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monkey44
Nomad II
Aug 27, 2022

Streaming and Blackouts

Can someone explain why a home game team - Rays vs Red Sox - plays on Apple TV app but is blacked out at home. We live in Tampa area and Apple is requiring us to buy the app monthly to watch it on my phone -

Baseball on my phone ?? Not for this fan, we bought a big screen to watch sports. I can't imagine watching a baseball game on a 2x4 inch screen. But I thought it was illegal to black out a home game and force us to pay for home team.

We normally get Rays games - home and away - on our cable. But tonight it's not on, but only Apple app.

I'm pretty confused - if anyone can explain why, I'd appreciate it.
Thx M44
  • jorbill2or's avatar
    jorbill2or
    Explorer II
    Aug 27, 2022
    Plus the “Apple TV “ app isn’t just to play for your phone. It can be on any smart tv. It’s a steaming service, like Netflix. Roku, firetv , androidtv, etc all have the appletv app.
    Most home games in most sports are blacked out around the actual game location on non paying tv , aren’t they? Most teams require it so attendance at the game isn’t harmed. It’s always been that way hasn’t it?
    I would bet appletv bought the rights to the game and your cable company doesn’t have them.

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