As a result of the Fox-Cablevision programming fee dispute, the Major Leauge Baseball NLCS has been blacked out to all Cablevision providers. The series pits the Philadelphia Phillies against the San Francisco Giants to see who will move on to the World Series. The American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers is being shown on TBS, which is extremely fortunate for Cablevision and the New York area customers who root for the Yankees.
Still, Cablevision customers are currently unable to watch the NLCS to see who the Yankees would play if they win the next two games against the Rangers.
Have no fear.
The FCC has stepped in to make sure Cablevision subscribers got their baseball updates. During Game 3 of the NLCS, the FCC posted the following updates on Twitter:
Baseball fans disappointed about missing game three? (2-0 SF, top 5th) Cablevision-Fox dispute info at http://FCC.gov/consumer
We’re filling in the baseball void for those without Fox-Cablevision. Matt Cain pitching a beauty. SF up 3-0
Matt Cain relieved after 7 strong, 2 H, 0 ER. Giants scored on two singles, throwing error. SF up 3-0 top 9
That’s a wrap. SF takes game 3, 2-1 series lead. While we urge Fox-Cablevision to resolve the dispute
There you have it. Although the FCC has not taken sides between Cablevision and Fox, they seem to be very simpathetic of the plight of Cablevision's baseball fans.
As a Cablevision subscriber I can say that these types of naiotietgons have become mind-numbingly annoying. Every time you turn on your TV it's tuned to a shrill repeating message from Cablevision trying to incite their subscriber base to gang up on News Corp., ABC, or whoever is Cablevision's enemy of the moment. My9 (is that a TV channel?) and WNEW have been blocked from Cablevision. Am I supposed to care? I don't. It's just a reminder of all the bogus channels I'm paying for that I don't watch.Personally I'm ready to pay producers of shows directly not channels, or corporations that own multiple channels, or cable services that license the channels the actual producers who MAKE the shows I watch. I'm willing to pay the same amount I pay now for a cable subscription DIRECTLY to the producers of the shows. That will mean that those producers will get more of my money to make great shows and I won't have to support any of the reams of garbage. I'm sure that day is coming but not before the middlemen like Cablevision and News Corp. fight over the disappearing scraps. I guess that's the price of change.
Posted by: Focasia | Sunday, June 03, 2012 at 01:28 PM