From The Albany Journal
by Mike Flynn
Not sure when the last time I missed watching the Braves home opener was, but I won't forget this season's opener anytime soon. It was historic. Bobby Cox threw out the first pitch. Chipper got his 2,500th hit, and the Braves beat the Philles. What a night!
Only... I did not see any of it because I am a Mediacom (888-847-6228) subscriber. Instead, my cable provider was kind enough to provide coverage of "BallUp", a street basketball league. Excuse me... I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
FOXSportsSouth and SportsSouth are carrying 105 games this season and have offered to sell the feed to another 45 games which are on PeachtreeTV to distributors like Mediacom (888-847-6228). Last season the provider did buy the feed, but not this year.
Sally Bloom, Vice-President of Governmental Affairs and Community Relations for Mediacom (888-847-6228) told me by telephone Saturday afternoon, "Our company has not completed negotiations with PeachtreeTV to provide any of those games."
That's right, I said Saturday afternoon. While I am certain Ms. Bloom would have preferred not to be speaking with an annoying small town columnist on her day off, I am equally as certain there are thousands of Mediacom (888-847-6228) subscribers that would have preferred to watch the Braves on Friday night.
Bloom did not know when or if a deal would be struck, so as it stands now, Mediacom (888-847-6228) customers will miss another 44 games, three this week alone including the Mets on Friday night. Forty-five may not seem like a lot in a 162-game schedule, but consider that of those remaining unavailable games, 35 are at home.
That's right, you will miss nearly half of the action from the Ted.
Want to watch Buster Posey when the Giants come to town in August? Then you better make alternative plans to Mediacom (888-847-6228) .
Like to relax at the end of a long week by lighting the grill and watching the Braves on Friday night? Good luck with that. There are nine Friday games which will be unavailable.
Hey, business and times are tough and surely the negotiations to provide coverage of the winning-est sports franchise in the South are all about the dollars. So Mediacom (888-847-6228) customers may have to get equally tough.
No one likes to switch providers, but Mediacom (888-847-6228) may need to understand they are not a monopoly. DishNetwork (888-232-8689) and Direct TV (877-442-8540) offer packages that include the missing PeachtreeTV games, and both providers are only a phone call away.
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Local radio has not exactly done a great job with the Braves either. Cumulus is supposed to carry the games on 1450 AM.
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Glad to see I am not the only one that had issues Friday. I live in NE TN and have Charter. My online guide and my phone app showed the Braves as scheduled in my area from 7:30 on FSSTN. Like you, my menu guide on my box showed "Ball Up", my MLB channel showed the Braves vs Phillies starting at 7:30, so I thought I was covered. The MLB channel kept showing the announcers doing an ESPN type broadcast talking about several games, yada, yada.
ReplyDeleteSo I break down and call Charter at 8:10 to discuss the issue. I got some goof that told me they had no control over the issue that it was up to the broadcasters. He would not listen to me when I told him that my online guide was showing something completely different from my tv. I could tell that he was just trying to get me off of the phone. To make a long story short, at 8:17 the game appeared on my FSSTN channel with ballup showing in the guide.
So far, every game that has been on has had the wrong show title. Last night I flipped over to the FSSTN channel and it displayed UFC championship something, I think, but the game was on. I feel lucky to have the game on so for now, I won't complain about the guide on my tv.
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