Blazers contact FCC re Comcast

Brian Smith reports Blazers (via Larry Miller) are protesting CSN's distribution (or lack of it) of Blazer games.

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OMG FINALLY!

by premthegrem on Jul 12, 2010 6:13 PM PDT reply actions

It's about time

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by iDea on Jul 12, 2010 6:23 PM PDT reply actions

I cant wait to get rid of comcast!! I hate it!

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by jpaulson on Jul 12, 2010 7:00 PM PDT reply actions

at last a good move by the front office albeit three years too late

Comcast has shown that they are not capable of handling a monopoly. They don’t deserve to get larger and screw over even more customers.

by Jacksonville on Jul 12, 2010 7:33 PM PDT reply actions

They couldn't do this earlier.

They only have an opportunity because of the proposed merger. (The real time to address this should have been before they signed the contract.)

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by pualo on Jul 12, 2010 8:58 PM PDT reply actions

it was still pretty dumb to give a 10 year contract...

so much happens in 10 years….

WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE

by bowdown on Jul 12, 2010 9:03 PM PDT reply actions

I hate Comcast for broadcasting the summer league games in HD.

I could be outside mowing the lawn, refinishing the deck, and hauling loads of barkdust up and down the hills in my yard. Instead, I’m inside drinking beer, watching basketball on a 100" screen, and trying not to get chilled from too much air-conditioning. Yeah, I hate Comcast.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jul 13, 2010 12:00 AM PDT reply actions

.....the people who dont have comcast are the ones annoyed by this

if you are trying to mock us….

WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE

by bowdown on Jul 13, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I feel sincerely sorry for anyone that doesn't live in an area covered by Comcast,

or one of the 11 other providers that pay a reasonable rate to carry CSNNW.

What I dislike are people blaming Comcast for this problem. What price did DirecTV offer to pay Comcast to broadcast CSNNW? What Northwest Sports Channel is owned by the parent company of DirecTV and broadcast in the Northwest instead of CSNNW (while Comcast Sports channels are broadcast by DirecTV in other parts of the US)? The answers to those questions will tell you who’s most to blame in this fiasco.

by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jul 13, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

agreed

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by Philthyanimal on Jul 14, 2010 2:08 AM PDT up reply actions

oh,

well Ill just stop blaming all together

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by bowdown on Jul 14, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I think Miller and the Blazers are desparate for some good PR.

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by Petro4Three on Jul 13, 2010 6:46 AM PDT reply actions

Note...

The letter was filed three days prior to the draft. While I’m sure they knew that they would need some positive PR, if they had done this to seek that positive PR, don’t you think someone (Miller) would have brought this up in one of the radio interviews he has done since KP was fired?

In a conversation with Canzano on the BFD (not a typo), Miller said that they are continuing to work on the Comcast situation and hope to reach resolution soon. This would have been the PERFECT time to bring up this letter. Yet he didn’t. He was content to know that he is in fact working on it and hope that people would trust his word on it.

I don’t particularly care for Miller, but I do think he handled this properly by not trying to use it as a billboard for what a great job he’s doing. He did not try to spin this into a positive PR thing when the opportunity to do so was right there.

by Rodney Gustafson on Jul 13, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

When I get to watch Blazer games I'll return to your comment and rec it.

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by Petro4Three on Jul 13, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions

It's amazing...

…that it’s taken THIS long (3 years) for the Blazers management to see that 2/3rds of their fanbase are seriously unhappy. Either they’re desperate for some good PR as Petro4Three says or they’re just plain greedy and dumb. I vote for the later… Down with Comcast!

by ClydeBest on Jul 13, 2010 9:39 AM PDT reply actions