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Time Warner adds baseball channel free for 1 week, $179 for season

April 6th, 2010, 10:05 am by

Is the batter up? Who’s on first? Customers of Time Warner Cable and other paid-TV providers can find out for free this week as MLB Extra Innings channel offers a free preview through April 11.

Time Warner is the only one with an official announcement on the freebie. The baseball package, which will broadcast “well over 2,000 out-of market baseball games” this year is $179 for the whole season from Time Warner if you order by April 11. After that, it goes up to $199.

Some special features for this season include a way to watch the same game broadcast from the home team and the visiting team. You choose. Also, there will be a multi-screen mosaic so viewers can watch multiple games in the same TV frame.

In Orange County, Cox Communications also offers the MLB package. Consumers can check with their local TV service to see if the MLB free preview is available. More details at www.getbaseball.com or by calling 1-888-SPORTS-iN.

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NHL Network offers free preview this week

March 23rd, 2010, 10:07 pm by

Like hockey but don’t want to pay for it? There’s a free preview of the NHL Network channel in standard and high-definition this week. The free preview ends March 26.

I’ve confirmed that the freebie is available to customers of these paid TV providers:

  • Time Warner Cable: Free to all customers with a digital converter, on Channel 275 and 471 (HD).
  • Dish Network: Channel 403 (HD)
  • DirecTV through March 27, is on channel 215 for both SD and HD.

Not participating in the free preview are Cox Communications in Orange County and AT&T U-verse.

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Free previews for Dish, DirecTV, FiOS and Time Warner

March 16th, 2010, 5:12 pm by

In an attempt to get TV subscribers to pay a bit more for new channels or tiers, free previews are quite common. Here are some current and upcoming freebies for Orange County-area customers:

Time Warner Cable:

  • Showtime On Demand, from March 25 to 28. Go to Channel 1006 (or channel 1 and look for Showtime ONDEMAND) (source: Time Warner)
  • CBS College Sports Network, Channel 261, free through April 5 (more)

DirecTV:

  • Game Lounge (ch. 110): Free Trial from April 2 to 4 (source: DirecTV)
  • Showtime, between March 25 to 28 for the following channels: 537, 538, 539, 540, 542, 544, 545, 547, 549 (source: FreePreview.tv)

Dish Network:

  • Style, channel 115, through April 4 (source: Dish)
  • CBS College Sports Network, Ch. 152, through April 7 (source: Dish)
  • Fuse, Ch. 158, through March 31 (source: FreePreview.tv) Not happening this month, according to Dish.

Verizon FiOS

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Entire March Madness coverage is free for Time Warner users

March 4th, 2010, 7:39 am by

College basketball fans who want to catch the finals this month can watch the entire March Madness tournament for free beginning March 8 — if they happen to be local Time Warner Cable customers.

The CBS College Sports Network is typically $6/month as part of the sports tier, but Time Warner is waiving the fee between March 8 to April 5, coinciding with the final March Madness game. This is a freebie to digital cable customers only.

The channel is 261.

If you just want to tune in for the big games, the opening round games are March 19 to 21, the Sweet Sixteen games are March 25 to 26, Elite Eight are March 27 to 28, the Final Four games are on April 3 and the championship is on April 5.

The same deal may be available from other TV providers. I’ll post them below after I confirm.

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Free TV preview alert: NHL Center Ice

March 3rd, 2010, 12:36 pm by

Hockey season is halfway through but there’s still plenty of time to pay $80 for the NHL Center Ice channel. Or just watch it free this week if you happen to be a customer of certain TV providers.

The network includes 14 channels and includes live broadcasts of out-of-market games, approximately offering 40 per week, including 12 in high-definition. The free preview ends March 8.

In Orange County, these companies have confirmed that they are offering the free preview:

  • Time Warner Cable, channels 756 to 762.
  • DirecTV, channels 769 to 786.
  • Verizon FiOS, 1474 to 1488
  • Cox Communications, 671
  • AT&T U-verse, 638 and 1638

NHL Center Ice says that other TV providers participating include Comcast, Cox Communications, Bright House Networks, Cablevision Systems, Bresnan Communications, Charter Communications and Midcontinent.

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Showtime, NHL and History free previews coming to DirecTV, Dish

February 11th, 2010, 3:02 pm by

Free previews on TVThree free previews are coming soon for DirecTV viewers.

  • Showtime (ch. 537): Free Trial from March 25 to 28. Regular charge is $12.99 a month for 9 channels, which includes 6 in HD.
  • NHL Center Ice (ch. 769-786): Free Trial from March 2 to 8. Regular charge is $119.80 for the season.
  • BabyFirstTV, (ch. 293): Free Trial from 2/11 – 2/14. Regular charge is $4.99 per month.

Over at Dish Network, February free previews have already begun. These freebies run through most of February:

  • History International – Ch. 121. Free preview through March 3.
  • Biography Channel – Gold HD Ch. 119. Free preview through March 3.
  • Investigation Discovery Channel – Ch. 192 — free preview through Feb. 24.
  • Crime & Investigation HD – Ch. 387. Free preview through March 3.

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Time Warner offers free NBA preview this week

January 19th, 2010, 9:19 am by

NBA League PassFor Time Warner Cable customers who were unwilling to cough up the $189 to watch basketball games on the NBA League Pass, the cable TV provider is offering a free preview from now until Jan. 24.

The freebie is on channels 711 to 719 and includes NBA TV on channel 735, TEAM 10 on channel 720 and HD games on Channel 733.

After this week, subscribers can order the “Half Season” package for $99.

More details on Time Warner’s web site.

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FiOS TV free previews: ESPN Full Court, NBA

January 11th, 2010, 7:48 am by

BasketballFree previews ongoing and coming to Verizon FiOS TV viewers:

Through Jan. 15, FiOS TV customers get free access to ESPN Full Court, which broadcasts college basketball games. Typically, this is $114 for the season or $79 for a half season. The freebie is on channels 1010 to 1015.

Starting next Monday, Jan. 18, NBA League Pass is free. The channels feature out-of-market NBA games. Typically, a subscription to the full season is $189 and is found on channels 1489 to 1499.

For either package, some games may be blocked out due to local broadcast rules and restrictions. More details at FiOS’s At Home blog.

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