Any updates on receiving CSNCA with different cable providers?

by uci anteater on Mar 13, 2009 4:55 PM PDT Comment 38 comments

I was just wondering if anybody had an update regarding receiving CSNCA with DirecTV or any non-Comcast cable provider?? Hopefully something gets worked out.

I have Comcast Standard Cable myself. When I turn on my set, I still do not receive CSNCA (channel 89 on Comcast.) I learned that since I get my cable "through the wall" , or without a box, I will need to get one of the new digital cable adapter boxes that Comcast is distributing free of charge.

The phone number for a Comcast digital adapter box is: 1-877-634-4434. http://www.comcast.com/digitalnow/

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Comcast analog cable

I’m also on Comcast standard analog cable (no set top box), but if you have a newer tv with a built-in digital tuner (or one of those converter boxes that people are getting for over the air signals) you’ll find that they’re already sending digital versions of some channels. I get CSN-CA on channel 105.4 (or 105-4).

Also, I found that that website for their digital conversion is useless – after I entered my information, it said I needed to call them instead. (I finally called and got my adapters this week, but haven’t installed them yet.)

black dirt live again

by andeux on Mar 13, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's right

Comcast’s own digital conversion has created a situation where a lot more channels are available on Clear QAM than before. It used to be that only broadcast channels and a handful of basic cable channels (Discovery, CSPAN1/2, shopping) were available. Now all of basic and much of expanded basic is now on there, including ESPN/ESPN2, CSNBA/CSNCA, TNT, TBS, USA, FX, and all three news networks. It’s great for someone like me who runs his own homebrew DVR.

If you’re a basic cable subscriber and you happen to have a digital TV, this is worth looking into. There’s a learning curve as the channel locations are a difficult to figure out at first, but if Comcast keeps it this way it’s worth it.

by vertig0 on Mar 13, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the correct terminology. I’ve been curious about these stations since we got a new TV a couple of months ago, since (as the wikipedia article notes) they are not officially documented anywhere.

black dirt live again

by andeux on Mar 13, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Forgot the best part

No cable box rental! Always a good thing.

by vertig0 on Mar 13, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did what andeux did

and found the CSN-CA channel on 99-10. I assume it’d be the same for others in the Pittsburg/Antioch area.

by greala on Mar 14, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

DirecTV

They continue to get me the same generic email that Comcast and DirecTV are in ongoing negotiations. When I call they tell me thinks DO NOT look too promising. DirecTV subscribers be prepared to watch the A’s strictly on the competitions channel with their broadcast team.

I continue on, writing 3 emails a week to DirecTV however I see the same reply every single time.

by HRH on Mar 13, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Keep at it HRH

I also actually tried to call DirecTV to voice my complaint (even though I have Comcast) but you need an account # to actually speak to a real person unless you are a new customer.

I was hinking of getting DirecTV because it is cheaper and better than Comcast but if it means no A’s games then forget about it.

by uci anteater on Mar 14, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pucking behind, can someone explain?

What exactly is the deal with the A’s and television these days? Are they no longer on CSNBA? What happened to KICU? I have direcTV, from the sounds of the post above, does this I do not receive CSNCA and thus will watch under 10 A’s games in this upcoming season? Thanks in advance!

by Pucking Insane on Mar 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

the A's didn't renew their contract with KICU

so there are no broadcast channel options for seeing the A’s this year.

by OaklandSi on Mar 13, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

which is bull btw

Some of the most violent things I’ve ever seen were at Raiders games. And I’ve been to jail. - leopold bloom

by designatedforassignment on Mar 13, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im confused with the DirecTV thing.

I have DirecTV but I get CSN-CA. Is that because I have more then a basic package? And if so does that mean I will get A’s games?

by son of wes on Mar 13, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You must have the sports package or something like that

but if you get CSN-CA now (and right now they are showing Eastern Wash. vs. St. Mary’s bball), then you should be fine for the season

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 13, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately

Although DirecTV does carry Comcast Sports Net California, The A’s new station, they have yet to reach and agreement w/ Comcast to carry the A’s broadcast. Thus, no A’s games will be shown on CSN-CA until they make a deal. The only way to watch the A’s if you have DirecTV is if you live out of market, have the Extra Innings package and watch the other teams broadcast that the A’s are playing.

For myself living in Portland I can at least see them on those channels. This same situation is occurring with Portland TrailBlazers broadcasts. DirecTV customers cannot watch Blazers games as Comcast and DirecTV have not come to an agreement for almost 2 years now. Hope this doesn’t happen to the A’s and these two can resolve their differences and strike a deal. From the sounds of it this could drag on for quite some time.

by HRH on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is my understanding as well

by uci anteater on Mar 14, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I called them

and they told me it would be available March 30th. I am on Comcast analog like mentioned earlier in the thread. I am not sure if they meant for me personally out here in Antioch, but that’s the word.

by greala on Mar 13, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

is it the same as csn +?

I got that last year with rcn/astound in the city.

by Future Ed on Mar 13, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

three different channels:

CSN-BA: Home of the Giants (and Warriors)
CSN-CA: Home of the A’s (and Kings I think)
CSN+: Shed out back where they throw the programs that are on at the same time as something on one of the first two channels

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Mar 13, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A slightly expanded version.

CSN-BA: Home of Giants, Warriors, and the Current home of the Sharks
CSN-CA: Home of the A’s, Kings (blacked out in the Bay Area), Earthquakes, and rumored future home of the Sharks.
CSN+: Overflow games for when 2 channels of sports isn’t enough.
CSN HD: Will there be 2 HD channels now? The A’s website claims games will be broadcast on SCN-CA HD.

Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.

by Threepwood XX on Mar 13, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SCN...

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by Zonis on Mar 13, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

CSN

NA…er…AN is very unforgiving about letter switching

Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.

by Threepwood XX on Mar 14, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Revision 2.0 of the CSN network in the Bay Area

CSN-BA: (Ch40) Home of Giants, Warriors, and the Current home of the Sharks
CSN-CA: (Ch89) Home of the A’s, Kings (blacked out), Earthquakes, and rumored future home of the Sharks.
CSN+: (Ch410) Overflow games for when 2 channels of sports isn’t enough.
CSNBA-HD: (Ch720) Giants, Warriors, and current Sharks games in HD.
CSNCA-HD: (Ch721) A’s, Earthquakes, Kings (Black out), and rumored Sharks Games in HD

Note #1: All Kings games are Blacked out in the Bay Area due to Warriors territorial rights. If an A’s, Earthquake, or Sharks??? game is on at the same time you will see that game instead of the Kings game if you live in the Bay Area. One of the games will be sent to the “plus” channel if you live in Sacramento.

Note #2: The Sharks are also rumored to be negotiating with CSN-CA about changing stations after the current season. This would leave just the Giants, Warriors, and College Sports on CSN-BA. Considering the Warriors are currently suing CSN-BA about favoritism relating to the Giants minority ownership in the channel, will the Giants soon find themselves alone? It’s not like there is anywhere for the Warriors to move to now that CSN-CA seems that it might soon have a full load of teams.

Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.

by Threepwood XX on Mar 15, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any updates on Astound making a deal with CSN-CA?

I e-mailed them asking it about it weeks ago but never received a respose.

by diehardoaklandfan22 on Mar 13, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I also emailed them a couple of weeks ago and got an almost immediate response,

which is that they WILL have CSN-CA by March 25, but they didn’t know what channel they would be putting it on.

...then Pennington takes over.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Update to my first reply:

i just checked the Astound channel lineups online, and CSN-CA is there now.

In Concord/Walnut Creek, it should be on channel 514.

On the Peninsula, it’s on channel 143 (it’s active now).

(link)

...then Pennington takes over.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats good news

That’s some good news at least. I didn’t know that Comcast and Astound had worked something out. Hopefully a compromise can be made between Comcast and DirecTV sometime soon.

by uci anteater on Mar 14, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this help?

Here is the A’s Comcast SportsNet page…
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/oak/schedule/csn_lineup.jsp

It lists TV channels for various Cities as well as various providers. DirecTV states Ch 698.
I am in Tracy and CSNCA is on Ch. 89 for me (first game is on tomorrow at 1:00). I think this is true for most of the Bay Area and the page seems to suggest that a Digital Cable package is not required in most cities.

by jakebmill on Mar 13, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks but it doesn't really help that much

If you have DirecTV and live in the Bay Area, DirecTV does carry Comcast Sports Net California however DirecTV has yet to reach an agreement with Comcast to carry broacasts of A’s games. Therefore if you live in the Bay Area and have DirecTV then no A’s games will be shown on CSN-CA until an agreement is made between Comcast and DirecTV. I hope that makes sense.

by uci anteater on Mar 14, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, I see.

That sucks. Hopefully they’ll work out something in the next few weeks.
Good luck!

by jakebmill on Mar 14, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm also confused....

I’ve been out of the AN/A’s news loop for some while now. I have DirecTV EI – does this mean I have to watch all the away feeds this year? Which I’m pretty much used to anyway. :)

And RE: ^^ CSNCA is on channel 698 on my DTV. I think that just answered my question.

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by Jennifer on Mar 13, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No, you're good

It’s those of us who live in the Bay Area with Direct TV who, for now, can’t get CSNCA.

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by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 13, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good luck with the DTA box or whatever it is called

I got one and it would not work. Called Comcast until they gave me a new cable box.

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by LongTimeFan on Mar 13, 2009 8:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

From today’s Susan Slusser column:

Today is the first A’s broadcast on Comcast SportsNet California. The 1 p.m. game against the Giants will be on Comcast channel 89, channel 34 in Sacramento and Central California, channel 68 in Rio Vista, Travis Air Force Base and Vacaville, AT&T U-verse channel 767, DirecTV channel 698, and Dish Network channel 409, according to Comcast SportsNet.

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by andeux on Mar 14, 2009 12:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

...and Astound, the system that doesn't exist, 514 in the East Bay, 143 on the Peninsula.

Okay, it’s a much smaller system, but I’m flummoxed that it is never, ever, ever, ever, ever included in any broadcast lineups.

...then Pennington takes over.

by Poppy on Mar 14, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am watching the game vs. the Giants right now through Direct TV

on CSNCA on channel 698. Will I not be able to do this once the regular season starts?

by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 14, 2009 2:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is just peachy

I’m not as lucky a 33Swisher Street. Do you have a sports package? I don’t. But my understanding is that I’ll be out of luck during the regular reason anyway.

The whole thing is confusing and stupid. And by the way, I don’t let the A’s ownership off the hook. Yes, this is a Comcast-DirecTV pissing match. But it’s obviously happened before (re Portland), so they needed to make sure there would be no complications before signing their deal. Are they trying to lose fans?

by bear88 on Mar 14, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I do have the sports package. I purchased it for around $8/month so I could

watch the few cal games that were broadcast on CSNCA. Complete joke, but I’m hoping it does the trick for me for the A’s games broadcast on that channel. I’m doubting it will since MLB has all those lame blackout rules that probably don’t apply until the regular season.

Anyone more in the know than me able to fill me in as to whether I will be able to see A’s games on CSNCA once the regular season starts – just as I was able to today?

by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 14, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just great

I was sitting in my dorm room today hoping to watch the game. I switch to channel 89 because I think my school has Comcast but there’s nothing. Looks like I’ll be without A’s baseball for the first two months of the season until school’s done and I return home.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Mar 14, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs