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Pataskala
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STO

Posted: 2/5/2011 10:06:36 AM

On some other threads, folks have complained about STO being blacked out on their satellite. At least on DirecTV, STO is part of the basic plan only in northern and central Ohio and maybe parts of PA and NY. Elsewhere, you probably have to subscribe to their sports package, which includes all the regional Fox Sports channels, CBS College Sports, the Mountain Network and others. STO feeds also might be on the ESPN hoops package. I'm sure the same is true for Dish. Not sure about cable; I gave up on that years ago.

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DXer
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RE: STO

Posted: 2/6/2011 3:32:29 AM

Yes, I subscribe to the Spiorts Package on DirecTV. I receieve STO just fine normally, including all college games and high school games, some sort of professional softball out of Akron, Beer Money, Allo Bets are Off, etc. But I turn on the OU game the other night and it is blacked out nationwide, except for the Ohio and maybe surrounding states. I cannot fathom any logical reason to do so. Blocking out the telecast in Alabama and North Carolina isn't going to affect the attendance in Mt.Clemens, Michigan. Nor does it protect any pay-per-view services since the OU game was not on them, either.

I have had the same frustration over the years with trying to catch a rare OU telecast on Fox Sports Ohio, such as the MAC Tournament Semi-Finals every year. At least the excuse there was that they had to protect the ESPN Full Court pay-per-view service that also carried the game.

The only other thing that STO blocks out that I've noticed is whenever they put on an archived Cleveland Indians game from years ago. That is also strange to black that out, also, but whatever.

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RE: STO

Posted: 2/6/2011 8:08:44 AM

Here in RI the CM game was not available. I called and they told me it was CM that blacked it out. now that makes no sense at all. When I heard from some of you that night that it was on DT in Ohio I called back and was told that DT has no control over these things. Well last night the Detroit game was on. Go figure

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Flomo-genized
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RE: STO

Posted: 2/6/2011 10:00:49 AM

Maybe CMU blacked it out to drive traffic to the PPV web feed? That's the only thing I could come up with, after I had the STO broadcast blacked out as well.

DXer
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RE: STO

Posted: 2/9/2011 12:53:09 AM

The DirectTV response is a standard-issue response thay give to all callers who question a blackout. It sounds like the customer service reps just read it off of a printed card. They say they have no control over blackouts - that they are controlled by the leagues.

If CMU had the game blacked out to protect their gate, that's fine. But logically the blackout would be for all Michigan subscribers to DirecTV, not nationwide.

Also, from what the posters say here, it was not blacked out to Ohio subscribers. So there is no logic to the blackout at all.

Unfortunately, the problem will certainly happen again.

Ohio69
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RE: STO

Posted: 2/9/2011 8:20:06 AM

CMU doesn't want the country to see how bad they are.

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RE: STO

Posted: 2/9/2011 10:32:49 AM

I would guess that when STO sublicenses from ESPN, they probably only have rights in the contract for their geographic footprint, plus a portion of other states with a MAC presence who can view it via alternate channels. If ESPN doesn't/can't put it on Full Court, then you're hosed. Just a hunch.

Bob Haldeman
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RE: STO

Posted: 2/9/2011 10:44:30 AM

anorris wrote:

This is correct; is the trade-off the league essentially makes when they get games placed on ESPN GamePlan/FullCourt under the auspices of ERT. Actually spoke with the commissioner at the game Saturday and confirmed same. Says the cooperation the MAC gets from ERT in Charlotte is still outstanding; they were the ones who made sure our GTN TV package from a couple years ago was available nationally.

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