Talks to allow Raptors games to air locally were being made at the league level over past several weeksNBAE/Getty Images
Tampa Bay fans will be "able to watch NBA games involving their adopted Toronto Raptors, but the reach of those broadcasts will be limited," according to Eduardo Encina of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. FS Sun on Saturday announced that the team’s remaining 36 first-half games will be "available mostly through the Fox Sports Go app." Thirteen games will be "broadcast on Fox Sports Sun and two others on Fox Sports Florida." Games for the Magic, who own territorial rights over the Tampa Bay area and had "allowed the Raptors' temporary relocation to the area, are broadcast on sister station Fox Sports Florida." Discussions to allow Raptors games to be broadcast locally were "being made at the league level over the past several weeks." While the development is "good news for local fans looking to follow the Raptors more closely," FS Sun and FS Florida are "unavailable on several platforms." Frontier cable "dropped the channels in September, and several streaming platforms, including Hulu and YouTube TV, no longer have the Sinclair-owned regionals." In Canada, Raptors games are "being called remotely from Toronto and shown nationally on TSN and Rogers SportsNet" (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 12/28).
