CSN Houston files for Chapter 11

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Judge Isgur has entered an order in the CSN Houston bankruptcy case that allows the Astros to seek new options toward a new business plan.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395353943603032064">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The order makes the Astros the lead negotiator for the Houston Regional Sports Network partnership that includes Rockets and Comcast.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395354069826424832">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The Astros on behalf of HRSN are allowed to &quot;investigate and negotiate the terms&quot; of carriage, broadcast and management agreements ...</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395354367924002816">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Also of purchase and sale agreements, debt and equity investments and &quot;other matters pertaining to the formulation of a business plan.&quot;</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395354563957366784">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The parties will hold weekly telephone conferences, A status conference before Judge Isgur has been set for Nov. 13.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395354741393203200">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The parties will hold weekly telephone conferences, A status conference before Judge Isgur has been set for Nov. 13.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395354741393203200">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>No third party that undertakes negotiations at the Astros' request (including DirecTV and Fox) &quot;will have any liability to any persons&quot; ...</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395355043945136128">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>&quot;For the good faith implementation of this order.&quot; Other actions, including Astros motion for dismissal and Comcast for trustee, are on hold</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395355390168166401">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This doesn't appear to do anything for immediate carriage, but who knows? No immediate comments from Comcast, Astros or Rockets.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395355590878171136">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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So is CSN going to implode or what? I'm considering switching to Comcast so I can stop missing games however I would like to avoid Comcast if CSN is going down.

It's amazing how dumb owners can be. Why would you not be doing everything you can to get your team on as many TV's as possible? We are more than a year in this thing now.

 

So it is on the astros to make a deal, but no cable company wants to pay what astros want. It seems like we are where we started.

 

Id' hold out on switching for now if I were you. It looks like we might finally have some light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Yeah but apparently Crane is still the driver for any new deal. Which makes me think this will continue to drag on because he thinks the Astros should get a similar deal as the Yankees. He's delusional.

 

Just called DirecTV and got:

NFL Sunday Ticket
NBA League Pass
Showtime for 12 months
$10 monthly DVR credit

 

I live in Houston so I'm pretty sure League Pass does me no good.

 

It does me no good unless I want to watch other teams, which I guess I will have to do in light of no Rockets!!!!!

But, is there some way to get league pass through DTV on my ipad and watch the Rockets without blackout? Anyone?

 

Nope, not unless you stream them from one of the illegal sites. Or move to Dallas.

 

Or pay for Ballstream.

 

Nope. I can just setup a vpn and watch my free league pass through my roku and get the game for free! Forget ballstreams.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Jim Crane has until Dec. 12 to build a new plan. Unfortunately, for Rockets fans, that likely will mean more delay on carriage deals.</p>&mdash; David Barron (@dfbarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfbarron/statuses/395619417217712128">October 30, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Crane/Astros are basically given an "extension" on the bankruptcy case of 6 weeks to find a more profitable deal than the one Comcast/NBC provides them. If not the bankruptcy case continues on 13/13/2013[must mean James Harden will win MVP? ]. The Rockets and all parties agreed to this 6 week "extension" to fix it.

The judge is basically saying to Crane..."If your so sure you can find a better deal, go find it. You have 6 weeks"

 

kevin brown, man.

 

Oof. The 13th month? It's never gonna happen man.

 

I think this is good news. Breaks the deadlock where Comcast has to bring the deals to the teams, gives a limited time window for the Astros to work so that at least we have a time frame to get stuff done.

Here's a comment I saw on another site about why this is so important to the Astros:

 

Balls in their (directv, dish, att) court again...

 

They turned it down once. Imagine they'll do so again, the bastards.

 

Free 20+ games starting Friday! Yea Boi!

 

Not so fast. No carriers have accepted the deal yet.