What Happened To NBA TV?

[ADW]

I'm a subscriber to NBA League Pass on In-Demand and although I get to watch all of the games, the NBA TV channel has suddenly gone away. In replace of NBA TV I instead get NBA League Pass Preview Channel. This sucks. All day they only show commercials for why I need NBA League Pass, I already have NBA League Pass!

On NBA TV there's the column to the right with scores from around the league while the highlights of the nights games are being shown to the left.

[mvb34]

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You need to call your local cable or satilliate provider!!

[SC3BBall]

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This sucks. All day they only show commercials for why I need NBA League Pass, I already have NBA League Pass!


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thats lame

[TBBucsAvrilFan]

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did u try both channal 720 and 601 if so you should call.

[DueceDiggla]

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They're starting to use the NBA TV channel as a regular NBA channel.

[stc888]

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so you wont be able to access the channel unless you have NBA League Pass anymore? what do you mean by "changing it to a regular NBA channel?"

[DueceDiggla]

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The NBA channel usually plays old classic games and also has a little radio show on before the games get underway each night. Showing highlights of each game through out the night etc......

Now it seems like they're using that channel to show a game that is being played that night. Its hard to explain if you don't have league pass.

[toneloc99]

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I think it must be a free preview or they jacked it up. Pretty lame either way I usually check it for score updates and to see any highlights I missed.

[Lando33]

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it really sucks and I get the feeling that it won't be back anytime soon. It really was the best bball channel on TV. As a baseketball junkie I could keep that channel on for hours on end. It was great b/c not only did they show classic NBa specials, classic games, and more but they showed extended highlights as they happen as well as in depth nightly recaps. Their highlights tripled ESPN's in length. It was always too good to be true b/c even if you didn't get league pass, you could still get this channel with basic digital cable and tha dish. this really blows.

[Graphik]

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I think its just a preview for a while, b/c mabey there doing thier free promotion again like at the beggening of the season.
I sure hope so.

[marque1d]

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NBA TV is going to be relaunched on Feb. 11. One of the key things it will offer is programming in HDTV.

Here’s an article that discusses the new NBA TV
NBA TV Readies Tip-Off

Mediaweek Feature -- David Stern's High-Def Vision




<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">[/b]By the start of the 2004-05 NBA season, Stern predicts, NBA TV's entire schedule, including all of the live game telecasts, will be shot and produced in high-def. "We're hoping to air more than 8,000 hours annually of programming in high-definition," he explains. "Certainly the live games and all the new programming. The classic stuff from our archives might be bit slower since we will need to go back and upgrade it so it can be shown in high-definition."

The ultimate goal? To be "all things basketball, all the time, a 24/7 network devoted exclusively to basketball," insists Stern. In addition to NBA and WNBA games, the network will also carry NBA developmental-league games (sort of an NBA minor league) and NBA summer-league games. Stern even envisions the network eventually airing some college and high-school basketball games from around the country. "I would liken it to the Golf Channel or the Speed Channel, but with more live programming," he says.

That said, Stern stresses that NBA TV is not being relaunched to compete with the NBA telecasts on ABC, ESPN and Turner, but rather to supplement them. He points out that since ABC will be televising only one game on Sundays this season, as opposed to the doubleheaders and tripleheaders that NBC aired in seasons past, the NBA TV games will not create an oversaturation. Also, NBA TV's limited distribution makes its reach far more modest than ABC's ubiquitous presence across the country...

The ad-supported NBA TV will be repped and sold by an NBA Entertainment sales staff. Stern says initial ad dollars will come from current NBA "marketing partners" (read: an add-on to their existing expenditures), but down the road other inventory will be sold in the scatter market. "By the time we relaunch, we should have about 20-25 advertisers involved," Stern believes. "We will make sure our marketing partners get first crack at filling sponsorships in their product categories, and then open it up to others." The main source of revenue, however, will come from cable operators, admits Stern, who adds he expects the network to be profitable three to four years after the relaunch.[/b]


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[ADW]

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It appears that NBA TV is now only available to those who have Direct TV. Even though I have a subscription to NBA League Pass on In Demand, I no longer get NBA TV, but instead I get the League Pass Preview Channel. This really blows! The NBA recently signed a deal with Direct TV a few weeks ago which gives them exclusive rights to NBA TV. With that said I won't be subscribing to NBA League Pass anymore after the season is over.