I thought that I had gotten to a point where I was relatively happy with Time Warner Cable. However, I just hit a snag. When we were in the process of moving, I was stressing out about watching my hometown sports teams. I had figured out a solution that I was happy with.
With baseball season on the horizon, I went to MLB.TV to sign up for the 2013 season. For $25 for the season, I could watch any Orioles or Nationals game live. Then, I started reading the fine print talking about blackout restrictions. I entered in my ZIP code not expecting any teams to be restricted. I was stunned and extraordinarily perturbed to see that I am in a blackout zone for both the Orioles and Nationals.
I thought that if you could watch the game on TV, then you were in a blackout zone. Other than DirecTV, there is absolutely no way for me to see the games live. If I subscribed to MLB.TV, I could watch the games starting 90 minutes after they end.
I have called MLB.TV to complain.
I have written to MASN to complain.
I have called Time Warner to complain.
I have searched the web and found that MASN and Time Warner are in a dispute.
Time Warner just recently added the NFL Network. If they can delay a channel that their subscribers around the country were screaming for, what is their motivation for making a deal with MASN? My only other alternative is subscribing to the most expensive tier of DirecTV, which has MASN.
Other options:
- Use my sister’s Slingbox to watch games (when my sister and her husband aren’t trying to watch something else).
- Figure out how to route my Internet through some proxy server so that MLB.TV thinks I am not in a blackout zone.
I am very upset about this. Especially because my son and I enjoy watching O’s and Nats games together.
And now a haiku:
Orioles and Nats
Quality time with my son
Nixed by corporate greed
Better Off Jed 