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jtur88 · 04-05-2008, 03:16 PM

It's a TV blackout that makes it impossible to watch a game in a blackout area from any national source, EXCEPT the home-team broadcasts of the team protected by your blackout zone. If you are in the Braves blackout zone, you cannot watch the Braves on MLB.TV, or on any other cable out-of-market premium package. You will also not get the ESPN or Fox national telecasts on Sat, Sun or Wed if they are featuring a Braves game. You will get the backup game instead. In other words, the Braves TV network has exclusive rights to show all Braves games in that zone, and nobody else is allowed to carry them.
If you live in Atmore AL, you can still watch the Braves Saturday game on Fox on a Pensacola station. (with rabbit ears), where the Braves will not be blacked out. But if the Pensacola station is on your cable lineup, your local Alabama cable company is supposed to black out that Pensacola station for the duration of the game, and they probably will.

04-05-2008, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,849	It's a TV blackout that makes it impossible to watch a game in a blackout area from any national source, EXCEPT the home-team broadcasts of the team protected by your blackout zone. If you are in the Braves blackout zone, you cannot watch the Braves on MLB.TV, or on any other cable out-of-market premium package. You will also not get the ESPN or Fox national telecasts on Sat, Sun or Wed if they are featuring a Braves game. You will get the backup game instead. In other words, the Braves TV network has exclusive rights to show all Braves games in that zone, and nobody else is allowed to carry them. If you live in Atmore AL, you can still watch the Braves Saturday game on Fox on a Pensacola station. (with rabbit ears), where the Braves will not be blacked out. But if the Pensacola station is on your cable lineup, your local Alabama cable company is supposed to black out that Pensacola station for the duration of the game, and they probably will. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much. Last edited by jtur88; 04-05-2008 at 03:23 PM.