Fistfullofbeer
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Luckily we have till the 14th before the first ROOT game is aired. The one on the 12th against the Knights will be on ESPN+.
Hoping that its in place by then.
TV Broadcast thread- Root Sports, ESPN etc
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Hoping that its in place by then.
Puckrobber
Backup Netminder
I'm now down in Arizona, and was hoping to have ROOT available for pre & post game shows. However, DISH has taken them, and AT&T Sportsnet, who covers the Knights, off the guide. I'm assuming due to money issues. 
trellaine201
Registered User
Hello. I want to watch your local broadcast. Is every game broadcast locally and if soon what channel? Or network. Thanks
trellaine201
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Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
ROOT sports for most of the local viewers. Some games will be on ESPN as a national broadcast. I am not sure who is doing the out-of-area games since NHL Center Ice is not available any more. I believe it is ESPN though that is handling that.
trellaine201
Registered User
List of new ROOT Sports carriage deals has some notable omissions
As of right now Directv and Directv Stream does not have a deal to air kraken games, if one isn’t reach Root will show alternate programming when games occur.
Looks likey Comcast and root came to a new agreement recently and Comcast will air Kraken games.
As of right now Directv and Directv Stream does not have a deal to air kraken games, if one isn’t reach Root will show alternate programming when games occur.
Looks likey Comcast and root came to a new agreement recently and Comcast will air Kraken games.
The Marquis
Moderator
My 95 year old grandmother, who lives in East Wenatchee and has Charter and ROOT was not able to watch the game despite wanting to because for some god forsaken reason she… in the middle of WA got the goddamned Montana State football game. f*** you, root sports. Get your head out of your ass. Or charter. Whoever is at fault here. Dumb. Wenatchee for f***s sake. A hockey crazy town with a bchl team doesn’t get Kraken games. I got it in the Columbia River Gorge, an hour further away from Seattle. Gahhhh. Just sad my grandma didn’t get to watch it with my dad tonight. Montana state football. What a joke.
Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
Thats a bummer man. Sorry to hear it.
I have two ROOT channels with Fubo. One of them was playing a football game and the other the Kraken one.
Puckrobber
Backup Netminder
Former Stevenson Bulldog, here! (The Gorge is a beautiful place. )
I feel for Granny. Just moved to Kingman, Arizona and found out that I'm in the viewing area of both the Kings & the Knights. So, I can't watch tonight's game between the two of them. I have DISH, and they didn't renew the contract for either AT&T Sportsnet (Vegas) or ROOT (Seattle).
Scomerica
Registered User
I don't think anyone in Seattle likes Root sports. I like the production of it, the hosts etc but the accessibility of it is awful for non cable subscribers. Fubo tv is expensive if you don't have cable compared to Sling TV which I used for Fox Sports, ESPN etc. There is also no Root Sports app for the firestick to stream the games which is super annoying meaning I have to do so on my laptop.
The Marquis
Moderator
At least 13 of the games will be televised nationally, and at least half of those on hulu/espn+ exclusively for those who can't get ROOT or Can and get the dumb Idaho/Montana version is the literal center of Washington state.
Got my email Friday that Fubo made their agreement with root and will be showing kraken games. Blazers too and those other two teams up north.
Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
And also a notice saying that hey will raise the price of the package by another $6 a month ..
I skipped that lol. I'm thinking I'm just going to switch back to Hulu.And also a notice saying that hey will raise the price of the package by another $6 a month ..
Local blackouts will apply if you’re in the broadcast area. VPN will negate that if you’re on a PC
Scomerica
Registered User
Got to say i've enjoyed the Root sports broadcasts for the Kraken so far. Like the production and the hosts/presenters.
My only gripe is that Root is a pain in the ass to get if you don't have cable. You'd be as well having cable for what a FUBO TV subscription costs. I wish they could find a way to put it on a more affordable platform like Sling TV (even the hard to get PAC12 network has it on Sling). Other grip is that there is no Root sports app for the firestick but there is for my phone, so have to either watch on my phone or laptop plugged into tv.
Part of the Sounders popularity from day one (apart from a successful team) is that most broadcasts are accessible and countering on the Seahawks, Huskies, Mariners sucking and the Sonics leaving (most Seattle teams are struggling this year apart from the Sounders). Either on free to air channels like Fox or on ESPN/FS1. Seahawks are big due to being an NFL team but all broadcasts are mostly on CBS, Fox, NBC or one game a season on ESPN.
I want to confirm as well. For the Vancouver game tomorrow, is the broadcast on ESPN+ here in Seattle?
My only gripe is that Root is a pain in the ass to get if you don't have cable. You'd be as well having cable for what a FUBO TV subscription costs. I wish they could find a way to put it on a more affordable platform like Sling TV (even the hard to get PAC12 network has it on Sling). Other grip is that there is no Root sports app for the firestick but there is for my phone, so have to either watch on my phone or laptop plugged into tv.
Part of the Sounders popularity from day one (apart from a successful team) is that most broadcasts are accessible and countering on the Seahawks, Huskies, Mariners sucking and the Sonics leaving (most Seattle teams are struggling this year apart from the Sounders). Either on free to air channels like Fox or on ESPN/FS1. Seahawks are big due to being an NFL team but all broadcasts are mostly on CBS, Fox, NBC or one game a season on ESPN.
I want to confirm as well. For the Vancouver game tomorrow, is the broadcast on ESPN+ here in Seattle?
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Yes in the states its ESPN+, Cbc in canada.
The thing is with other stream options RSNs is too expensive for the other streaming providers to want to pick up for what viewership the networks get.
The thing is with other stream options RSNs is too expensive for the other streaming providers to want to pick up for what viewership the networks get.
The Kraken/NHL are dropping the ball on this.
First home game ever and it’s not televised locally. I don’t have ESPN+, my work doesn’t have ESPN+. Dumb on so many levels. It should be on Root or KONG/KING.
First home game ever and it’s not televised locally. I don’t have ESPN+, my work doesn’t have ESPN+. Dumb on so many levels. It should be on Root or KONG/KING.
That's not how the contracts work. ESPN and TNT get first crack at the games. ESPN selects theirs then TNT selects theirs and everything else after that goes to the local team's RSN.
ESPN has well within their right to make it a ESPN+ game dumb yes but they had the contractual right to do that.
Plus ESPN+ is bloody cheap.
That's not how it works. The National networks always gets first crack at the games. Not their fault our arena wasn't done on time with having our first home game is on a Saturday.
The Marquis
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