JAZZ NON-DBROADCAST 11-7-2005

[donovan]

ANYONE KNOW WHY THE NITWITS AT COMCAST DECIDED NOT TO AIR THE JAZZ @ CHARLOTTE BOBCATS THIS PAST MONDAY?

[bigbopper]

yeah, the dumb****s (self-edit:)) at Comcast are in a dispute with FSN Utah over the Jazz games... the best bet... Satellite... As far as I know from reports last Saturday, Comcast is yanking 11 of the FSN games in the early part of the season...

I guess FSN won't pay Comcast it's "dues" concerning the Jazz... but on the other end, some say Comcast is being stupid about the entire thing... Call Comcast and complain.

[utmorman]

I have DirectTV and couldn't find the game anywhere on any channel. I even called the Jazz, Direct TV, and 1280 the Zone to see if anybody knew anything. But alas, nobody knew anything. I find it very confusing. I don't even know what channel is this new so-called Fox Sports Utah. Is it broadcasting 24/7? Help me out here.

[BlowMeUpTom]

Pretty interesting, KSL has been running spots all night to tune into FSN For the Utah Jazz vs New Jersey Nets game, my brother got thru to someone in Missouri, who had no information other then, they were trying to rip comecast off, you know kind of the way I feel when my $80 bill comes every month, for mediocre service, looks like it's time to make that switch.

[x]

utmorman said:

I have DirectTV and couldn't find the game anywhere on any channel. I even called the Jazz, Direct TV, and 1280 the Zone to see if anybody knew anything. But alas, nobody knew anything. I find it very confusing. I don't even know what channel is this new so-called Fox Sports Utah. Is it broadcasting 24/7? Help me out here.

I believe you're referring to Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain/Utah. It's 24/7 and has been for years. They took over from the old Prime Sports Network when Fox got into sports in the late 90's. Most of the time it's the same feed as the "regular" Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain from Denver, but there's a special Utah version that breaks away when there's a conflict.

The Comcast cable box is currently showing nothing in the guide for Ch 51 where FSN is, but the programming is there.

[utmorman]

See, that's just it: The Jazz seem to be pushing this concept of a "new" Fox Sports "Utah." They said that all 82 games would be on TV this year locally, but I could not find the game at all, nor could I find this "new" Fox Sports "Utah." I was just wondering why the Jazz would make such an unintelligent move for fans in saying that all 82 games would be on local TV between KJZZ and FSN (Utah), and then not have them avaliable. I also just wanted more info. about the new Fox Sports Utah, if there is such a thing.

[Terry]

KSL Radio story, "Comcast Refuses to Pay Price for Jazz Games":

www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=127256

[oldradio]

There is no such thing as Fox Sports Utah.
I posted this is another thread...

It is not just the Jazz. This is happening in other markets all around the country. I live in an area where Comcast has another cable competitor. They both carry a FSN affiliate, but the competitor shows the NBA team's game, while Comcast blacks it out. I found out from Comcast that in negotiations, they were not willing to pay the $$$ to carry the NBA team. I told them I will be dropping them for this very reason. Plus, they can say all they want about their wonderful digital signal, but it looks like garbage. I remember old analog signals that look better than this. I can even get it off rabbit ears clearer. Bottom line... Comcast is not comcastic like their commercial states. They are pathetic. Boycott Comcast.

[utmorman]

Okay, I agree with this. But as a DirecTV subscriber, I thought I was out of that mess. I figured that DirecTV would pick up those games, but not Comcast. DirecTV did not have the game on last night. It was on a couple of channels, including the one that the Jazz themselves had told me it would be on, but it was blacked out. With these problems, it really was a bad idea for the Jazz to say something like they did.

[oldradio]

And I agree with you there too. Another very poor decision on part of the Jazz. Must have come from the front office or scouting dept.
Anyway, I could be wrong, but I think what you are dealing with there with DirecTV is just the regular blackout issue. On occassion, some games will be blacked out. No matter who your provider is. The game was AT Charlotte which really doesn't make sense to blackout in Utah. So you've got me there. Anyone with DISH want jump in here? Did you see it?

[BlowMeUpTom]

oldradio said:

And I agree with you there too. Another very poor decision on part of the Jazz. Must have come from the front office or scouting dept.
Anyway, I could be wrong, but I think what you are dealing with there with DirecTV is just the regular blackout issue. On occasion, some games will be blacked out. No matter who your provider is. The game was AT Charlotte which really doesn't make sense to blackout in Utah. So you've got me there. Anyone with DISH want jump in here? Did you see it?

Well, I don't have dish, but anybody can get past the blackout problem on a satellite, I mean if of course you use the correct setup, my neighbor informed me, that he has watched the last 3 jazz games, and he has dish, I didn't get into an in depth discussion about it, because I didn't want to have to tell another person the comcast story, but a guy posted he watched it at wingers, I know for a fact it's blacked out on comcast and DRTV, so unless theirs some serious piratage going on, I'd have to guess all the people that did watch it, watched it on Dish, so It's dish Network I'm calling tomorrow,

[SamSpade]

THere were several ads in the newspapers about this from Fox... encouraging people to call the cable co... anyway... they claimed that Provo Cable (gee, where's that?), Dish, and DirecTV would all air the games. Just Comcast people would lose out... but then, who believes ads, right?


Also, my local cable provider when I lived in another state dropped FSN completely. They never added another channel in to replace it !!! but they said they had to pull it because Fox was demanding too many royalties.

[rami70]

I have Dish Network in Farmington and all 3 FSN Utah games (at Golden State, at Charlotte and at New Jersey) were on. They were on the usual FSN Alternate channels, either channel 445, 446 or 447, as it always has been.

Tomorrow's game with Toronto is listed in the on screen guide as being on channel 446.

[x]

I have Comcast, but haven't seen it when the Jazz games would be on. What's on the FSN channel? Black? At the very least any company with brains will hook up one of the spare character generators they must have lying around and present their side of the dispute.

[BlowMeUpTom]

x said:

I have Comcast, but haven't seen it when the Jazz games would be on. What's on the FSN channel? Black? At the very least any company with brains will hook up one of the spare character generators they must have lying around and present their side of the dispute.

Hey x, I posted a little bit of my thoughts on the other jazz discussion thread "They Did It Again" about the interesting replacement programing they have selected, so instead of re posting it, my thoughts and opinions are there, and the reason people are getting it on Dish Network is cause they have that affiliate exclusive contract, so like instead of me buying the Sunday Direct Ticket for $200, I can get Dish Network and just order the local Tampa bay channel for like $6 extra, and watch all the Buccaneers Football games, I know that Dish Network carry some weird alt. basketball package, my girlfriends dad had it last year, it was the same exact jazz game being broadcast on kjzz or fox, but with some totally different announcers, so Dish Network seems to have their Basketball Crap worked out so to speak, that's why I'm getting mine hooked up on Tuesday, for basketball and football fans check them out, they have some interesting ways of getting you all the same crap as direct TV, only not blowing you out of the water with prices, I'm sold on it!