Bobcat's Ridiculous Broadcast Situation

[captaincrunk]

I don't even live in the Carolinas, so I'm not bothered

[adam187]

dumas

yesssss?

[QC Thundercats]

Dumas?

[IshHappens]

Oh yeah I remember the WCCB and WJZY days, hell they even had a studio show with Gerry Vailaincourt before games in the WJZY days.....man what happened, lol. I know they have the one with FSN now but still, that was cool as hell to have a local over the air station doing that.

WJZY was the best. Steve Martin and Gil McGregor at the booth, Gerry's pregame show. Every game on basic cable. It was amazing. Now I have to settle for shoddy Internet streams that sometimes look as good as scrambled porn. I just don't understand how an NBA team in the year 2012 could have a TV deal that doesn't allow a good chunk of their surrounding area to watch them play. Especially one that could use all the fans they can get. Blows my mind.

[spectre]

From the Bucks' board:

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/view...f=21&t=1178308

Some of you (I know Newz was interested) may remember a while back a a discussion on ditching cable/satellite. I would have, long ago, were it not for sports. If you want to watch your local teams, a cable or satellite provider is almost a requirement.

But I said I was going to investigate a VPN service that would allow me to have an IP outside my market. A couple months ago I started using what is consistently considered one or the best VPN services out there. I signed up for both an international (Netherlands in particular) IP (for torrenting TV and movies) and domestic IP. I've been using it consistently and it works great.

But starting last night I ordered a month of MLB.tv so I could watch Harper and Trout when they were on. The service is the best there is for sports. If you're a baseball fan it's a must have.

But they key to everything came today, when I wanted to see if I could use my domestic IP to watch the Brewers.

First I tried it without the VPN on the oft chance I was considered out of market. No dice, I was blacked out here in Eau Claire.

Then I connected to my VPN. It gave me an IP based in Alaska. I tried again, and up popped the Brewer game. Even over the bandwidth limited VPN the broadcast looked beautiful. Gamechanger. The next step will be to get a VPN friendly router so all my devices (Apple TV, iPad/Phone, 360) will work over the VPN and I can watch broadcasts on my TV.

A way around it appears.

[kickazzz2000]

Dumas?

thats the one!

[captaincrunk]

From the Bucks' board:

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/view...f=21&t=1178308



A way around it appears.

I'm guessing most know about this, but it's not really a solution. It's a band aid.

[spectre]

I'm guessing most know about this, but it's not really a solution. It's a band aid.

If you've been having to rely on crap streams that may or may not work during the game like a lot of us have then it's pretty huge. The particular link I posted gives a (proven) alternative to that...something most haven't had up til now.

Over the years I've seen that this was possible but I've never encountered anyone who actually had it work. I tried something like this last year and as soon as I went to RealGM it came up saying I was trying to hide my VPN and I was permanently banned. I removed it and the "ban" went away.

[captaincrunk]

If you've been having to rely on crap streams that may or may not work during the game like a lot of us have then it's pretty huge. The particular link I posted gives a (proven) alternative to that...something most haven't had up til now.

Over the years I've seen that this was possible but I've never encountered anyone who actually had it work. I tried something like this last year and as soon as I went to RealGM it came up saying I was trying to hide my VPN and I was permanently banned. I removed it and the "ban" went away.

Hide your VPN? Do you mean IP? I'll bet they have several IP addresses of well known proxies banned.

[spectre]

Hide your VPN? Do you mean IP? I'll bet they have several IP addresses of well known proxies banned.

Probably (on both counts).

Just saying, it's going to be a LONG time before a lot of us have access to 82 Bobcats' games.