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Danbury should not get NESN....that town borders NY.
Folks CT is not only in NE but also the NYC tri state region...Theo and Larry need to understand it is not divine RSN like the other NE states.:ma d:
I am sorry but even though I live in CONNECTICUT (Fairfield County) I would like to watch LOCAL CT weather not NY!
NY is not my Local Area! I DO NOT LIVE IN NY I LIVE IN CT! But that is another pet peeve!
I want to be able to watch NESN is there ANYWAY that I can subscribe or pay an extra fee in order to watch live RedSox or Bruins games??
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I am sorry but even though I live in CONNECTICUT (Fairfield County) I would like to watch LOCAL CT weather not NY!
NY is not my Local Area! I DO NOT LIVE IN NY I LIVE IN CT! But that is another pet peeve!
I want to be able to watch NESN is there ANYWAY that I can subscribe or pay an extra fee in order to watch live RedSox or Bruins games??
Channel 12 on Optimum Altice.
"As Local as Local gets"
I believe the Yankees and Mets claim Fairfield County for their territory. Not 100% sure what the rules are with the NBA and NHL.
The poster from Danbury makes a valid point...but it is in Farfield County. Meanwhile, a friend of mine lives in Stratford and says he doesn't even get channel 8 (ABC) or 59 (MY) from New Haven. He's no more than a mile (straight line) from the Housatonic River.
I am sorry but even though I live in CONNECTICUT (Fairfield County) I would like to watch LOCAL CT weather not NY!
NY is not my Local Area! I DO NOT LIVE IN NY I LIVE IN CT! But that is another pet peeve!
I want to be able to watch NESN is there ANYWAY that I can subscribe or pay an extra fee in order to watch live RedSox or Bruins games??
This thread is almost 12 years old. That said, if you want Connecticut weather, watch Connecticut stations. They cover most if not all of the state.
Cable companies negotiate with television stations and sports networks to broadcast them. Some carry all of them, some do not. You do not say where you live or who your cable company is so it’s hard comment further. If you do not like the service your cable provider has, there are alternatives. You can also file complaints with the station and the state to try to get them to provide the services you want. Of course the cable companies need a lot of complaints before they change things. God luck, Jay
Here is the breakdown of which teams claim which territories:
MLB: Yankees and Mets claim all of CT. Red Sox claim all of CT except Fairfield County. The NESN that would be available in FFC would be NESN National, which airs most programming, but blacks out Red Sox (and Bruins) games.
NBA: This is more broken down by ZIP code than by county. The Celtics generally claim ZIP's beginning with 060-063. The Knicks and Nets claim 064-069. However, the hard dividing line is relaxed a little bit when it comes to cable. Cox's Meriden franchise carries NBC Sports Boston and does not black out Celtics games, and their Manchester and Enfield franchises allow Nets games on YES. And the areas along the Hartford/New Haven/Middlesex county line areas are strange when you use the NBA League Pass blackout tool lookup. Some towns indicate that League Pass would black out the Celtics and one NY team, but not the other NY team. Since MSG Network is not carried on many cable systems north of New Haven, there are some areas where Knicks fans are totally shut out because the League Pass (and NBA Network games) are blacked out as well because they are deemed in-market. Some cable systems have been allowed to relax the rules on NBA TV if they don't carry MSG.
NHL: The league has a 75 mile rule where a team's exclusive territory is anywhere within 75 miles of the arena. However, teams can claim areas outside the 75 mile radius. The Bruins territory mirrors that of the Red Sox: all of CT except FFC. The Rangers, Islanders, and Devils all claim FFC, but only the Rangers claim areas beyond that. The Rangers claim all of CT except Windham County, because it is within 75 miles of TD Garden (plus the fact that they have their AHL affiliate in Hartford). However, the lack of MSG limits their exposure north of New Haven unless people have Frontier, DirecTV, or Fubo.
I want to be able to watch NESN is there ANYWAY that I can subscribe or pay an extra fee in order to watch live RedSox or Bruins games??
You can watch the soon to be exposed as cheaters Red Sox on NESN on Direct TV in Fairfield County or you can purchase the MLB Package.
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