Montana vs. South Dakota is on T.V.

[Grizrule#1]

Saturday’s football game between Montana and South Dakota is one of two Griz games airing as part of a six-game Max Media package on KTMF-TV in Missoula.

The Grizzlies’ Oct. 13 home game against Southern Utah is also slated for Max Media pickup. The company formerly broadcast the entire Montana State schedule.

That arrangement went by the wayside when the Big Sky Conference sold first-choice TV rights to Root Sports, which kicks off its nine-week package with the Montana-Northern Arizona game Sept. 22.

KPAX-TV and its Montana Television Network, the former TV home of Griz football, is not scheduled to broadcast any UM games this season.

Four Montana State home games are on the Max Media schedule this fall. The Bobcats’ opener against Chadron State at 7 p.m. Thursday leads the ticket, along with games against Stephen F. Austin Sept. 15, Northern Colorado Sept. 22 and North Dakota Oct. 27.

The Griz and Bobcats dominate the previously-announced Root Sports TV package; every game on the regional networks covering the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions will involve one of the two in-state squads, including the Cat-Griz matchup Nov. 17.

Also, all of the Root Sports games will be simulcast nationwide on DirecTV’s Audience Network (channel 101). The satellite broadcaster has owned the regional sports operation since 2008.

UM’s game Sept. 8 at Appalachian State is scheduled to be shown on ESPN3 and ESPN GamePlan pay-per-view. The Grizzlies’ home game Sept. 15 is slated for a spot on Altitude Sports


***MY OWN NOTE: But does anyone know if you need DirectTV to view the games on Root Sports? Does DISH show them as well?

 

[AZGrizFan]

I believe Roots is on DirecTV.

 

[mlbowl]

Root is also part of the Optimum cable lineup.

 

[biga75]

I added the multispot option to my Dish package recently and it looks like the root games will be available.

 

[Grizrule#1]

I added the multispot option to my Dish package recently and it looks like the root games will be available.

Sweet...Thanks! How did you go about doing that and how much did it cost? :thumb:

 

[Htowngriz]

Well thank God KPAX finally got the boot. Don't live in the area anymore, but man, their coverage was just awful.

 

[biga75]

I added the multispot option to my Dish package recently and it looks like the root games will be available.

Sweet...Thanks! How did you go about doing that and how much did it cost? :thumb:

I did the changes online...
I had to first add the America's choice 120+ and then had to add the mutlisport pack for an additional $9. The 120+ is the minimum package you must have to add the multisport (it includes the NFL redzone channel which is awesome on Sundays) and if you opt for paperless billing and automatic payments you can get free HD (which saves $10). Overall, I am paying $14 more per month than what I had been paying, but all of the additional games I get make it worth it.
Kind of a pain in the ass, but after two calls to two different techs that I could hardly understand, I am set up and ready to go for football season.

 

[Grizrule#1]

I added the multispot option to my Dish package recently and it looks like the root games will be available.

Sweet...Thanks! How did you go about doing that and how much did it cost? :thumb:

I did the changes online...
I had to first add the America's choice 120+ and then had to add the mutlisport pack for an additional $9. The 120+ is the minimum package you must have to add the multisport (it includes the NFL redzone channel which is awesome on Sundays) and if you opt for paperless billing and automatic payments you can get free HD (which saves $10). Overall, I am paying $14 more per month than what I had been paying, but all of the additional games I get make it worth it.
Kind of a pain in the ass, but after two calls to two different techs that I could hardly understand, I am set up and ready to go for football season.

Thanks again! You are sure it picks up the games for Roots Sports?

 

[biga75]

I added the multispot option to my Dish package recently and it looks like the root games will be available.

Sweet...Thanks! How did you go about doing that and how much did it cost? :thumb:

I did the changes online...
I had to first add the America's choice 120+ and then had to add the mutlisport pack for an additional $9. The 120+ is the minimum package you must have to add the multisport (it includes the NFL redzone channel which is awesome on Sundays) and if you opt for paperless billing and automatic payments you can get free HD (which saves $10). Overall, I am paying $14 more per month than what I had been paying, but all of the additional games I get make it worth it.
Kind of a pain in the ass, but after two calls to two different techs that I could hardly understand, I am set up and ready to go for football season.

Thanks again! You are sure it picks up the games for Roots Sports?

Their website shows App State @ ECU for Saturday and that game is being shown on the sportpack Dish channels in the program guide. The schedule that Root's website has for the Big Sky doesn't start until Sept 22nd (NAU @ Montana) and the Dish guide and the Root upcoming schedule don't go out that far. It would appear to me that they plan on showing the games.