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

[Golden_Jet]

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

I get a 4K game or 2 a night on SN, and less frequently on TSN, so there are definitely some habs games in 4K on cable.

Came here to say I only own TSN for golf and football and its a near unwatchable abomination

SN hockey and baseball is heads above TSN and its still pretty dust for the value

Disagree, TSN much better.

 

[Kranix]

My 75 year old dad won't understand wtf this is

 

[Golden_Jet]

I'm not in Canada, sadly I never got to experience free NHL center ice sounds like it was awesome. I would have loved to have something like that back in the early 90s

It wasn’t free for me, if you bought centre ice on cable, you got the streaming version free as well.

 

[overlords]

Honestly, at the end of the day aren't these corporations all evil geniuses?

Bell does "lets talk day" then a month later does massive layoffs. They've also just flat out turned off radio stations and told hundreds of people "oh by the way your job doesn't exist".

Rogers lured a pile of guys over during their early years of the contract, not just analysts either. Only to continue to cut jobs year over year.

If one was to avoid these bad companies you'd have to essentially become a caveman and live off the grid somewhere remote

This is why the pro gamer move is to hate the CRTC

 

[Petey O]

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.

I have 66 reasons to watch the NHL without subscribing.

 

[Golden_Jet]

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.

No, just means another package to subscribe to, that’s all.

 

[ORRFForever]

This is why the pro gamer move is to hate the CRTC

That is why the government should stay out of the private sector's business.

My 75 year old dad won't understand wtf this is

Very little will change for him. Rogers and TSN will end up carrying the NHL on TV / cable but at a much cheaper price - from 2026 on.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Apparently, some folks are happy to pay more, in order to get less. We get what we deserve.

 

[Golden_Jet]

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

Not sure why you care, you said 2 days ago you pirate everything, and encouraged others to do the same.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Honestly, at the end of the day aren't these corporations all evil geniuses?

Bell does "lets talk day" then a month later does massive layoffs. They've also just flat out turned off radio stations and told hundreds of people "oh by the way your job doesn't exist".

Rogers lured a pile of guys over during their early years of the contract, not just analysts either. Only to continue to cut jobs year over year.

If one was to avoid these bad companies you'd have to essentially become a caveman and live off the grid somewhere remote

Bell was terrible for that. I've publicly posted against them too.

You can't win but you can pick and choose which of these greedy corps see your hard earned money.

Hockey is one of the few things where I cave. I've said before I wouldn't continue to support Rogers but with limited options I've yet to fully walk away.

The off grid thing is right up my alley.

 

[ORRFForever]

Bell was terrible for that. I've publicly posted against them too.

You can't win but you can pick and choose which of these greedy corps see your hard earned money.

Hockey is one of the few things where I cave. I've said before I wouldn't continue to support Rogers but with limited options I've yet to fully walk away.

The off grid thing is right up my alley.

Or you could buy shares in the company and reap the benefits.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I for one welcome the new amazon overlords

 

[Mav3rick07]

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

Rogers tries so hard to be politically correct that it's become transparent and annoying.

 

[Masked]

10 years ago, streaming wasn't nearly as popular as it is now. Streaming is 100% the future. I'm not sure how one argues otherwise.

Streaming isn't the future. It's the present. The only people I know who still have cable/satellite are retired. And all of them also stream.

Maybe people that can't get high speed internet are still stuck on cable but the entire country is slated to get high speed internet by the end of next year.

Bell/Rogers have a foot in the door with the NHL by owning the Leafs but if they don't cough up big money for the next national deal, it'll be gone to Amazon or Apple or Netflix and they'll never get it back.

 

[Llewzaher]

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.

I prefer it goes back to NHL Center ice app

 

[wraithsonwings]

blame consumers, everything that is everything is done to quench the consumer thirst.

Nope, everything that's ever done is to maximize shareholders' profits.

 

[MMC]

 

[Brent Burns Beard]

Nope, everything that's ever done is to maximize shareholders' profits.

Of course. By exploiting consumers demands.

 

[ORRFForever]

Nope, everything that's ever done is to maximize shareholders' profits.

And that's the way it should be.

 

[ORRFForever]

Bell/Rogers have a foot in the door with the NHL by owning the Leafs but if they don't cough up big money for the next national deal, it'll be gone to Amazon or Apple or Netflix and they'll never get it back.

That's how Rogers got themselves in trouble 10 years ago. "We have to pay big bucks or someone else will" - now they're trying to give the content away because it's a money pit.

The NHL needs a presence on Canadian TV. Only TSN and Rogers can provide that but it has to be at a price that makes a profit. Play hardball with the NHL.

 

[MMC]

That's what they said when they signed the deal 10 years ago - the deal would sell phones and streaming. How has THAT turned out? Rogers has been cutting everything to the bone and they're still losing a ton of money.

TSN and Rogers do business with each other all the time. I'd collude and put the screws to the NHL - if Bettman has a problem with it, he can take his business elsewhere.

The implication that the NHL needs these networks more than the other way around is pretty hilarious

 

[ORRFForever]

The implication that the NHL needs these networks more than the other way around is pretty hilarious

LOL. Why?

You don't think TSN and Sportsnet would survive without the NHL? Of course they would. Again, Rogers is trying to give the content away. They'd do just fine without it, thanks.

Let the NHL walk away from Canadian TV revenue. See how that plays out.

Anyway, let's say it's a wash. Neither side needs the other.

 

[JPeeper]

Exciting news.

The Sportsnet and TSN Apps are absolutely atrocious.

This is horrible news.

The MLB with Apple TV blacking out games so you have to buy their service to use it to watch 1 game a week is f***ing the absolute worst.

 

[ORRFForever]

This is horrible news.

The MLB with Apple TV blacking out games so you have to buy their service to use it to watch 1 game a week is f***ing the absolute worst.

At the end of the day, the NHL will end up on either Sportsnet or TSN or both - hopefully, at the right price, so you can always watch it there.

 

[Masked]

That's how Rogers got themselves in trouble 10 years ago. "We have to pay big bucks or someone else will" - now they're trying to give the content away because it's a money pit.

The NHL needs a presence on Canadian TV. Only TSN and Rogers can provide that but it has to be at a price that makes a profit. Play hardball with the NHL.

TV channels will be dead in a decade. Everything's going to be streamed.

Sportsnet's streaming service will likely survive because they'll be able to control the broadcast rights to the Jays, Raptors and local Leaf games. TSN's future is a little murkier because they don't have the Jays.

Amazon, Apple and Netflix have started dipping their toes into taking away sports content from the channels. They're going to push even harder because sports means guaranteed subscribers and there's a streaming service consolidation coming. Amazon and Apple are so rich they don't even have to make money on it. They can do it just to push out competitors.