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Hobson reported it on the .com before florio.

Yeah - I cancelled my season tix - couldnt justify the cost right now. I have tix to a couple games. One good thing - Im outside the blackout area.

Another good thing - live streaming on the interwebs. Its better than nothing i suppose.

I wonder if I'll get it here in southern Kentucky. Do you have a map of the tv schedule?

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Hobson reported it on the .com before florio.

Yeah - I cancelled my season tix - couldnt justify the cost right now. I have tix to a couple games. One good thing - Im outside the blackout area.

Another good thing - live streaming on the interwebs. Its better than nothing i suppose.

I wonder if I'll get it here in southern Kentucky. Do you have a map of the tv schedule?

You won't be blacked out from seeing it at a bar, etc. But I doubt it'll be the featured game on your local TV. And if you're local TV is Lexington then you definately won't get it.

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I'm in far south Kentucky on the Tennessee border. The Titans play at 1:00 and the Bengals play at 4:00.

Edit: Scratch that I was talking about this week instead of next week. They are the closest 1:00 game on fox to where I live. Lions/Vikings, Saints/Texans, and Giants/Eagles are the only other 1:00 games. I hope I don't get stuck with the Saints/Texans instead of the Bengals!

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Well I found the site that shows the viewing area for each of the games, but it does not have week 3 up yet. Here is this weeks games for those that need to look at it.

CBS Coverage Map for the Bengals Week 2

Yes! I get to watch the Bengals after work today. Hope they pull out another win.

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So where does one go these days to view streaming games? I don't want to be stuck watching the miserable Browns/Indy game today either. :) (hoping to find/watch the Lions/Chiefs game)

Hoosier usually comes up with a few. Last week the 1st link worked until halftime, then quit. I switched to a second for the rest of the game until CBS went to Cleveland to cover the last of the 4th quarter.

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So where does one go these days to view streaming games? I don't want to be stuck watching the miserable Browns/Indy game today either. :) (hoping to find/watch the Lions/Chiefs game)

Hoosier usually comes up with a few. Last week the 1st link worked until halftime, then quit. I switched to a second for the rest of the game until CBS went to Cleveland to cover the last of the 4th quarter.

Thanks, glad the Dept of Homeland Security is so busy protecting us from streaming web sites showing NFL games though, gotta protect those billionaires first.

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http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2011/09/17/next-sundays-game-will-be-blacked-out/

The Bengals announced on Saturday that next Sunday’s home opener against San Francisco, which was supposed to be televised by Fox, will be blacked out in the home market cities of Cincinnati, Dayton and Lexington, Ky. Yes, even if you live in the 75-mile blackout radius or are in the home markets and have DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket, you will be blacked out.

The two preseason games drew two of the five lowest-attended games in Paul Brown Stadium history, including a record 39,797 for the Sept. 1 game against Indianapolis. The regular-season mark at PBS is 42,092 for the Dec. 15, 2002, game against Jacksonville.

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/>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2011/09/17/next-sundays-game-will-be-blacked-out/

The Bengals announced on Saturday that next Sunday’s home opener against San Francisco, which was supposed to be televised by Fox, will be blacked out in the home market cities of Cincinnati, Dayton and Lexington, Ky. Yes, even if you live in the 75-mile blackout radius or are in the home markets and have DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket, you will be blacked out.

The two preseason games drew two of the five lowest-attended games in Paul Brown Stadium history, including a record 39,797 for the Sept. 1 game against Indianapolis. The regular-season mark at PBS is 42,092 for the Dec. 15, 2002, game against Jacksonville.

Is this true? Even if you have DirecTv's Sunday Ticket, you still don't get to see the game? That is completely ridiculous. You are paying what, three hundred bucks or something to get all the NFL games and you still don't get the one you really want?

This no sellout/blackout policy doesn't work. Not enough interest in your product? Take it off TV! Makes no sense. What little I know about marketing, brand identity, etc., says get as much exposure for your product as you can. The more you are on TV, the more people see you, the more interest you generate in your team. Central Ohio isn't in the blackout radius, so I still get to see them most of the time.

An NFL game on tv is a 3 hour infomercial for your team.

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Hobson reported it on the .com before florio.

Yeah - I cancelled my season tix - couldnt justify the cost right now. I have tix to a couple games. One good thing - Im outside the blackout area.

Another good thing - live streaming on the interwebs. Its better than nothing i suppose.

I wonder if I'll get it here in southern Kentucky. Do you have a map of the tv schedule?

I Live in E town and all the games are on here out of Louisville and Lexington channels

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Is this true? Even if you have DirecTv's Sunday Ticket, you still don't get to see the game? That is completely ridiculous. You are paying what, three hundred bucks or something to get all the NFL games and you still don't get the one you really want?

Check this out.

Because a local area network was showing the Raider-Bills game it couldn't be shown on Sunday Ticket in the Los Angeles area. But because Los Angeles has also been declared a secondary market for the San Diego Chargers the NFL claims it is contractually obligated to switch from live coverage of the Raider/Bills game to the start of the Chargers game against New England.

And that's exactly what they did.

In fact, they switched coverage to another game on third down and goal to go with less than 20 seconds remaining in a game the Raiders led by less than a TD. And just to complete the picture, the Bills had the ball. They scored of course.

Crazier still, immediately after leaving the Raider-Bills game Los Angeles viewers were treated to six commercials and two local station promos before joining the Charger game, which hadn't even started yet.

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Is this true? Even if you have DirecTv's Sunday Ticket, you still don't get to see the game? That is completely ridiculous. You are paying what, three hundred bucks or something to get all the NFL games and you still don't get the one you really want?

Check this out.

Because a local area network was showing the Raider-Bills game it couldn't be shown on Sunday Ticket in the Los Angeles area. But because Los Angeles has also been declared a secondary market for the San Diego Chargers the NFL claims it is contractually obligated to switch from live coverage of the Raider/Bills game to the start of the Chargers game against New England.

And that's exactly what they did.

In fact, they switched coverage to another game on third down and goal to go with less than 20 seconds remaining in a game the Raiders led by less than a TD. And just to complete the picture, the Bills had the ball. They scored of course.

Crazier still, immediately after leaving the Raider-Bills game Los Angeles viewers were treated to six commercials and two local station promos before joining the Charger game, which hadn't even started yet.

Sounds like all the right people got paid. The viewers/fans? Who really cares. Signed - Roger Goodell and 32 crusty old white guys.

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Sounds like all the right people got paid. The viewers/fans? Who really cares. Signed - Roger Goodell and 32 crusty old white guys.

I don't know about that, when I view Arthur Blank I see kind of a Mocha version of Mr. Tweed from Family Guy. (Of coarse all real Family Guy fans know he is now dead.)

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