tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post114434931296955581..comments2023-09-22T13:45:50.991-04:00Comments on Ohio Media Watch: Thursday Afternoon MixOhio Media Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07003503894299610300noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1144386118763990732006-04-07T01:01:00.000-04:002006-04-07T01:01:00.000-04:00it will get done with direct tv by the end of the ...it will get done with direct tv by the end of the month..it is all wrangling over money at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1144383466225960022006-04-07T00:17:00.000-04:002006-04-07T00:17:00.000-04:00Oh, and another point to shoot down the "STO is pu...Oh, and another point to shoot down the "STO is pushing you to TWC" thing - if that were the case, then why did Dish Network get a full-market footprint for STO?<BR/><BR/>It's only DirecTV wrangling with this zone crap.<BR/><BR/>-OMWOhio Media Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003503894299610300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13975530.post-1144383382394846222006-04-07T00:16:00.000-04:002006-04-07T00:16:00.000-04:00Al, I can understand your frustration.But do note ...Al, I can understand your frustration.<BR/><BR/>But do note that there's plenty of Time Warner Cable territory in the area that DirecTV DOES serve up SportsTime Ohio...most notably, pretty much most of the area south of the Ohio Turnpike (Akron/Canton/Youngstown/etc.).<BR/><BR/>If you believe folks like Marc S. at Moohead Radio, it's a "trial balloon" DirecTV is pulling, to divide TV broadcast territories (like the Cleveland Indians' territory) into zones. Zone 1 and 2 would appear to be the big cities in the region, and Zone 3 and 4 appear to be the hinterlands and shared markets (in this case, apparently including Toledo, which also gets Detroit sports).<BR/><BR/>While what you say makes sense on the face of it, we get the idea that STO would like to be in all the homes in the DirecTV Cleveland Indians footprint, no matter what TWC thinks of it.<BR/><BR/>And we believe that day will happen. Sometime.<BR/><BR/>BTW, for those still reading, we've read on Channel 3's website that STO will repeat the home opener, in HDTV, Friday night. Assuming, of course, they play.Ohio Media Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003503894299610300noreply@blogger.com