[north49]

Blue Jays Playoff Games.....OTA ?

Will Fox29 show the ALDS starting Oct.8 in the GTA ? And if not will a Toronto station show it OTA ?

 

[Simonizer]

Right now, according to MLB.com, it's either FOX or FS1 or MLBN that will be showing the ALDS with the Jays. So nothing has been set in stone.

 

[Viper550]

Almost all division series and championship series games are now cable-exclusive as of last year, divided between Fox Sports 1, TBS, and a few on MLB Network. OTA coverage does not return until the World Series.

Fox did air a single NLCS game last year.

 

[ticky]

There's no Canadian OTA coverage. All playoff games including Jays are exclusive to Sportsnet.

 

[dsspredator]

3 NFL games OTA @ 4pm

Great day for the NFL OTA.

3 different games on WUTV, WIVB and CFTO.

 

[cyclist44]

Rogers should be showing the Blue Jay playoff games on City so more people could watch it.

 

[alebowgm]

I anticipate that Rogers may consider doing this if any games air on FOX to preserve simsub rights for those on cable. Since the first games are on FS1, no incentive for Rogers to do this and it drives people to their cable platform.

 

[JJMoney]

Based on what Fox did last year when they had the NL rights: all of their LDS games aired on FS1, and most of the LCS games as well. Only the Saturday games of the LCS (Games 1 and 6) were scheduled for Fox. I'd expect the distribution to be similar for the AL this year.

 

[hercules130]

As game 1 of the ALCS (Toronto @ Kansas City) will be on FOX, I would expect Rogers to preempt its City's programs on Friday night and air the game instead. That way they will get simsub rights across the country, not only to those subscribing to Rogers. City's shows on Friday night are low-value anyway, most of them are reruns.

 

[Wayne]

Don't they still simsub even if the Canadian channel is not available on basic cable or OTA? I think that has happened in the past with sporting events on TSN in Canada and US OTA channels. This is less of an issue for those of us who are OTA only and who can get a Fox channel, which is the case for most of us here in Southern Ontario who get channel 29 from Buffalo.

 

[orbot]

Great to hear that game 1 is on Fox. Fox isn't 100% reliable for me out here, so City would be better. I emailed City before the first series to ask if any Jays playoff games would be shown on City or Omni and they replied with "All Toronto Blue Jays games are broadcast on Sportsnet".

 

[JJMoney]

2015 Postseason Schedule | MLB.com

Only Game 1 of the ALCS will be shown on FOX, all remaining games of the series will be carried on FS1 in the States. As mentioned previously, the entire World Series will be aired on FOX.

 

[hercules130]

Don't they still simsub even if the Canadian channel is not available on basic cable or OTA? I think that has happened in the past with sporting events on TSN in Canada and US OTA channels. This is less of an issue for those of us who are OTA only and who can get a Fox channel, which is the case for most of us here in Southern Ontario who get channel 29 from Buffalo.

For broadcast TV (OTA) it is clear. If broadcaster asks, BDU must comply with the simsub. For cable it is a bit murky. AFAIK, cable broadcaster can ask BDU to simsub and BDU can agree or disagree. However, the common practice is that if the BDU and the requesting channel are within the same company, the request will always be granted.

That is why TSN can simsub over American broadcast channel for Bell customers and SN can simsub for Rogers customers. For independent BDUs (e.g. MTS, Videotron, SaskTel) it is not the case and usually those games are not simsubbed.

 

[goforit]

Hockey via OTA

Lots of hockey last night - WGRZ (2.1), CBLT (5.1), and WNYO/ASN 49.2 - nice to see. Really like the new ASN channel.

 

[goforit]

US College Hockey on ASN (WNYO 49.2)

Just finished watching exciting game between Penn State and Wisconsin

 

[JJMoney]

Rare chance to watch the Raptors OTA on Sunday afternoon as Game 7 of the Heat-Raptors series will be on ABC (WKBW 7.1)

 

[goforit]

Yankees on WNYO 49.1 tonight.

 

[JJMoney]

The Blue Jays will be in one of the FOX Saturday afternoon games this week - WUTV (29.1) and a number of other border channels will have Boston/Toronto. Map here: 506 Sports - MLB: Week 9, 2016

Part of a huge weekend series at the SkyDome - both teams are fighting for first place in the division.

 

[Inglewood]

The Yankees broadcast of the Blue Jays game in Toronto on September 24th at 1pm is on OTA via Buffalo's WNYO 49 with the WPIX crew.

See how this weekend pans out against the BoSox!

Too bad other Buffalo channels or WNYO doesn't pick up OTA games as the Mets, Pirates, and Indians all claim Buffalo as a market.

Oh well, I appreciate the national games on Fox, and the WPIX games WNYO airs.

 

[JJMoney]

The Yankees broadcast of the Blue Jays game in Toronto on September 24th at 1pm is on OTA via Buffalo's WNYO 49 with the WPIX crew.

Jays/Yankees on Saturday was moved to 4pm start time. It'll still be on WNYO though.