Directv pecking order on braodcasts

[Snoopy the Celtics Beagle]

Sorry, my mistake.

Ok, let me list the possibilities.

If you live in the local Boston area, and get the FSNE/Comcast local 
channel, then THAT channel is where you tune to get the Celtics 
games, and for the most part, you don't NEED the NBA League Pass.

If you live OUTSIDE the local Boston area, then you get the GAME on 
the appropriate NBALP channel that is showing that night's game (it 
varies, so it's not always the same channel number, sadly, but it'll 
be NBA 1, NBA2, etc.).  However, if you also get the local Celtics 
channel, you CAN get pre- and post- game stuff on the local Celtics 
channel, though the game *itself* will be blacked out.

The "NBAtv" channel (not the one with the ads, the one with actual 
programming) is the one you use if the game is broadcast on NBAtv 
(unless you are in Local Boston area, then you *might* get both, 
depending on which feed NBAtv uses)

DirecTV just carries the feed, they really don't know much about it.

Hope this helps.

At 03:30 PM 12/28/2007, Bob Strauss wrote:

>Snoopy,
>
>Sorry if I wasn't clear. It is your great Celtics listing I use to 
>know all this channel stuff!
>
>But what I meant was that after these channels (TNT, ESPN), then 
>which ones do I use?
>If 601 (NBA) is an option along with 620 (Fox NE, I think), and 657 
>(NBA package channel), which of those is the one carrying the game? 
>Is there a rule for picking the right one among those?
>
>I've tried calling Directv and for some reason they aren't into 
>sports, so they cannot seem to answer the question.
>
>Hope this is clearer. Thanks again,
>
>Bob
>
>Snoopy wrote:
>"None of the League Pass channels carry a game that is broadcast on
>national TV.  You will have to set your tv to record the game on TNT,
>ESPN, etc., depending on who is actually broadcasting that game.  It
>might be originally listed on a League pass channel, but it WILL be
>blacked out."

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