大聯盟對海外blackout風波的回應 - 美國職棒

International Fans Angered As Postseason Games Blacked Out On MLB.TV; League Res
ponds
https://reurl.cc/NR7Q6e

With little warning, fans in places such as the U.K., Australia, Mexico, Canada,
and the Netherlands found out that they are unable to watch the 2022 Major Leag
ue Baseball postseason on the league’s stream service, MLB.TV creating anger an
d a flurry of fans attempting to get questions answered.

在幾乎沒有預警的情況下

來自英國、澳洲、墨西哥、加拿大、荷蘭等地的海外球迷

發現自己無法使用MLB.TV收看今年的季後賽

這也點起了球迷們的怒火，想要得到聯盟的解釋


With the postseason about to start, Thursday international customers were inform
ed that due to blackout policies with broadcast partners they would be blacked o
ut on the streaming service and would need to watch on television, leaving cord-
cutters or never-corders being forced to potentially pay extra for those network
streaming packages.

美國時間週四，海外球迷才獲知這個被blackout的消息

這迫使它們必須透過電視、或是額外再花一筆錢去買本國的平台

才能看到比賽

EX.英國就要去買BT Sport
https://i.imgur.com/1Txh2ND.jpg



On Twitter, @BaseballBrit, who has close to 49,000, echoed what many frustrated
fans felt upon receiving the news

來自推特上的英國球迷@BaseballBrit(追蹤數49K)

是第一位發現這事的
https://twitter.com/BaseballBrit/status/1578108745569439744

註:
我也是看到他發文才發現這事，當晚推特上歐洲球迷炸鍋


League Responds; Black Lifted For Remainder Of Wild Card Series

Late on Friday, a league spokesperson replied that the reason for the blackouts
was due to exclusivity agreements with international broadcast partners reached
ahead of the season, and that as part of those agreements more games had been ad
ded, including postseason games.


接著是聯盟的回覆:

這次海外blackout的原因

是由於聯盟在季前和海外各國的轉播平台簽訂了獨家的轉播合約

而這合約中包含了更多的比賽，其中包括了季後賽

結論:
海外獨家轉播合約合約→所以MLB.TV不能播→blackout


MLB is offering refunds to those fans affected. They can do so by contacting the
league’s customer service through the following email address: customerservice
@mlb.com.

聯盟開放受影響的球迷退費

而目前聯盟是把外卡戰的blackout全部取消了



—

只不過季前就簽好約的話

為啥不那時就講????


季前
只blackout北美、關島、加拿大
https://i.imgur.com/jalGiIe.png





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