Mediacom & FS North still haven't reached an agreement on those extra 20 or so Twins games that FS North will be televising and the downer for Twins fans is that Francisco Loriano's no hitter from last week was not seen by Mediacom subscribers.
I know the non sports fans are praising Mediacom for not caving in to FS North, but it's been noted over and over again that sports on television is what's driving the ratings & advertising revenue.
Twins fans with Mediacom aren't alone, there's a similar situation happening down in Georgia with Mediacom & FS South for additional Atlanta Braves games that FS South is televising this year as well.
Yes, the baseball season is a very long marathon and to the non sports fan, having 20 out of 162 games go untelevised may not seem to be alot of games, but as a Royals fan, I watch the Royals on TV like some watch a cable primetime series or Dancing With The Stars and even I feel lost when a Royals game goes untelevised. I cann't imagine how ticked off Mediacom subscsribers were last week when they couldn't watch Loriano's no hitter.
I couldn't agree more. 20 games are still a lot of games, you just never know what's gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteTake for example today, Prince Fielder hit his 200th HR and unless you were at the stadium, everyone in market missed it.
What's unreal about the situation is that the ultimate cheap skate, Charlie Ergen at Dish Network, bought the extra package after missing one of those 20 games, yet Mediacom cann't.
ReplyDeleteThat said, that's the norm in the industry. Right now, FS Kansas City's contract with cable & satellite is for 140 televised games. That's leaves 42 games which go untelevised over the course of the season. If FS Kansas City ever wanted to increase that number, you better believe they would carve out an extra package and make satellite & cable providers purchase that package.