[Retro]

For those with Directv and unable to watch the Hornets in previous years, Cox sports did not bid on the teams rights and Fox has picked up the rights with a likely New Orleans Fox feed added to RSN's.

Link: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/05/28/Media/Cox.aspx

 

[espnjason]

This is a good pickup. I've always wondered when D* would carry CSTV but now that is a moot point. Personally, I would watch for LSU and the Saints offseason programming but this would be a good start to rebuilding the Hornets fan base.

 

[Eksynyt]

So now the only regional teams that are not available on DirecTV in their markets are:

The Coincast Philadelphia three:

Phillies
76ers
Flyers

The Coincast Northwest disaster:

Blazers

 

[xhortation]

On nola.com they are reporting that the new deal does not include D*. It says D* has to get its own deal to show the hornets game.

http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ssf/2012/05/new_orleans_hornets_new_deal_t.html

 

[triplela]

Would this be similar to what the Padres had to do when they left Cox 4 for Fox Sports Net? I seem to remember there being negotiations for that too.

I hope that some of the LSU coverage is moved to the new FSN feed, as well as a lot of the coaches' shows. But if this feed is like the FS Houston feed, we'll only get games, which is still an improvement over before.

 

[DCSholtis]

If they move the games to FSN SW as they hinted D* will just have to negotiate to carry an additional carriage fee for the games. Kinda like what E* refused to do when the for FSN Ohio years ago when they carried more Indians games than their contract called for.

 

[celticpride]

well now that the hornets have the #1 pick in the nba draft they should be able to have a better team to watch than last year:grin: