TBN: 8 Sabres games will be carried exclusively on ESPN+

[littletonhockeycoach]

Stream quality has been fine. So far, VPN is working (for my hometown team - which is different than the Sabres).

No MSG/Sabres post game show.

I'm not affected by this but the ESPN+ exclusive is a marketing tool to get you to subscribe. I'm more concerned how much of the rest of the Sabres schedule gets streamed.

Folks make a good argument about the $7/mo ESPN subscription fee. But its become clear to me that I need to maintain a cable/Dish subscription plus ESPN+ to catch all of the Sabres games. (TNT, ESPN, ABC, NHL Network, etc...)

Hardly cord cutting by my definition.

 

[BloFan4Life]

Kind of off topic, but is Fubo TV or Spectrum/Directv/Dish the only way to watch Sabres games on a tv in Buffalo. Do any of the other streaming services offer it?

 

[JThorne]

There's still blackout for locals using ESPN+ to watch Sabre games that are carried by MSG. At least, there was for me on opening night. I don't have a vpn but I've been meaning to get one. Maybe this will finally push me to do it.

 

[brian_griffin]

A little FYI on ESPN+, the streaming has been AWFUL for hockey. Blurry, laggy, glitchy, horrible.

So, you're saying, a lot like last year's Sabres team???

 

[Gras]

Stream quality has been fine. So far, VPN is working (for my hometown team - which is different than the Sabres).

No MSG/Sabres post game show.

I'm not affected by this but the ESPN+ exclusive is a marketing tool to get you to subscribe. I'm more concerned how much of the rest of the Sabres schedule gets streamed.

Folks make a good argument about the $7/mo ESPN subscription fee. But its become clear to me that I need to maintain a cable/Dish subscription plus ESPN+ to catch all of the Sabres games. (TNT, ESPN, ABC, NHL Network, etc...)

Hardly cord cutting by my definition.

There are still ways around it, I would assume ESPN+ will let you stream the ESPN and ABC games, if not a HD Antenna covers you for ABC, if you have any friends or family that still pay for service just get their provider credentials and login to the ESPN, TNT, ABC apps and you'll be able to watch live.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

There are still ways around it, I would assume ESPN+ will let you stream the ESPN and ABC games, if not a HD Antenna covers you for ABC, if you have any friends or family that still pay for service just get their provider credentials and login to the ESPN, TNT, ABC apps and you'll be able to watch live.

Good generalized advice. Thanks for the suggestions. But local and personal issues negate these options although I've explored nearly all of them.

Geography and home owner associations are not my friends and make a couple of these approaches near impossible. Esp. when it comes to HD antenna solutions. Not everyone in Colorado lives on top of the mountains here. Some live on the backside or behind them. LOL

 

[Gras]

Good generalized advice. Thanks for the suggestions. But local and personal issues negate these options although I've explored nearly all of them.

Geography and home owner associations are not my friends and make a couple of these approaches near impossible. Esp. when it comes to HD antenna solutions. Not everyone in Colorado lives on top of the mountains here. Some live on the backside or behind them. LOL

SlingTV Orange Package + Sports Addon would get you ESPN, TNT, NHLN and thats like 45/mo. If you prepay for 3 months you can get AirTV 2 + HD Antenna for $50 and see what you can pickup on the antenna, then it just integrates the channels into Sling.

Watch Live Local TV on AirTV | Sling TV

The device is pretty cool I have on, you just set it up connect it to your WiFi, hook up your antenna and scan for channels, link it to your sling and all the broadcast locals show up in the sling app, then you can plugin a USB drive to it to use as a DVR for any OTA content.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

SlingTV Orange Package + Sports Addon would get you ESPN, TNT, NHLN and thats like 45/mo. If you prepay for 3 months you can get AirTV 2 + HD Antenna for $50 and see what you can pickup on the antenna, then it just integrates the channels into Sling.

Watch Live Local TV on AirTV | Sling TV

The device is pretty cool I have on, you just set it up connect it to your WiFi, hook up your antenna and scan for channels, link it to your sling and all the broadcast locals show up in the sling app, then you can plugin a USB drive to it to use as a DVR for any OTA content.

I'll send you a hi res digital elevation model of where I live someday. You'll see what I have to deal with signal wise.

Hell, on a good day I only get one bar on my phone network. LOL

 

[beerme1]

Kind of off topic, but is Fubo TV or Spectrum/Directv/Dish the only way to watch Sabres games on a tv in Buffalo. Do any of the other streaming services offer it?

Dish does not carry MSG so there's that also.

 

[valet]

I'm pretty sure every game league wide that's not national broadcast is on ESPN+, just some will be exclusive to only ESPN+

some of them are going to be exclusively on NHL network as well

 

[valet]

Stream quality has been fine. So far, VPN is working (for my hometown team - which is different than the Sabres).

No MSG/Sabres post game show.

I'm not affected by this but the ESPN+ exclusive is a marketing tool to get you to subscribe. I'm more concerned how much of the rest of the Sabres schedule gets streamed.

Folks make a good argument about the $7/mo ESPN subscription fee. But its become clear to me that I need to maintain a cable/Dish subscription plus ESPN+ to catch all of the Sabres games. (TNT, ESPN, ABC, NHL Network, etc...)

Hardly cord cutting by my definition.

espn+ works well for me because they picked up laliga this year. otherwise i would just resort to other means to watch hockey. it is a bummer that they don’t do post-game shows for NHL though

 

[Gras]

some of them are going to be exclusively on NHL network as well

That would fall under national broadcast

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[MayDay]

I actually like the games on ESPN+. Since I already have ESPN+ (came with the Hulu/Disney+ bundle), and that means I don't have to pay separately for NHL.tv this year.

I do NOT like the NHL Network exclusive games, since I don't get NHL Network. They shouldn't consider that to be a "national broadcast" for blackout purposes. NHLN does not come with most standard cable or streaming packages. You usually have to subscribe to some premium tier to get it. I don't mind that they put games on NHL Network, but those games shouldn't be blacked-out from ESPN+ or MSG.

 

[Royisgone]

So Josh is a fellow F1 fan! Who knew?

 

[RecycledEichel]

Tomorrow's game is on Hulu. Anyone know if you need the premium version or just regular Hulu?

 

[Kublakhan]

Tomorrow's game is on Hulu. Anyone know if you need the premium version or just regular Hulu?

I'm pretty sure you need the Disney+Hulu/ ESPN+ package ..

 

[toomuchsauce]

For anyone with ESPN+ in the local Buffalo market (i.e., subject to Sabres games being blacked out), do you know if you can watch archived games through ESPN? (i.e., can you go back and watch the Sabres-Coyotes game after 3 days, like you could on NHL TV)?

 

[Jacob582]

For anyone with ESPN+ in the local Buffalo market (i.e., subject to Sabres games being blacked out), do you know if you can watch archived games through ESPN? (i.e., can you go back and watch the Sabres-Coyotes game after 3 days, like you could on NHL TV)?

I think it's 24 hours after the end of the game.

 

[Buffaloed]

For anyone with ESPN+ in the local Buffalo market (i.e., subject to Sabres games being blacked out), do you know if you can watch archived games through ESPN? (i.e., can you go back and watch the Sabres-Coyotes game after 3 days, like you could on NHL TV)?

I see no archived games on my ESPN+ interface. I don't have a full ESPN subscription

 

[Gras]

I see no archived games on my ESPN+ interface. I don't have a full ESPN subscription

When youre on the ESPN+ tab scroll down to NHL and hit that then you should see a grouping for On Demand which is the archive.

 

[Buffaloed]

When youre on the ESPN+ tab scroll down to NHL and hit that then you should see a grouping for On Demand which is the archive.

I found it. Too bad it's not organized by team. But if you list the Sabres as a favorite team the most recent games are in the "Recommended for You" section near the top. Also found that it is subject to blackouts so if you live in local broadcast area you have to watch it on MSG. I cancelled it. I'll get the next 2 exclusives before the subscription runs out.

 

[Gras]

I found it. Too bad it's not organized by team. But if you list the Sabres as a favorite team the most recent games are in the "Recommended for You" section near the top. Also found that it is subject to blackouts so if you live in local broadcast area you have to watch it on MSG. I cancelled it. I'll get the next 2 exclusives before the subscription runs out.

I'm in the Yote market and I was able to watch the Yotes/Sabres game after 48 hours on ESPN+

 

[Buffaloed]

I'm in the Yote market and I was able to watch the Yotes/Sabres game after 48 hours on ESPN+

The live games are subject to blackout, same as they were on NHLTV