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Ten Pels Games to be shown on Fox 8 in Nola, WAFB in Baton Rouge, and other local stations
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:49 pm
The following games will be on Fox 8 in New Orleans and WAFB in Baton Rouge:
Confirmed that Joel, AD, and Jen Hale will be the broadcast team for these games.
Confirmed that Joel, AD, and Jen Hale will be the broadcast team for these games.
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:54 pm to GOP_Tiger
Also these tv stations throughout the state, Shreveport (KSLA), Lake Charles (KPLC), Monroe (KNOE) and Alexandria (KALB)
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:54 pm to GOP_Tiger
Additional info from Pels press release: LINK
Gray Television will bring ten New Orleans Pelicans games to leading local broadcast television stations
Gray Television will bring ten New Orleans Pelicans games to leading local broadcast television stations
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Gray Television, Inc. and the New Orleans Pelicans jointly announced that they have reached an innovative new sports right deal that will make ten of the Pelicans games during the 2023-24 NBA season available to fans on leading local television stations serving audiences throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The first game scheduled is Friday January 12, 2024 as the Pelicans take on the Denver Nuggets at 8pm.
The new distribution agreement with Gray will make Pelicans games available to more than three million households across three states. It will bring live games in the New Orleans market available on WVUE-TV FOX 8 and Bounce through its free over the air broadcasts along with its carriage on all major cable and satellite pay TV systems including COX, Spectrum, Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network. In addition, Gray will simulcast these games on Louisiana television stations in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Alexandria. The games will also be simulcast on Mississippi stations in Biloxi, Jackson, Hattiesburg and Meridian and in Mobile, Alabama.
Following today’s announcement, Gray will seek distribution arrangements for these Pelican games by television stations located in additional markets in Louisiana and Mississippi that are owned by other broadcasters.
“We know people in this region are passionate about their sports. We are thrilled to partner with the Pelicans and make these games available for all fans,” explained New Orleans resident and Pelicans fan Sandy Breland, who is also Gray’s Chief Operating Officer.
“The Pelicans welcome the opportunity to partner with Gray Television in this 10-game deal that will provide over-the-air viewing access to Pelicans games for more than 3 million households and over seven million people across the Gulf South region,” said New Orleans Pelicans President Dennis Lauscha.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:07 pm to GOP_Tiger
So, it would seem that the Pels bought these games back from Ballys so that they could sell them to Gray Television and get them on local TV.
This is really a great thing for building the fanbase.
This is really a great thing for building the fanbase.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:13 pm to GOP_Tiger
It’s about damn time. This is the Pelicans chance to really build up their fan base. The Pels commentators are an awesome crew too, glad others will get to enjoy them.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:15 pm to GOP_Tiger
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Confirmed that Joel, AD, and Jen Hale will be the broadcast team for these games.
Did this really need to be confirmed?
It was always just going to be the bally broadcast simulcasted on gray stations.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:38 pm to GOP_Tiger
Can’t wait to watch a game without their shitty app freezing and crashing.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 9:26 pm to Broski
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It was always just going to be the bally broadcast simulcasted on gray stations.
Is it? I wasn't sure. My initial reading of this is that these games were no longer going to be on Bally's.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 10:02 pm to GOP_Tiger
This is pretty cool. I don’t have cable and will be able to watch these with just an antenna
Posted on 12/30/23 at 10:43 pm to GOP_Tiger
I bet this is a trial run for Gray to take over full time. Which would be great!
Posted on 12/30/23 at 11:58 pm to GOP_Tiger
This is a big deal. Lost in all this is the detail that the games will be available to 3 million households which is equivalent to 7 million people.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 5:42 am to OneSaintsFan
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I bet this is a trial run for Gray to take over full time. Which would be great!
I could see that happening. Network programming now on some channels except for live sports is almost an afterthought. But I could see, the stations throw it on a Subchannel like Bounce if the ratings or advertising doesn’t meet expectations.
Now as long as Gray doesn’t get greedy like they did in Arizona and command high retransmission rates which led to some providers to drop the channel, it could be a success.
If it does, excuse the pun, get bounced to a subchannel like Bounce, the picture quality is really compressed OTA. On Fox 8 in New Orleans, there are 8 channels on their digital channel. 1 HD channel (Fox 8 main feed), 6 Subchannels for Fox 8 (of various smaller networks like Bounce), and one Subchannel for WUPL since WUPL is the ATSC 3.0 nightlight station broadcasting the 6 major HD feeds of the New Orleans major stations in the new standard that only few people can pickup due to some of the broadcasters using encryption to block certain receivers that are not certified for encryption yet. Also, while Fox 8’s feed of Bounce is on most cable systems, it is not on any satellite provider or virtual cable system like YouTubeTV.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 7:38 am to LSUneaux
I haven’t really watched them on tv this year. Tried to sign up for ballys but couldn’t get this app to work.
Posted on 1/1/24 at 9:15 am to GOP_Tiger
That’s great news! I lost Ballys when I cut down my Direct Tv so I’ve been watching the Pels via bootleg streams and they are crazy unreliable.
Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:17 am to Tarps99
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Also, while Fox 8’s feed of Bounce is on most cable systems, it is not on any satellite provider or virtual cable system like YouTubeTV.
Bounce is on YoutubeTV for me in New Orleans
Posted on 1/1/24 at 3:14 pm to pjk481
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Bounce is on YoutubeTV for me in New Orleans
Sometimes some video providers will carry the national feed of those subchannel networks.
So it maybe worth looking into if they bounce it to the Subchannel, Fox could pressure Fox 8 to run its line up instead of regional programming, but at this point Fox 8 could be an independent station with the amount of news content it produces each week. Of course they would lose, the NFL.
I know Networks can be a bully at times. Look at WWL, a few years ago they had the number one morning show, and then the network said you have to carry CBS Morning News at 7 instead of bumping it to WUPL.
Posted on 1/1/24 at 6:27 pm to Tarps99
I just listened to Christian Clark's podcast, and he said that Bally's had to let the Pelicans do this as part of the bankruptcy proceedings. Because Bally's is paying NBA teams less money because of bankruptcy, the judge gave teams the power to take 10 games away from Bally's. So the Pelicans didn't have to do this, but the bankruptcy gave them the opportunity..
The Pelicans also had the right to choose whichever 10 games that they wanted, so these 10 were specifically picked for this purpose.
The Pelicans also had the right to choose whichever 10 games that they wanted, so these 10 were specifically picked for this purpose.
Posted on 1/1/24 at 6:58 pm to GOP_Tiger
Anyone know if they will be broadcast in Lafayette area? Didn’t see them mentioned
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