channel, Directv blocks it from being viewed on their Sunday Ticket.

By arrangements with local stations?

WSS

CMD3039

That would be my guess, WSS. If you go to Directv nfl schedule and scroll down to the bottom to "Blackout Rules" they explain when they block games but do not explain why.

TopDawg31

@cmd3039 said:
That would be my guess, WSS. If you go to Directv nfl schedule and scroll down to the bottom to "Blackout Rules" they explain when they block games but do not expla

well if that is the case then I move to the living room for today where my TWC feed is at

TopDawg31

WOIO just came on on DirecTV looks like they have a heart

Tour2ma

Happy for y'all...

Browns made the grade here... local station is broadcasting it. I wonder why???

And FYI... Sunday Ticket never shows a game if the local station is broadcasting it.

(But... shhhhh... it still shows up in the Mix Channel.)

listercat

@tour2ma said:

Happy for y'all...

Browns made the grade here... local station is broadcasting it. I wonder why???

And FYI... Sunday Ticket never shows a game if the local station is broadcasting it.

(But... shhhhh... it still shows up in the Mix Channel.)

Excellent point; thanks for the tip!

hoorta

@tour2ma said:

Happy for y'all...

Browns made the grade here... local station is broadcasting it. I wonder why???

And FYI... Sunday Ticket never shows a game if the local station is broadcasting it.

(But... shhhhh... it still shows up in the Mix Channel.)

Yup- the reason a game gets blacked out on Sunday Ticket if a local on- air station is showing it - it's a perk- and it may be mandated by FCC rules- is so the local station gets the advertizing revenue.