@tour2ma said:

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.

@tour2ma said:

Excellent point; thanks for the tip!

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.)

@cmd3039 said:

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

@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

@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 said:

why would it be blacked out its an away game

@westside-steve 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.

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.

Problem solved

@miktoxic said:

i think you have to have a dish to have directtv so i don't know if hooking up an antenna will work.

the antenna along with the digital converter can pick up your local station though.

WSS

@topdawg31 said:

I don't have the ticket for that same reason.

Will Direct TV open the Sunday Ticket to the viewers?

WSS

@topdawg31 said:

Wow, I've never heard Directv pulling a stunt like that- I know they got into a pissing match with The Weather Channel over about a nickel a subscriber. Local channel? Never. Unless WOIO knows they got the Browns games 90% of the time and are trying the same stunt to get a couple more cents per subscriber, and Direct told them to go pound salt.

@kvoethe said:

Bummer. Can u use antenna.

Sure can. If you're in the Cleveland area, might need to hustle down to Radio Shack and pick up a good old fashioned set of Rabbit ears, or a more sophisticated amplified directional antenna. (Looks like a mini-dish). Most monitors (LOL we used to call them televisions back in the old days) should still have an "antenna in" input.

Finally, my 0.02 on Sunday Ticket- yes I have it- and I think it's BS that they have to follow NFL blackout rules. You're certainly getting my money D* and the NFL is getting yours- to the tune of around $4 billion- so cut us long time subscribers a break. OK, I can see that for commercial establishments like bars- but Direct is plenty sophisticated enough to block blackout games to receivers located in non-private locations.

@topdawg31 said:

702 and up I believe

Yup... 702 is the "Mix" channel with all the on-going games on one screen. It's a good one to swap to during time outs.

The Browns/ Steelers will be on 714 according to the Channel Guide.

@listercat said:

That gives them like 5 weeks to get their shit together with two home games and a bye doubt their negotiations will drag on that long. I don't subscribe to the ticket because I have season tickets.