HELP! TV in NYC for Duke-Maryland game

[nyr484]

I have Time Warner Cable in Manhattan. I was going to set up my DVR to record Sunday's game against Maryland, only to find that the game is apparently NOT ON TV IN NEW YORK. The Fox Sports channel here -- MSG Plus -- will be showing the friggin Islanders Game until 10 p.m., at which point Duke-Maryland is scheduled for 30 minutes (10 to 10:30).

Am I missing something? Is the game going to be on another channel? Anyone know what to do?

[Duvall]

Am I missing something? Is the game going to be on another channel? Anyone know what to do?

1. No.
2. No.
3. Go to a sports bar and hope the NFL game doesn't go into overtime.

[nyr484]

Would the game even be on in a sports bar? To my knowledge, FSN does not have a package that gives you access to all of the games (like ESPN does)...

[diesel]

I whine every year about Fox Sports coverage in the DC area on Verizon Fios. So I was presently surprised to get the Elon game on what I presume is the Verizon Fios overflow channel: Verizon Fios 1. This was when the regular Comcast channel had the Redskins after game show. I think there must be some arrangement with Comcast.

And all this after I pleaded with Verizon Fios to see if there was any way I could get the Elon game on pay-per-view or in a supplemental season package! Verizon said they would look into the issue and phone me back. They never did, but I had by then found the game on Verizon Fios Channel 1.

I presume the Maryland game will be on the Comcast Channel (#76) for Verizon Fios in the DC area. There would be riots on the streets and early [i.e., pre-game] arson on the Terp campus if you couldn't see a Maryland game in the DC area--and I presume this would apply at least for the first 10 minutes or so of the forthcoming Duke game.

[nyr484]

Crisis averted, my buddy has FIOS which is showing the game on MSG Plus 2.

In other news, Time Warner is lame.

[Lord Ash]

Oh man... I didn't even bother checking this because I just assumed that DUKE-MARYLAND would be shown. I bet this means I won't get it either:(

[rasputin]

I whine every year about Fox Sports coverage in the DC area on Verizon Fios. So I was presently surprised to get the Elon game on what I presume is the Verizon Fios overflow channel: Verizon Fios 1. This was when the regular Comcast channel had the Redskins after game show. I think there must be some arrangement with Comcast.

And all this after I pleaded with Verizon Fios to see if there was any way I could get the Elon game on pay-per-view or in a supplemental season package! Verizon said they would look into the issue and phone me back. They never did, but I had by then found the game on Verizon Fios Channel 1.

I presume the Maryland game will be on the Comcast Channel (#76) for Verizon Fios in the DC area. There would be riots on the streets and early [i.e., pre-game] arson on the Terp campus if you couldn't see a Maryland game in the DC area--and I presume this would apply at least for the first 10 minutes or so of the forthcoming Duke game.

I had a similar concern for the Duke-Miami game last Sunday, because my local Fox Sports channel was showing the Blues hockey game. The newspaper said the Duke game would be on a Fox alternate station, and voila, it was (and wasn't blacked out).

[DukieInKansas]

Oh man... I didn't even bother checking this because I just assumed that DUKE-MARYLAND would be shown. I bet this means I won't get it either:(

Have you met your new best friend nyr484? ;)

Guess I better check the local TWC listing - although I pay extra to get the three Fox Sports channels in the 200s. I didn't get last Sunday's game but it was rebroadcast several days later.


eta - yeah! It is on channel 59!

[loran16]

MSG+2 is on Time Warner Cable (I think it's channel 198) in New York City.

Course I'm not used to Duke games being put on MSG+2 (Usually that's where Isles or Devils Hockey goes), so double check to see if it's on there.

[obsesseddukefan]

I had a similar concern for the Duke-Miami game last Sunday, because my local Fox Sports channel was showing the Blues hockey game. The newspaper said the Duke game would be on a Fox alternate station, and voila, it was (and wasn't blacked out).

You mean to tell me I sat in front of my computer and watched the score change for nothing...I live in Carlinville but get STL locals (I am moving to Collinsville) and I too saw that it was going to be the Blues game. I didnt even think to check the alternates...drag.

I truly hope then I will be able to see the Maryland game, not that I wouldnt sit in front of my cpu again if I had to. ;)

I assume you have Dish Network as well??

[rasputin]

You mean to tell me I sat in front of my computer and watched the score change for nothing...I live in Carlinville but get STL locals (I am moving to Collinsville) and I too saw that it was going to be the Blues game. I didnt even think to check the alternates...drag.

I truly hope then I will be able to see the Maryland game, not that I wouldnt sit in front of my cpu again if I had to. ;)

I assume you have Dish Network as well??

No, I have DirecTV. I was fortunate to have checked the listing of upcoming TV games in the Post-Dispatch, and it listed the appropriate alternate channels for various providers. I'm pretty sure Dish Network was one of them.

[77devil]

The game previously was scheduled on Comcast Sports Net in Philly, but now is preempted by the Eagles post game show. Looks like we'll be watching in a sports bar or via a stream. Can't believe a "big" game with our non-rival is not available in the Phila. market thanks to the lame performance by the Birds that put them into the wild card game. C'est la vie.

[Grey Devil]

I don't know why more people don't have DirecTV and TiVo. I got DirecTV (which gives me all the sports channels) in the mid/late 90s and one of the first TiVo boxes when they were first released a couple years later. I just programmed it to record all basketball sports shows with "Duke" in the title or description and voila! it does it. Since then I've only missed one or two games a season (usually because they're not being televised), but now I'm picking those up on ESPN3 or Justin.tv. The other nice feature is that I watch the game whenever I want to, usually about 40-45 minutes after tipoff, and zap through all the commercials (and halftime), usually timing it such that I've caught up for the live ending. And when game times conflict with work, which they often do here on the West Coast, there's no anxiety about getting home to see the game.

Grey Devil

[blazindw]

Those with DirecTV's sports package gets all of the Fox Sports channels. When I had it, I could always watch the games on Fox Sports South even in Miami/DC. Any bar that has DirecTV should have the sports package...just ask them to switch to Fox Sports South.

[cptnflash]

Village Pour House is usually a good bet for Duke games in Manhattan.

[77devil]

The game previously was scheduled on Comcast Sports Net in Philly, but now is preempted by the Eagles post game show. Looks like we'll be watching in a sports bar or via a stream. Can't believe a "big" game with our non-rival is not available in the Phila. market thanks to the lame performance by the Birds that put them into the wild card game. C'est la vie.

Update for Philly viewers; the game has been moved to a secondary Comcast channel, The Comcast Network, which is channel 99 on Verizon Fios and presumably is carried on Comcast cable too. No HD, at least on Fios, but it's better than streaming.

[sagegrouse]

Those with DirecTV's sports package gets all of the Fox Sports channels. When I had it, I could always watch the games on Fox Sports South even in Miami/DC. Any bar that has DirecTV should have the sports package...just ask them to switch to Fox Sports South.

Although this year the Fox regional telecasts have been occasionally blocked outside of the region -- for no reason except some idiotic contract term between Fox and DirecTV. Here in Colorado I had to watch the Elon game, being carried on Fox Sports South and the New England network, via JustinTV because it was blacked out in this region. I believe the Fox Rocky Mt. network was showing some totally uninteresting game from the Big 12 area.

OTOH where it says FSN, like the Sunday night games, I think that means all the regions are carrying the game.

sagegrouse

[ricks68]

I noticed today that Fox has our game scheduled for 7 to only 8:30. Then it changes to UCLA vs USC from 8:30 to 10:30. Looks like most of the end of the game may be pre-empted by a game involving teams of much inferior quality (this year). Does anyone know anything about this kind of situation? I am really very concerned about the changeover from ESPN to Fox coming up for the ACC broadcasts. So far, from what I have seen from Fox, I do not expect Duke to be seen as much nationally as in the past.:(

ricks

[swood1000]

Although this year the Fox regional telecasts have been occasionally blocked outside of the region -- for no reason except some idiotic contract term between Fox and DirecTV. Here in Colorado I had to watch the Elon game, being carried on Fox Sports South and the New England network, via JustinTV because it was blacked out in this region. I believe the Fox Rocky Mt. network was showing some totally uninteresting game from the Big 12 area.

OTOH where it says FSN, like the Sunday night games, I think that means all the regions are carrying the game.

sagegrouse
In Cincinnati we get three Fox national sports channels on Time Warner: Atlantic, Central and Pacific. It seemed that last season a Duke game appearing on FSN was always shown on Fox Sports Atlantic. Not so this year. Instead of the Duke game FSA is showing Davidson at Western Carolina. In fact, I checked Time Warner in Durham and FSA is also showing the Davidson game. In Durham the Duke game appears on FCSR1 (channel 50). So maybe Fox decided that nationally on FSA it is going to show the Davidson game and it's up to the local Time Warner to show any additional games. I'm switching to DirecTV. The Duke game is being shown on a multitude of channels there.

[1 24 90]

I noticed today that Fox has our game scheduled for 7 to only 8:30. Then it changes to UCLA vs USC from 8:30 to 10:30. Looks like most of the end of the game may be pre-empted by a game involving teams of much inferior quality (this year). Does anyone know anything about this kind of situation? I am really very concerned about the changeover from ESPN to Fox coming up for the ACC broadcasts. So far, from what I have seen from Fox, I do not expect Duke to be seen as much nationally as in the past.:(

ricks

I believe the switch is away from Fox to ESPN so I don't think there's a need to be worried since ESPN loves showing Duke games.

[moonpie23]

the old faithful..


www.atdhe.net

[ricks68]

I believe the switch is away from Fox to ESPN so I don't think there's a need to be worried since ESPN loves showing Duke games.


No, Fox outbid ESPN for the ACC games, I believe, to start in 2011(?) season.

ricks

[ricks68]

Fox is broadcasting times at 7:30 CST and some other odd channel at 8:00. How can that be if it is scheduled for 8:00 EST?:confused::confused::confused:

ricks

[1 24 90]

No, Fox outbid ESPN for the ACC games, I believe, to start in 2011(?) season.

ricks

ESPN and ACC Reach Exclusive 12-Year Agreement
07/08/2010
- Duke Sports Information



Courtesy: Duke Sports Information
http://www.goduke.com


(More information at the ACC.com)

ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) have reached a 12-year agreement for exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football and men's basketball game, plus women's basketball and Olympic sports matchups, and conference championships. The agreement, which begins in 2011-12 and continues through 2022-23, was announced by George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc. and ABC Sports, and John Swofford, ACC Commissioner. It will result in approximately 4,800 ACC events over the 12 years on ESPN's television outlets, digital and mobile platforms, syndication and more.

Among the entities included are: ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, the new ESPN 3D network, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN International, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic and ESPN.com. Numerous events will be produced in high definition across ESPN HD, ABC HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPNU HD.

Additionally, through a new sublicense arrangement with ESPN, Raycom Sports will continue its long-standing position as the syndication home of ACC content for over-the-air and regional cable network distribution in the ACC market and beyond. Raycom Sports will also continue to manage the ACC's official corporate partner program and the exploitation of its digital assets, including www.theACC.com, the official conference web site.

ESPN has been televising ACC content since the first year of the network in 1979-80. Highlights of the new agreement include:

Football on national TV: Regular-season action on Saturday afternoon and nights, primetime Thursdays, Labor Day Monday and the ACC Football Championship Game;
Men's basketball on national TV: The most games ever across the ESPN networks, highlighted by both regular-season matchups of the storied Duke-North Carolina rivalry each year; for the first time, full national telecasts on all games televised on an ESPN platform (had been local market blackouts on handful of telecasts); a new weekly Sunday franchise on ESPNU; every regular-season intra-conference game and the entire conference tournament produced and distributed via ESPN and Raycom Sports;
Women's basketball: A record number of women's regular-season basketball games and the addition of the entire conference tournament;
Olympic sports: An expanded commitment to the league's 22-sponsored Olympic sports with regular-season and championship telecasts, highlighted by baseball, softball, lacrosse, and men's and women's soccer;
Syndication: Syndication rights for ACC football, basketball and Olympic sports action for over-the-air and regional cable network distribution in ACC markets and beyond via an agreement with Raycom Sports and through potential sublicense agreements with other national outlets;
Digital media: Exclusive ACC football, men's and women's basketball, and Olympic sports games as well as simulcasts on ESPN3.com. Live ACC games, including football and basketball, on ESPN Mobile TV;
ESPN 3D: Live ACC action on ESPN 3D, ESPN's newest network and the first 3D network to launch in the industry;
Additional outlets: ACC action on ESPN International, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT, ESPN Classic and ESPN Deportes; and extensive content rights for ESPN.com.
"Some of ESPN's most memorable moments have featured the ACC and we're proud to extend our long-term relationship with this great conference and Raycom," Bodenheimer said.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford said, "We are excited to be continuing our partnership with ESPN and Raycom Sports. This agreement allows our schools to reach significantly new financial heights while also showcasing more ACC content and coverage than ever before across traditional and new media platforms."

"We are very excited to continue our 30 year partnership with the ACC and ESPN," said Ken Haines, President and CEO of Raycom Sports. "Throughout the ever-changing landscape of sports television, we have always prided ourselves on the long term relationships we have with both the ACC and ESPN."

Following are the key details of the new agreement:

Football

With exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football game, ESPN will serve as the national cable and broadcast TV home for the conference and distributor of syndication telecasts via an agreement with Raycom Sports. With the agreement granting rights to every matchup, there is flexibility where games can be distributed on a weekly basis throughout the season. Outlets will include:

ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC: The networks will televise ACC games each week, including Thursday, Saturday and a Labor Day Monday telecast each season. The ACC Football Championship Game will continue to be televised each year on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC.

ESPNU: The 24-hour college sports network, currently distributed in more than 70 million households, will continue to televise ACC football.

Syndication: ESPN will sublicense games to Raycom Sports and potentially to additional national outlets. As part of the agreement, Raycom Sports will produce and distribute a package of games for over-the-air syndication and for the first time, an additional package of games through regional cable syndication in the ACC markets and beyond.

ESPN3.com: Exclusive ACC game presentations as well as simulcasts will be offered on the broadband network.

ESPN 3D: ACC matchups will be part of the live schedule of games offered on the new service.

ESPN Mobile TV: Extensive ACC content, including highlights and live game simulcasts will be presented on mobile phones.

ESPN International and ESPN Deportes: The deal includes global rights to present live games and encore presentations across ESPN's International platforms and domestic Spanish-language rights for ESPN Deportes, ESPN's 24-hour, U.S.-based network.

ESPN GamePlan: The out-of-market college football service will continue to offer an extensive weekly schedule of ACC games.

ESPN Classic: The network may televise live ACC games as well as historic and immediate encore presentations.

ESPN.com: Extensive ACC content, including highlights, will be presented online.

Men's Basketball

As the exclusive rightsholder to all conference-controlled men's basketball games, ESPN will offer more ACC men's basketball than ever before, including every intra-conference matchup and an extensive schedule of inter-conference action on one of its platforms or through sublicense agreements with Raycom Sports or other national outlets. The deal also includes the continuation of the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge event. Similar to football, as a result of the acquisition of exclusive men's basketball rights, there is flexibility where games can be distributed. Outlets will include:

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU: The networks will combine to offer numerous intra-conference games, highlighted by top showdowns, including both Duke-North Carolina contests, plus several conference controlled inter-conference matchups with no blackouts (the previous agreement included select blackouts in the ACC market). Highlighting the schedule will be a new weekly ESPNU Sunday telecast and the continuation of ACC action on ESPN's Super Tuesday, Wednesday Night Hoops, Thursday Night Showcase and Saturdays. ESPN will also retain the rights to all ACC Tournament games for distribution across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU (with no blackouts).

Syndication: Similar to football, ESPN will sublicense games to Raycom Sports and potentially to additional national outlets. As part of the agreement, Raycom Sports will produce and distribute a significant package of intra-conference games through over-the-air syndication and a series of matchups through regional cable networks.

ESPN3.com: Exclusive ACC game presentations as well as simulcasts will be offered on the broadband network.

ESPN 3D: ACC matchups will be part of the live schedule of games offered on the new service.

ESPN Mobile TV: Extensive ACC content, including highlights and live game simulcasts will be presented on mobile phones.

ESPN International and ESPN Deportes: The deal includes global rights to present live games and encore presentations across ESPN's International platforms and domestic Spanish-language rights for ESPN Deportes, ESPN's 24-hour, U.S.-based network.

ESPN FULL COURT: The out-of-market college basketball service will offer extensive weekly coverage of the ACC.

ESPN Classic: The network may telecast live ACC games as well as historic and immediate encore presentations.

ESPN.com: Extensive ACC content, including highlights, will be presented online.

[Jarhead]

No, Fox outbid ESPN for the ACC games, I believe, to start in 2011(?) season.

ricks


ESPN and ACC Reach Exclusive 12-Year Agreement
07/08/2010
- Duke Sports Information



Courtesy: Duke Sports Information
http://www.goduke.com


(More information at the ACC.com)




Thanks for that info, but here is a better link to the story at GoDuke.com. (http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204966646&SPID=1841&SPSID=22634)

[ricks68]

Thanks for the ESPN/FOX clarification. I feel much better now.:D

ricks

[Lord Ash]

On Cablevision, up in northern NJ, it is actually going to be on the Guide channel. Bizarre.

[swood1000]

The fact that the Time Warner schedule shows Davidson at Western Carolina on Fox Atlantic tonight at the time of the Duke game appears even more curious when one considers the fact that Davidson played Western Carolina yesterday. What are the odds that they will add insult to injury and actually show that game?

[Blue in the Face]

MSG+2 is on Time Warner Cable (I think it's channel 198) in New York City.
Yup - I think they only use it when they actually have overflow programming and need the extra channel.

http://garden.msg.com/overflow/d-channel-info.html

[77devil]

The fact that the Time Warner schedule shows Davidson at Western Carolina on Fox Atlantic tonight at the time of the Duke game appears even more curious when one considers the fact that Davidson played Western Carolina yesterday. What are the odds that they will add insult to injury and actually show that game?

I'll venture to say 100%, although it doesn't appear to be malicious. As another poster noted above, in previous years, the FSN Sunday night ACC hoops series was almost always available on FSA. Not so this year, at least so far, for whatever reason(s).

[swood1000]

I'll venture to say 100%, although it doesn't appear to be malicious. As another poster noted above, in previous years, the FSN Sunday night ACC hoops series was almost always available on FSA. Not so this year, at least so far, for whatever reason(s).
I don't know. If showing a game that happened yesterday, instead of the Duke game, isn't malicious, what is it? Perhaps we assume that their awareness doesn't rise to the level of malice.

[CPDUKEGUY24]

the old faithful..


www.atdhe.net

Errr... as of right now it is not listed on their schedule. I usually roll with www.channelsurfing.net , but they too do not have the game listed on their schedule. Unless it magically appears in the next few hours on either of those, I'll be looking for it on Justin TV or going to the watering hole. Unfortunately that watering hole will be in chapel hell. Sheesh

[fisheyes]

I just spent some time with the Cablevision folks here in CT. They say that the game will be on the MSG overflow channels at 8pm. They are channels 414 or 773 (High Def). We'll see....

I suggest that you scroll through your cable lineup on line and scan for the game. Good luck!!!

Go Duke!!!

[JonnyWonder]

At risk of hijacking the thread, anyone know of a good bar to watch the game in NW DC or Alexandria? I can think of a lot of places to watch the game against other opponents, but would rather not be amongst the Terrapin hordes tonight....

[TheRose77]

I just spent some time with the Cablevision folks here in CT. They say that the game will be on the MSG overflow channels at 8pm. They are channels 414 or 773 (High Def). We'll see....

I suggest that you scroll through your cable lineup on line and scan for the game. Good luck!!!

Go Duke!!!

Cablevision in Connecticut will have it on 99 (the guide channel) but I'll check 773 as well. Thanks!

[TheDuckStore]

Game is on.

[ipatent]

Fios Philly area has it on TCN, channel 99.

[towerview road]

Anyone have any ideas? I'm helping out a major Duke fan/Duke mom in SW CT (NYC suburbs). She has Charter cable - can't find it anywhere. I can get it here on NESN, but anyone have any ideas/links to online feeds/etc??

Thanks :)

[Mozyb]

http://www.justin.tv/cbball#

Here's a link to a stream. It's hosted by a UNC fan, but other than the annoying background it works.

[johnb]

I got to watch the last 1:26 on rcn in manhattan. I woulda gone to a sports bar, but my 8 month old seemed unenthused about the prospect. I'd have given up 3 elons for a Maryland. drats...

so if I were to start over, direct tv + tivo works better?