CoopInTheHouse 40 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain will close down at the end of the year; Full time employees are now laid off. The Rockies are considering new broadcast rights to Altitude Sports and Entertainment, or just air their games on public access/MLB.TV like the other rejects. The network is temporarily operating as SportsNet Rocky Mountain to last the rest of the year. Here’s the logo: 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 992 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 I'm sure MLB is going to push hard to get them to join the MLB Local bandwagon. Considering the other two MLB takeovers are in the National League West, it makes sense for Colorado to join the pack. Makes me wonder if MLB is considering making local off-shoot of MLB Network for these cities to supply content and have a full time channel for the teams? MLB Network San Diego/Arizona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoopInTheHouse 40 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 4 hours ago, A3N said: Makes me wonder if MLB is considering making local off-shoot of MLB Network for these cities to supply content and have a full time channel for the teams? MLB Network San Diego/Arizona? Now, how would that even be possible? MLB Network is a PAY TV channel, so it’d be near impossible to make a local version of the channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 680 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, CoopInTheHouse said: Now, how would that even be possible? MLB Network is a PAY TV channel, so it’d be near impossible to make a local version of the channel. Technically, such a concept could develop localized RSN-like sub-feeds that carry the main MLBN national schedule most of the time, and allow for breakaways for games and team-related programming. However, MLBN carries some live game broadcasts during the MLB regular season and postseason that games from local teams could preempt, so it’s not the most feasible option. Creating a group of local MLBN channels separate from the national version is a non-starter because of the potential impact on carriage fees for carrying both. Edited October 8 by T.L. Hughes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 992 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, CoopInTheHouse said: Now, how would that even be possible? MLB Network is a PAY TV channel, so it’d be near impossible to make a local version of the channel. Well, what San Diego and Arizona have with MLB is still a pay tv channel. Nothing has changed there except who's running it (and that its no longer a 24/7 channel). Who knows if MLB even has an appetite to make games available OTA- for free. Obviously they won't be able to command high sub fees but can get something in return to the clubs and tie-in any carriage deals to the main network. This off season will determine what the future is with MLB and broadcasting locally. They did not exactly create this in-house media department just to be used for less than one season. There must be more to this than meets the eye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoopInTheHouse 40 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 On 10/7/2023 at 10:48 AM, CoopInTheHouse said: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain will close down at the end of the year; Full time employees are now laid off. The Rockies are considering new broadcast rights to Altitude Sports and Entertainment, or just air their games on public access/MLB.TV like the other rejects. The network is temporarily operating as SportsNet Rocky Mountain to last the rest of the year. Here’s the logo: SIKE! SportsNet Rocky Mountain actually closed down 2 weeks after I made that post (6 days ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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