Phoenix gets about 10, 000 viewers a game on local cable, Florida closer to 3, 000 (the Miami Herald quipped that some infomercials draw more viewers than the Panthers do).
The Rangers' win over Boston on Wednesday night was watched by 956, 000 viewers on NBC Sports Network, making it the most-watched NHL regular-season game on any cable station in 11 years.
It connects to TVs, game consoles and cable boxes via Toslink cable and wires into home networks via Gigabit Ethernet or wireless connectivity can be had for those who own a Sonos Bridge.
When the Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth game of their last playoff series, the game was seen on cable TV by 273, 000 households, the Blackhawks' highest cable audience ratings ever.
The Passage technology could allow TVs and game consoles to double as cable receivers.
With the Wireless 5x2 HD Matrix, businesses can eliminate the need for a second Blu-ray, cable box, game console or VCR and help streamline costs and space for equipment.
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For the first mod, Ben increases mobility during game play by using ribbon cable and a replicated version of the original circuit board to sync a full-size, left hand controller with a half-size, right hand controller.
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When it came to high-quality original series, the FX network was once the only basic cable network in the game.
With television, a typical club is allotted roughly 70 games in an 82-game season for which it can sell local cable rights, the balance held back for national telecasts.
Do we really want cable to be bound by the same numbers game as broadcast?
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It could afford to charge cable providers whatever it wants to stream the game online.
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Regional wireless carriers and cable companies are likely to get in the game.
Designed for easy setup and use, PLAYBAR connects to the TV with a single optical cable, playing everything that is connected to it, including cable boxes, Blu-ray players and game consoles.
Therefore, the fan must subscribe to a cable package that includes the in-market game in order to watch his in-market team, regardless of the fact that he may have purchased the above-mentioned TV packages.
This change will not affect the ability of any TV to work with cable boxes, satellite boxes, DVDs, VCRs or game consoles.
Last week, it announced the launch of a Penthouse 3D cable channel, the debut of its first video game, and the establishment of a venture capital arm.
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Microsoft, the cable people like to point out, is not the only game in town.
Watch your favorite cable programs in the kitchen, then hook up to a game console in the living room for some action!
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Or maybe Comcast would want to jump into the video streaming game, giving the company a way to reach consumers not in their cable footprint.
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That can make a desktop PC monitor an easy platform for keeping up with the cable TV news channels all day--or the baseball game you're missing because you're rushing to make a deadline.
That should unleash some healthy competition: Within a few years it may not be uncommon to buy a set-top digital box that can not only decode cable transmissions, but is also a web browser, a game machine and a DVD player.
Such a move would likely make many more customers consider subscribing to the channel, as currently those who are most likely to love HBO programming, Game of Thrones, Girls, etc. are the least likely to still have a cable subscription.
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Now that the world has gone digital and online, people who want to watch a game that is blacked-out on television no longer beat-down the doors of the cable operators, the leagues, Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
Google TV has not been a game-changer, and The TV offerings of the Fiber program are far from being a cable killer, yet, but Google is betting that transcendent internet speeds will trump the raw channel count for many users.
If it is a local issue and only effecting the channel the game is on, don't waste your time calling DirecTV, Dish or even your cable company, your best bet is to call your local affiliate and report your issue -- just look up their number on their website and ask for engineering.
Those include in-game access to the All-22 "eye in the sky" video so you can do your own Madden-style telestration, and a fixed fan-chosen camera, sideline or cable skycam view for those that need to feel like they're playing a video game.
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But then the Steelers didn't, and the game pushed into overtime, with a lengthy catalog of new NFL rules that sounded more complicated than installing cable television inside a ship in a bottle.
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