2018 TV Contract with Sinclair (but not Spectrum Sports)

Maybe they started to go to games...

 

I cannot get the CW OTA in Northland. Fortunately, they are not having a contract squabble with U-Verse at the moment.

 

Oh please.

 

Sorry, should have put or TIC.....

 

FWIW, the audio quality of the Orlando game is also terrible.

 

And picture was garbage as well.

Somehow Sinclair can produce a half dozen daily news broadcasts with countless adequate sounding microphones, but can't put 2 guys in a booth and have it look any better than Damon Zex.

 

After watching yesterday on CW, I wonder if they have started just internet streaming the feed onto their network. The quality changes were very similar to streaming apps that drop from HD to SD or even lower, then bump back up. Would probably lower production costs and with so few viewers they may be okay with the trade off.

 

Thanks. I'm at the age where I thought my vision was slipping and kept squinting at the TV. Other shows were better quality and I thought it was my imagination.

 

The picture quality was awful of the Orlando broadcast on MLSLive so I bet it had to do something from the feed from the stadium.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if you're right. Up-close shots looked ok, but distance shots looked muddy.

With what Neil told me, I also wonder if speedye1 is on to something. Spectrum could very well be broadcasting home games in true HD, but Sinclair cheaps out and cuts corners. I'd love for someone to record both the Spectrum and Sinclair broadcasts for home and away and check for differences.

FWIW, Orlando has a deal similar to our Sinclair deal:
https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2016/01/06/wrdq-tv-27-new-home-orlando-city-2016

 

2017 was a one-year renewal for TW/Charter.
2018 is the option year for Sinclair.

It all makes sense.

 

Yup.

 

I just imagined Damon Zex in HD....holy christ

 

I've met him and seen him in person many a time. Even hung out in his apartment once. He's kind of like a slightly less beefy Danzig. Short, but pumped up.

 

With Dallas announcing today, I have to imagine we’ll be hearing details in the next week or so.

 

About what

 

Will Spectrum come back as the flagship partner? Will we get a spearate streaming option with ESPN+ taking off? Are Neil and Dwight both coming back? Are we going to get a full HD broadcast or will we get a broadcast shot strictly by fans via iPhone around Mapfre?

We literally only know that Sinclair will be back as the local OTA broadcast partner.

 

Dwight and Neil will call the games from a studio in Austin.

 

What type and brand of antenna do you have?

 

Just rabbit ears--but in an upstairs room. But my FIL, who had a good home-made antenna, also had difficulty out in Blacklick.

 

So all our games will be on CW? Except for the espn games ?

 

As of last night, the U-Verse guide had the first two games on channel 6.

I mean, there's still time for you-know-who to get a deal with Spectrum done, considering they're pursing parallel paths *cough gag retch* end sarcasm #SaveTheCrew

 

Any word on whether or not Direct Kick will have the 75 mile blackout? I was blacked out a few years ago, but not since Sinclair has been involved.

 

Am I a weirdo for thinking TV contracts should be worked out a week before the season begins?