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A Very Disappointed Loyal Fan

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So when WE dominated for years we are all over TV,,,, Now a Loyal Fan can see a game .... UCONN should be a shame!!!! Why dont the resident of CT have access to watch the games.....Please bring CPTV back..!!!!!!
 
I'm in Northern Vt and am blacked out....insane.
(Can see replay though).
 
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I am in Colorado and I can’t remember a game I didn’t see for years.
 
As with most of "TV", streaming seems to be the way to go to get the most entertainment that you want.

Dumb question, @Fraz , what specifically is CPTV? A local TV station in CT?
 
Centerstream said:
As with most of "TV", streaming seems to be the way to go to get the most entertainment that you want.

Dumb question, @Fraz , what specifically is CPTV? A local TV station in CT?
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Connecticut Public Television. The channel that carried the Huskies in their early years when no one else wanted to broadcast all of their games.
 
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Central Florida here. We see all the games.
 
Down here in SW Florida we've gotten all the games free except the CBSSport ones.
 
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Central Maine gets everything free except for the recent move to ESPN+ of one game.
 
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Streaming on demand is the new world order. Just make sure you have a high-speed connection. With 5G ramping, you wont even have to be logged into a network to watch all UConn games!
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Connecticut Public Television. The channel that carried the Huskies in their early years when no one else wanted to broadcast all of their games.
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So if CPTV won back broadcast rights (how would Public Television even be able to do that???), then that would make it even more "locals only" than SNY. Hmm.
What I don't understand is why people that have access to SNY have UConn games blacked out. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
 
FairView said:
Whenever Jerry Franklin came on I found myself checking that I still had my watch and wallet ... even though he was on my TV and I was on my recliner – his sleaze factor was that strong.
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For those who have no idea who he is, Jerry was the president of CPTV (since retired). Yes, we watched CPTV broadcast games with much angst with the continual begging. However, when there was no coverage in the early 90s, CPTV did bring some games. When UConn WBB became relevant, CPTV capitalized. They can't be faulted, rather thanked. Painful? Absolutely! But there was no alternative. Of course, back during those years, the wife and I were at ALL of the home games. CPTV was on for away games.
 
I have another Off Topic dumb question...has anyone figured out if there's a way to pause, rewind or fast forward an ESPN3 game being streamed/viewed on a TV?
Personally I use a ROKU stick and the remote apparently can't control what it is streaming on the ESPN app other than exiting what I am currently viewing.
 
Florida resident. I have directv and I can get SNY if I purchase the most expensive package and add Sport package. A bump of $35 a month. Or I can purchase ESPN+ for about $5. Only disadvantage is no recording so I have to be home and at the TV on time for the start.
 
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I have to ask, a real loyal fan would search and seek out the solution to be able to view UConn games. If you currently have a "cable" company (ie, Comcast, Cox...etc), does it provide an add-on sports package (at additional cost) that includes SNY? ...if not then it's time to start looking into "live TV streaming services" that do carry SNY and also have the ESPN's family of channels/networks. (ie, YouTubeTV, Sling...etc) and dump your "cable" company. Funny thing, YouTube TV just added CPTV and WGBY (both public channels)
 
Directv Sports Pak will give you access to SNY programming. I can also get some regional Fox Sports channels as well as The Longhorn channel. No PAC12 or SECN. Cost = $13.99 per month. Somehow I got a promo = 3 months free. Will cancel SP after NCAAT.
 
Centerstream said:
So if CPTV won back broadcast rights (how would Public Television even be able to do that???), then that would make it even more "locals only" than SNY. Hmm.
What I don't understand is why people that have access to SNY have UConn games blacked out. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
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When I moved away from CT I had to pay CPTV to stream their games (and was happy to do so). Now I stream SNY games for "free" (free beyond the portion of my cable bill going to ESPN). I joined ESPN+ so I could get the Dayton game. That, and buying FloHoops for the 2018 Paradise Jam are the only "extra" I've paid since the CPTV days.
 
Centerstream said:
So if CPTV won back broadcast rights (how would Public Television even be able to do that???), then that would make it even more "locals only" than SNY. Hmm.
What I don't understand is why people that have access to SNY have UConn games blacked out. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
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Last night I went to the Syracuse/Florida State game. For those that don't know, I'm a National Flag Blue bleeding UCONN fans who owns a restaurant/bar in downtown Syracuse and I live here(Two Florida State assistant coaches came in the night before the game and we talked-great dudes), but that's for another day.

Anyway-I watched the first half of our game and then left and drove to the dome(I live like 5 minutes from it). When I got in my seat, I attempted to watch the second half of our game on Watch ESPN on my phone, but it was blacked out. I think this is because if SNY carries it and you love in their coverage area, they want to make sure you buy a cable package that includes that. I mean, that would be my guess. Because if I could watch it on Watch ESPN, I wouldn't have to pay for SNY. Makes sense to me, from a business perspective.

During the Oregon/Syracuse game, I could watch the 2nd half of our game against Ohio State on my phone because the game was on the ESPN family of networks.
 
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