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I have heard baseball wants to do this because they are not happy with the number of people that have signed up for the package through the cable companies and they want the guaranteed money Directv would pay for exclusive rights. What baseball doesn't get is if they just got rid of the stupid blackout rules they would get the subscribers they want. There are a lot of people that won't sign up because they are blacked out of the team they want to see or several different teams. I do subscribe to EI through cable but I still hate the blackout rules. I am blacked on 3 different teams. 2 of which we don't get their games on TV and we live several hours away from.
I always thought they should let fans buy a subscription to watch the games of their favorite team, but then I realized that there would be a lot of squabbling if the Yankees were getting a ton of subscribers and still had to split the EI revenue evenly. I would agree that the blackout rules probably hinder the marketability of the EI package.
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OK this would royally suck for me. I just got Dish HD and had to sign an 18 month contract. The only reason I even have Dish to begin with was it was cheaper and I wanted Extra Innings.
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This would royally piss me off and you can bet I won't switch to Direct TV to get it. F them.
School's out. What did you expect?
There is a large tree in our backyard that prohibits us from getting Direct TV--and I know for a fact that we are far from alone in this predicament. So, if MLB did this, I'd be S.O.L. out here.
But it wouldn't surprise me at all. MLB has become remarkably adept at putting forth idea after idea to alienate fans.
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
It was a widespread problem about a year ago. I posted links to various discussion forums and blogs about it last summer.
However, a member of this board who works for MLB assured me that they've really cleaned things up since then. Maybe they have.
To clarify, they autorenewed my credit card in '06. When I realized that they had done so, I called and asked for a refund (after spending hours and hours and hours on hold).
The person on the phone said he'd look into it, but couldn't promise anything, even though I had never used the service in '06.
Once I heard that I got on the phone with my credit card company, which did an investigation and then reversed the charges.
Stick to your guns.
If you were a MLB.tv subscriber prior to this year and you did not renewal. You may be able to sign up for MLB.tv for 56.99 today:
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dougdirt (05-10-2013)
Chalk another one up for cancelling cable across the board.
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