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Spectrum SportsNet LA Blackouts
I am a lifelong Dodger fan living in the SF Bay Area. I was pleased when Directv recently added Spectrum SportsNet LA to the SportsPack as it is the Dodgers channel. I recently tuned in to Spectrum to watch a classic Dodger game from the 80s on a show called Timeless Dodgers. Unfortunately, the game was blacked out. I immediately tuned to NESN, which was showing an old Red Sox game on a show called Red Sox Classics. The old Red Sox game was not blacked out. I can’t understand why the old Dodger game would be blacked out but the old Red Sox game wouldn’t be. Any ideas what I can do about this or who I can complain to?
Juniper
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22.4K Messages
5 years ago
Depends on your address. Check www.directv.com/rsn to verify what should be in-market. If what you receive doesn't match, then try www.directv.com/refresh to refresh the service authorizations, or even a red button reset if needed. If that doesn't work, then you will need to call DirecTV to verify there is no error in your address, and possibly submit a trouble ticket for an improper blackout.
As a note, in-market games can still blackout if the game is on a local channel, which has a narrower viewing area than the RSN itself (local vs regional). And of course the MLB has their unique rules for weekend games on who gets the rights for them.
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George49y
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1 year ago
I used to have Spectrum Internet and watched the Lakers games on Spectrum Sportsnet. I just changed to Directv because they had Spectrum Sportsnet and said I could watch the Lakers Games Live. This is not really true. For some reason when you are watching a Lakers Game on Directv, Spectrum Sportsnet has these LONG stretches of "Commercial Break In Progress"--the game broadcast stops, that blue screen comes up, and minutes later the game broadcast resumes. Those blue screen pauses do NOT occur when you have Spectrum Internet and are watching Spectrum Sportsnet. In last night's Dec 18 Laker's game, when it was at halftime on Directv I picked up my iPhone and went into the Laker app. It showed the game had ended and the Lakers had lost 125 to 127.
So if you are watching the Laker game on Spectrum Sportsnet on Directv you are really watching a delayed live broadcast. I thinks this is wrong. Any ideas on who take this issue up with?
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shannon02
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20.7K Messages
1 year ago
DTV has no control over what is sent to them by the channels.
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