Cable Ops Balking at Reds In HDTV
Time Warner and Insight won't commit to carrying the games.
By Swanni
However, cable viewers in Ohio may not be able to see them.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Time Warner Cable and Insight Cable, which offers cable service in the greater Cincinnati area, has yet to commit to carrying the HD games.
The 2008 regular season starts in less than three weeks.
"We hope to be able to offer the Reds in HDTV this year," Karen Baxter, public affairs director for Time Warner's southwest Ohio division, told the newspaper.
Time Warner did not carry last season's 33 Reds games broadcast in HD by FSN Ohio. Insight, which serves the Northern Kentucky area, did provide high-def coverage last year but won't commit to the 2008 season.
"We have not yet made a decision as to whether or not we'll air them," Maggie Woolf, Insight marketing director, told the newspaper.
Both DIRECTV and Dish Network will air all 71 Reds HD games.
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