Has Comcast blocked the Blazers' plan to stream games?

Canzano's article seems to indicate that they have!

"People in large areas of Oregon still can’t get the games. Throw in that Comcast SportsNet blacked out the Blazers games on DirecTV’s NBA season pass. Throw in, too, that the regional network blocked a plan to have the Blazers games delivered over the internet."

Is that BIG news, or just old news that John is rehashing? Somebody needs to email Sarah Mensah and get to the bottom of this

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It is Canzano

take it with a grain of salt

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by 92wastheyear on Oct 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions

or a salt mine

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by The Arkitect on Oct 10, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions

howabout a cocktail of morphine oxycodine and maybe some penicillin depending on how far you wade in.

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by faith on Oct 10, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

That little quipped pissed me off today

I hope it’s not true.

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by iDea on Oct 10, 2009 5:45 PM PDT reply actions

Old News.

I think the blacked out games are the same ones that have been blacked out since Comcast Sports Net started airing Blazer games. For those of us out of the area, it isn’t a big deal, but the DirecTV NBA Season Pass has been blocked out in the “Comcast Viewing Area” (whatever that means) since its inception.

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by T Darkstar on Oct 10, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

I could be wrong...

But Canzano is claiming that the newly formed plan to stream all blazer games on blazers.com has been blocked by comcast. The blackout area junk is old news, but blocking the blazers effort to provide all fans with a means to watch blazers games is new, I believe. Could comcast be any more evil?

by Rudiculous on Oct 10, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

The blackout area junk is old news, but blocking the blazers effort to provide all fans with a means to watch blazers games is new, I believe

Yes, that is my concern. Has anyone heard an oficial announcement of this? Maybe someone can tweet Ben, Casey or someone else “with knowledge” from the Blazers

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by two4larue on Oct 10, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

If jackholeface had actual news to report on the issue he would have reported it

He is just making stuff up, as usual.

by goblazer1 on Oct 11, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions

Proxy sites

Even if they block direct access to games online, you should be able to jump on a proxy site and still be able to stream the games regardless if Comcast puts a block in the Portland area.

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by Blazer on Oct 11, 2009 2:16 PM PDT reply actions

his article makes it sound like it's CSN's choice to black the games out

I’m pretty sure it’s a league rule that you cannot view the games of the team in the local market on League Pass. MLB has a similar rule for their Extra Innings package.

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by madding on Oct 11, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions

That is actually my understanding as well

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by 92wastheyear on Oct 11, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions

so are the Blazers only offering streamed games

to folks with addresses outside the Portland metro “radius”? That still affects a lot of people who can’t get Comcast

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by two4larue on Oct 11, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Anyone know the best way?

How can I watch Blazer games in Germany?

by The_Magician on Oct 11, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions

International League Pass Broadband

You don’t have to watch live, either, you can watch the next day. Gives you access not just to the Blazers, but to other games as well, if you have time to watch them.

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by jscot on Oct 11, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions