TV Coverage for this weeks game

[1989]

This is insane. 

[UnluckyforSome]

No one here really talks much Panthers unless they are winning. SEC football, that's another story completely. Lo and behold, we will get the game here.

[PNW_PantherMan]

19 minutes ago, 1989 said:

This is insane. 

I never thought the Panthers would be an out of market game from NC lol.  Unless they moved somewhere else.

[Panthercougar68]

Greensboro folks are the real MVP right now Updated map shows FOX 8 is back to Panthers Cardinals Fox 50 in Raleigh still being Hella lame

[Panthercougar68]

The fact that it changes quickly shows it’s the local affiliates that have the power, and they are lying if they say they don’t

[3838]

27 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

Greensboro folks are the real MVP right now Updated map shows FOX 8 is back to Panthers Cardinals Fox 50 in Raleigh still being Hella lame

Of course half of Wake County are from NYC ( Long Island) the other half are from Buffalo. ("I'ma buyin' uh house ova' hea'"). I'm sure I'm the only native Carolinian in the Raleigh area.

[Waldo]

They will show whoever gets them viewers to watch advertisements. 

I can't remember this happening since they got rid of the blackout TV mess they used to do. This screams of the reality of the entire Panther situation. 

[Davidson Deac II]

24 minutes ago, Waldo said:

They will show whoever gets them viewers to watch advertisements. 

I can't remember this happening since they got rid of the blackout TV mess they used to do. This screams of the reality of the entire Panther situation. 

Fwiw, they haven't gotten rid of the blackout policy.  But they suspend it each year.  Which is a fairly silly way to do it.  

I do think though that the NFL has some deal with the networks or some kind of arrangement to show the local teams.  

If they didn't, we would always see Cowboy/Green Bay/Steeler games.  

[Ornias]

The blackout policy in the face of everything being available online is silly. 

[ProcessBlue2]

Be grateful you get to spend your time doing something else. 

Edited 9 hours ago by ProcessBlue2

[Waldo]

30 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Fwiw, they haven't gotten rid of the blackout policy.  But they suspend it each year.  Which is a fairly silly way to do it.  

I do think though that the NFL has some deal with the networks or some kind of arrangement to show the local teams.  

If they didn't, we would always see Cowboy/Green Bay/Steeler games.  

It's crazy the blackout thing still exists.

The local networks play whoever will get views. I think it's all in the broadcast deals they have with the NFL. The viewers dictate who they air by who they think will tune in. It's not been an issue here since early days that I know of.

[Shotgun]

2 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

I never thought the Panthers would be an out of market game from NC lol.  Unless they moved somewhere else.

[Davidson Deac II]

26 minutes ago, Waldo said:

It's crazy the blackout thing still exists.

The local networks play whoever will get views. I think it's all in the broadcast deals they have with the NFL. The viewers dictate who they air by who they think will tune in. It's not been an issue here since early days that I know of.

I looked it up and the local affiliates are required to show away games if they are considered in the regional market (as greensboro is).  They are not required to show the home games.

[PantherInTheBullCity]

I'm not sure how much control regional affiliates have over what game they're showing. I've heard conflicting things.

I sent in a message to Fox national. Not sure how much it'll do but since they switched the Greensboro game back to ours, hopefully if they hear from enough people we'll get the game in the Triangle too.

This is 100% the network hoping to get eyeballs from Philly transplants and holdover fans of whatever the team in DC is calling itself now.