Are DIRECTV SPORTS® packages affected by sports blackouts?
As a provider of the most comprehensive sports programming lineup in the digital home entertainment industry, DIRECTV must pay close attention to sports blackouts and restrictions. As these restrictions are sometimes complicated, we suggest that you refer to our website’s sports blackouts page for a detailed explanation. I believe I am outside of the sports blackout area. Why am I still getting blacked out from games? You may have been blacked out from a game even though you seemed to be outside the blackout area. This can happen if a TV station near the team’s home stadium has networked the games to a TV station nearer to you. For example, a person who lives near Houston, more than 150 miles from a San Antonio Spurs station’s territory, might be blacked out from a game if the San Antonio television station networked the signal to a station in Houston. Unfortunately, DIRECTV generally does not control blackouts of sporting events. In their agreements to carry games produced by various
