Hockey Night likely to remain at CBC

[chuckydoll]

National Hockey League contracts are up in June 2008. The NHL is said to have all but renewed its contracts with CBC, TSN and RDS.

Last fall the league was seriously considering a 10-year contract that would have moved "Hockey Night in Canada" to CTV. With the NHL now a minor sport in the US and attendance off across the board, the league had no choice but to remain with CBC.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

With the NHL now a minor sport in the US and attendance off across the board, the league had no choice but to remain with CBC.

Hockey a minor sport in the US now?
When was it a major sport?
Buffalo Sabres are doing so well for the first time in quite some time too...

 

[chuckydoll]

Hockey Night WILL remain at CBC

Through the 2013-14 season.

Also, you can now see Hockey Night live or on demand; the multimedia provision takes effect at once.

 

[Joe_Capitano]

...but only if you reside in Canada. Stateside viewers still have to subscribe to the NHL's Center Ice package unless they have access to the CBC through Canadian DBS or live close enough to a CBC station along the border.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

...but only if you reside in Canada. Stateside viewers still have to subscribe to the NHL's Center Ice package unless they have access to the CBC through Canadian DBS or live close enough to a CBC station along the border.

Ah, so you're refering to the CBC coverage of two Cdn teams?

NBC will most likely look after the American point of view when CBC covers a game that is a Cdn team vs. an American team. (ie Toronto vs. Buffalo)

Source: http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=298224

 

[EnbyCee]

...but only if you reside in Canada. Stateside viewers still have to subscribe to the NHL's Center Ice package unless they have access to the CBC through Canadian DBS or live close enough to a CBC station along the border.

How will they block non-Canadians from watching the online video? By IP address?

Doesn't really affect me much since I live 45 minutes from Canada and get CBC on basic cable, but if HNIC is showing a dull Leafs game (which CBET Windsor always does unless the Detroit Red Wings are playing at the same time) I'd like to be able to watch the other game airing in other parts of Canada.

This is good news nonetheless, as is extending the NBC contract. Now if only they could get their US cable broadcasts on a channel people actually know instead of OLN/Versus..

 

[Yeziknoradio]

How will they block non-Canadians from watching the online video? By IP address?

CBC may very well shut down the internet feed durring those times, regardless of where you are, but I could be wrong...

 

[azumanga]

How will they block non-Canadians from watching the online video? By IP address?

CBC may very well shut down the internet feed durring those times, regardless of where you are, but I could be wrong...

If Nick can close off its Turbonick feature to non-Americans, and if Showtime can close off its entire website outside the US, then the CBC should be capable of instituting some restrictions to its hockey features.

 

[Mwd_711]

TSN blocks out its coverage to non-Candadian locales. For instance on trade deadline day, the TSN Broadband feed was blacked out in the States. While TSN highlights can be watched, live coverage can't. I'm guessing it will be the same at CBC.