Blazers Sign New Television Deal That Means No More Free TV

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed a new television deal that means no more free television after next season.

After years of being able to see games on KGW, Blazers fans will be dependent on Comcast Sports Northwest for most games - they will be the exclusive local providers for games.

The team is working on other ways to get their games out there including being able to see them on PlayStation, Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast, and Roku.

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"We’re working on a streaming options via the internet that would activate when the new deal goes into effect," Blazers Spokesman Michael Lewellen told Patch.

"Long-term, we’ll eventually have broader distribution."

The deal, which the team selected over one with Root TV that would have given them more money, was about guaranteeing as wide a viewership as possible, according to the Blazers.

“After thorough negotiations with several other potential partners, it became apparent that by building on our existing relationship with CSN Northwest, we have the best opportunity to increase distribution for Trail Blazers games and other programming in our marketplace,” said Trail Blazers President and CEO Chris McGowan.