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Friday, November 2, 2007

Brighthouse won't carry FSN. . . who is to blame?

This year the Orlando Magic decided to let FSN carry the home games. Only problem? The local cable company doesn't carry FSN. Who is at fault?
The Magic organization should have had a bit more foresight and done a bit more work prior to agreeing to a deal with FSN, and had done they done so while communicating with Brighthouse, things might be different now. I think now Brighthouse feels "forced" to add in FSN. When it all comes down to it. . . it makes no sense that other markets would get FSN included, and ours does not. Why would we be any different? Only because Brighthouse is playing hardball. Just make our package comparable to that of other sports cities. . . Brighthouse is ultimately at fault for treating us differently. I took the liberty of checking other markets that Brighthouse services that are sports markets. Detroit carries FSN in its basic cable package. Indianapolis carries FSN. Bakersfield, California carries FSN. Birmingham carries FSN. Tampa- our neighbors- get FSN. And when I say these places get FSN, I mean, it is included as part of their standard cable packages. This is all available to see at brighthouse.com. I find it ridiculous that these other markets would get FSN and we would be denied it, especially now that our only hometown team has taken up residence on the network. If anything, Brighthouse should be giving it to us without being begged, as a show of how dedicated they are to serving a city of Orlando that clearly showed they support the Orlando Magic when they approved the arena deal. I don't know how often it is a cable carrier gets their market research done for them via public vote. . .

1 comment:

Household Help said...

Good thing I have FiOS from Verizon..FSN is included!!