Amazon acquires Monday night NHL package in Canada from Sportsnet - will broadcast games exclusively on Prime Video

[ORRFForever]

That sucks, I already subscribe to Sportsnet

As I wrote elsewhere...

An interesting situation for all the posters who said for YEARS that the Rogers deal was a win/win - they wouldn't budge saying Rogers did NOT overpay. Such ignorance / arrogance.

BCE (CTV/TSN) is cutting costs (the stock is tanking and analysts are worried about their sky high dividend) and Rogers wants out of their NHL deal. The CBC won't be intereste - if Pierre Poilievre wins the next election, the CBC may cease to exist. Global TV - don't make me laugh. Amazon won't get many eyes in Canada.

Rogers stock is where it was 10 years ago. Poor leadership. Bad decisions. The NHL deal Rogers made 10 years ago was shameful - Bettman and the NHL took Rogers to the cleaners.

It will be a buyer's market for hockey rights in Canada in 2025. I hope Canadian TV returns the favour and grinds the NHL into dust.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Here we go, they will sell Monday night to someone, Saturday to another one, Wednesday to another company, we will need to subscribe to 20 companies, in order to watch the full season, and then they will cry, because people are turning toward piracy.

See: NFL

At least the NFL has the good sense to make local games completely free at all times

 

[Cogburn]

In fine with this, so long as Amazon doesn't pay Rogers, and simply threatens to cut off service to its employees.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Barf.

Not that it concerns me but barf.

Amazon is almost bad as Disney

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

great news , cable is dead what are you guys still doing with cable in your houses , shame on you , you guys are getting completely fleeced, by Rogers Canada none the less that's crazy to me

 

[hangman005]

f*** yeaaaaah

can't wait to sit on my primecouch and crack open a primebeer to watch some primehockey on primeday

Gone have some primeribs for dinner

 

[knuck]

I watch all my games in the browser on fibeTV. I don't want having to f*** around between that and the prime app. I HATE APPS

 

[ORRFForever]

Rogers and TSN (BCE) should put together a joint package for the NHL: "We'll take the same games we get now but at 60 cents on the dollar for the next 10 years - and we want a guaranteed minimum number of Canadian teams". Take it or leave it.

Then walk away. What would Bettman do? He has NO leverage. Let him go to Amazon and Facebook, etc. They'll lose 80%+ of their Canadian viewers over night.

 

[joestevens29]

Rogers and TSN (BCE) should put together a joint package for the NHL: "We'll take the same games we get now but at 70 cents on the dollar for the next 10 years". Take it or leave it.

Then walk away. What would Bettman do? He has NO leverage. Let him go to Amazon and Facebook, etc. They'll lose 50%+ of their viewers over night.

I have no idea what numbers you are going with, seems you keep flip flopping as you don't like streaming. Everything is going this way so it's only a matter of time. People complain the NHL is a bunch of dinosaurs yet this is a non-dinosaur move and they still get blasted.

It'll be a trial run for the NHL to get a grasp on whether or not going to a streaming only system will work.

 

[sxvnert]

PLEASEEEEE take all programming away from Rogers. The preaching/moral lessons is unbearable.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

give me habs in 4k and I'll watch on wish.com idgaf

Wish 4k is like 280p when you get the actual stream...

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Not a fan of streaming services having TV rights, they should still have the games available via cable.

BOOO THIS MAN!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[MikeK]

If it means a better presentation in 4k I'd actually rather Amazon get the entire week. Rogers has a terrible presentation. I thought when Rogers originally won the bid we'd see an upgrade to the presentation but I think it's taken a step back from what TSN offered. I'm ready to let another take it.

 

[violaswallet]

How popular is prime in Canada? Trying to figure out the economics here

 

[3074326]

Barf.

Not that it concerns me but barf.

Amazon is almost bad as Disney

They’re significantly worse than Disney.

Ironically though, both offer decent access to sports compared to their competitors.

 

[joestevens29]

How popular is prime in Canada? Trying to figure out the economics here

Really popular with anyone that shops online as it's essentially a throw in to being a Prime member for quicker deliveries.

Although I do foresee an issue with the senior citizen group that only knows how to use cable.

 

[Masked]

Rogers and TSN (BCE) should put together a joint package for the NHL: "We'll take the same games we get now but at 60 cents on the dollar for the next 10 years - and we want a guaranteed minimum number of Canadian teams". Take it or leave it.

Then walk away. What would Bettman do? He has NO leverage. Let him go to Amazon and Facebook, etc. They'll lose 80%+ of their Canadian viewers over night.

More like TSN and Sportsnet would lose 80% of their subscribers over night without NHL hockey.

 

[joestevens29]

More like TSN and Sportsnet would lose 80% of their subscribers over night without NHL hockey.

It really is a double edge sword

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Rogers and TSN (BCE) should put together a joint package for the NHL: "We'll take the same games we get now but at 60 cents on the dollar for the next 10 years - and we want a guaranteed minimum number of Canadian teams". Take it or leave it.

Then walk away. What would Bettman do? He has NO leverage. Let him go to Amazon and Facebook, etc. They'll lose 80%+ of their Canadian viewers over night.

You are acting like we are all octogenarians who call their children to find out how to change the HDMI channel in Canada.

CABLE IS DEAD!! I repeat , CABLE IS DEAD!

Do you think young adults are buying cable packages? This is good for the game. Much more accessible , Rogers deserves this.


There is certainly more people in Canada that own a Prime subscription than people who actually watch hockey

 

[violaswallet]

Really popular with anyone that shops online as it's essentially a throw in to being a Prime member for quicker deliveries.

Although I do foresee an issue with the senior citizen group that only knows how to use cable.

Could be a way to get them to subscribe. Grandpa from Red Deer wants to see his Oilers play.

 

[SEALBound]

Hello Amazon,

Long time caller, first time listen. I would subscribe to a package that actually let me watch all of the games regardless of network. I don't want ESPN+, TNT, NHL Network, and...whatever the others were on. I want one source. I would pay more than I do for ESPN+ and my DISH account to facilitate this. No blackout dates, no multi-channel broadcast, just access to 82 games and the playoffs.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

Sincerely,
The average consumer aka the average hockey fan aka the guy with common f***ing sense aka literally everyone.

 

[Masked]

Really popular with anyone that shops online as it's essentially a throw in to being a Prime member for quicker deliveries.

Although I do foresee an issue with the senior citizen group that only knows how to use cable.

I know plenty of seniors that use Prime Video without an issue. Prime Video on a Fire Stick is way easier to use than most cable boxes.

 

[Avsfan1921]

Can someone potentially clarify:

Does this mean, if something like this were to ever happen, that you’d need to subscribe to two different apps to watch all your games? That’s how it came across to me but not sure I got it right, thanks.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Expect Rogers/Amazon could team up on the next deal

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Expect Rogers/Amazon could team up on the next deal

I'm sure Loblaws will somehow find a way to get their share