Portland Trail Blazers
After the Trail Blazers dismantled their pay-per-view network BlazerVision in 2001, the team's games were shown on FSN Northwest through the 2006–07 season. At the conclusion of the 2006–07 season FSN did not renew their contract with the Blazers, so Comcast SportsNet Northwest stepped in to replace FSN Northwest.
During its launch season, Comcast SportsNet Northwest carried at least 55 regular-season Trail Blazers games. When combined with the Trail Blazers' over-the-air coverage, 81 regular-season Trail Blazers games were on TV, the most in the team's history. The new network aired 28 of the 36 home games in high definition (HD).
During the 2008–09 season, the NBA allowed Comcast SportsNet Northwest to expand their Trail Blazers coverage into the Seattle area. Comcast SportsNet had been prohibited from broadcasting Trail Blazers' games in Seattle during prior seasons due to the presence of the former Seattle SuperSonics who moved to Oklahoma City in 2008 to become the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Unlike its other affiliates, Trail Blazers games on the network use a different graphics package carried over from over-the-air station KGW, which is an NBC network affiliate.
Read more about this topic: Comcast Sports Net Northwest, Programming
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