Submitted by Bob B. (not verified) on May 15, 2008 - 12:29am.
The only reason the Braves are so popular in the Triangle (and lots of other places) is because their games were on TBS for so long. With the free ride on TBS gone, this is why MASN wants basic cable carriage. If they are the only channel with baseball every day, the teams on the channel will get more and more popular there. As for the Braves games, you will get every Braves game that you currently are blacked out of, with the rest available on MLB Extra Innings if you are willing to pay for it.
I don't care if a sports channel is carried on basic cable or not, but I can't think of a regional sports network anywhere that Time Warner carries on digital cable within its designated region rather than basic.
Time Warner and MASN
The only reason the Braves are so popular in the Triangle (and lots of other places) is because their games were on TBS for so long. With the free ride on TBS gone, this is why MASN wants basic cable carriage. If they are the only channel with baseball every day, the teams on the channel will get more and more popular there. As for the Braves games, you will get every Braves game that you currently are blacked out of, with the rest available on MLB Extra Innings if you are willing to pay for it.
I don't care if a sports channel is carried on basic cable or not, but I can't think of a regional sports network anywhere that Time Warner carries on digital cable within its designated region rather than basic.