On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Jason Green wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2012 10:10 AM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Jason Green wrote: > > > > > Now I'm thinking of relocating to the UK for 2 minutes, too... > > > > > > I went through a similar issue with the NBA. I'm a Lakers fan. But I > > > refuse to pay for cable. I don't want to pay $1500 a year for a bunch of > > > TV channels that I don't care about. I cut the cord on cable about 5 > > > years ago, and replaced it with Netflix and Hulu+ - now my total cost > > > each year is under $150. But - no Lakers games. > > > > > > The nice thing is - the NBA has a "League Pass" subscription, where you > > > can pay (it's about $200) to watch up to 7 of your favorite teams. That > > > seems reasonable to me (YMMV) as I love watching basketball. So I paid > > > my $200 and got ready to watch some Lakers! Everything is great, right? > > > > > > Nope. Sadly, since I live in the Lakers broadcast area, their games are > > > blacked out locally. > > > > > > So, a product that I want, which I could easily obtain illegally (there > > > are dozens of streaming services out there) but which I prefer to pay > > > for, I can't get. So, I cheated. I paid for a VPN service, spoofed my > > > IP address so it looked like it was in San Francisco (outside of the > > > Lakers broadcast area), and got it that way. > > > > > > I hope Nat is right. I would gladly pay to watch, and I don't like > > > illegal downloading. > > > > That's because KCAL (Disney) and Fox Sports Prime Time have paid serious > > money to the Lakers (and Clippers) for the rights to that region. They > > don't want you watching video streaming via NBA League Pass because each > > viewer who does that isn't watching local TV, which means ratings are going > > down and advertising revenue with it. Simple fiscal reasoning. > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > > > ---- > > www.crydee.com > > > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > > stupidity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yep. I'm wondering if that's going to change next year when they get their > own network. > Who? The NBA already has their own network. The Lakers?
Best,R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
