College Football Blacked out constant problem

[majorjello]

I live in Albany, NY.  When it seems there should be no reason to blackout a game (mainly this week -- Syracuse at Louisville).

It's blacked out on SNY and ESPN3.

Not happy with FIOS right now.

If FIOS support wasn't so terrible to try to get a hold of, i'd try calling them.

[Caps09]

Apparently, Time Warner Cable Sports has the rights to show this game in your area. Calling Verizon would do absolutely nothing to change this.

http://www.twcs.tv/

Verizon has no choice but to black out the game on both SNY and ESPN3 because TWCS has the exclusive right to show it there. I don't know if Time Warner Cable Sports is even offered to other providers, but this looks like a way for TWC to keep these games for only its subscribers.

[majorjello]

Ahh, thanks for the info. ...and another reason to hate Time Warner.

[Caps09]

I stumbled across this link- http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-fios-tv-now-bringing-syracuse-university-sports-to-c...

Did anyone here check channel 1 when looking for the game? It looks like any local game that's blacked out from a regional network or ESPN3 in upstate NY is shown on FiOS channel 1.