(04-20-2014 11:42 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (04-18-2014 07:35 PM)RobUCF Wrote: Not really AAC related, but I am so glad that we are not televised on this network and the new Big East can have fun with that. I'm a UCF fan living in the Tampa Bay area and also follow Tampa Bay Lightning hockey. Fox Sports had the rights to the stanley cup playoff game tonight and, instead, the entire Tampa Bay area missed the whole first period in favor of the Miami baseball team. Just pathetic.
1st - Game should've been on an NBCU channel
2nd - Did you check overflow/alt channels?
3rd - Fox has no control what the regional networks place where in these cases.
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1st - It was on CNBC nationally, but was blacked out in the Tampa Bay area since Fox had the local rights.
2nd - Of course, only place it was carried.
3rd - That's not the issue, Fox meant to carry the game but had a "control room" issue and mistakenly carried the Marlins game through the 1st period of the hockey game, when they switched over. Fox Sports Florida is an affiliate of FSN.
Here's what they said on facebook:
"Aware of and apolgize for the technical difficulties with FOX Sports Florida and the Tampa Bay Lightning game. Working to get it fixed"
and
"During the first period of tonight’s Tampa Bay Lightning game, we had a technical issue that impacted BrightHouse customers in North / Central FL. We take great pride on delivering the very best Lightning broadcast year round, and tonight, we fell short of that.
From all of us at FOX, we sincerely apologize and promise we will the take the steps necessary to ensure that this does not happen again. "
I don't have Brighthouse, so they weren't the only ones impacted. My point was that if Fox ever hopes to compete with ESPN than these things can't happen. Right now it's just a second rate network.