The new Lakers deal with Time Warner Cable is great for the Lakers, but not for Las Vegas Laker fans. Here is the scenario. Time Warner Cable is not even in Las Vegas, we only have Cox cable. So that means there is no Lakers coverage. So you might think, no big deal, get the NBA League Pass and you can watch all the Lakers games. Well, guess what... Las Vegas is considered as having the local broadcast rights to the Lakers, and all Lakers games are blacked out on NBA League Pass. So, not only can I not even sign up for cable service to get the Lakers, my subscription with NBA League Pass will not allow me to watch Lakers games. This really sucks for all the Las Vegas Lakers fans.
COX CABLE, please make a deal with Time Warner to carry the Lakers channel.
NBA League Pass, please remove the Lakers from being blacked-out in the Vegas market!
Same boat here bud, but I'm actually in Orange County, CA! I too have Cox and not even the option (yet?) to pay them for the TWC Lakers channel. I emailed the NBA about this whole debacle over a week ago; still no response. There is a Lakers game being carried by NBATV tonight, and sure enough, right at 6:30 pm, the channel blacked out. What a mess!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been on my blog in a while. All is well. A week into the season, cox finally made a deal with Time Warner. After I spoke to the people at Cox and they told me they were never going to bring in Time Warner because it was too expensive. I told them I would quit my service as soon as DirectTV or someone else picked them up. She guaranteed me they were never going to get it at Cox. Of course, then a few days later, a deal is announced.
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