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I don't think watching them it illegal. In the sense that you wouldn't get in trouble for streaming it. The person broadcasting it probably could, though.
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I don't think watching them it illegal. In the sense that you wouldn't get in trouble for streaming it. The person broadcasting it probably could, though.
Educate myself? For 5.2 billion, Rogers can absolutely dictate whether the NHL has a blackout policy. I'd like to hear how you think they are hurt financially by a blackout and why someone paying that kind of money would agree to be hurt financially.
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Yeah, just like NBC/FOX/CBS/ESPN can tell NFL not to blackout local games if the tickets don't sell out for the 5 billion dollars they pay it annually.
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The NFL doesn't have a blackout policy
Let me get you started:
Have fun!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies
Let me get you started:
Have fun!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies
First off, quoting a source that can be edited by anyone as evidence to a claim is silly.
Second, the NFL only blacks out games LOCALLY, whereas EVERY OTHER PRO LEAGUE BLACKS OUT ENTIRE REGIONS. I can watch any NFL game that is on TV regardless of what region it is in. I can do the same thing for baseball and basketball. Hockey is the ONLY major sport where I cannot watch Habs games because RDS shows them (I can't get English Gamecenter even). The NHL blackout is national except for one region.
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Newsflash:
The NFL doesn't have a presence in Canada hence you're not affected by local blackouts.
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Again, they have no say on the matter as the blackouts are imposed by the league.
I know it's a trendy thing to paint a faceless corporation evil, and I can't say I haven't been guilty of this very thing myself, but Rogers really shouldn't be blamed for the blackout policy. The league itself put it in place in order to protect its teams. Now, whether the policy itself has outlived its purpose or not is another thing entirely and is absolutely open for discussion.
But to place the blame on Rogers is narrow-minded.
I'm an old man who lacks expertise in downloading programs that aren't ordinarily free. Suppose I go on vacation in South Carolina and take a laptop computer that can connect to a resort's internet facility with an Ethernet cable. Is there any way I could pick up NHL games?
https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/blackouts
Actually, starting this year, all national games will be available on GameCentre Live, without blackouts.
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I stand corrected.
I confused national games with regional ones where a TV subscription is required for the channel that has the game(s).
macavoy
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Let me get you started:
Have fun!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies
What you talking about? The FCC has reversed black out rules for football.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/sd6-in-the-morning/FCC-sacks-NFL-blackout-rule-278167311.html
Tabarouette
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The first person I talked to at rogers told me that
The second one told me it was 50 habs games, and the other 32 were "to be decided" and copy pasted me a bunch of unrelated garbage AFTER I bought the service
I don't know who to believe anymore, I cancelled anyway
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This only means the blackout rules are no longer FCC sanctioned. The NFL will continue to have them in place.
macavoy
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Want to wager? there was only 2 blacked out games all of last year. Its simply not going to happen.
Just check the link, https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/blackouts, it states exactly what you will get based on where you live. Given that that is the official website, I would be inclined to believe it over some Rogers CSR, considering how little they seem to know about any of this. Of course, you can always wait until Wednesday before deciding whether to subscribe - I'm sure there would be an uproar if the national games are unavailable.
DJ Breadman
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I will wager, If a game is not sold out it will still be blacked out, just because the fcc says the nfl doesn't have to do it doesn't mean they won't. They will tell the tv channel to black it out or next time the tv rights are up you are done.
Unless the team buys the tickets before the Thursday of the game (Ralph Wilson did this several times for Bills games), if the game isn't sold out, the game is blacked out in the local market (NFL rule).
Tabarouette
ben kin
so if I don't have cable TV with rogers, I miss 29 game right?
this is why I cancelled, they couldn't answer my question... I went with hockeystreams already
BPD Habs Fan
Power of Positivity
It has to do with rights. In this case Rogers has the television rights to NHL games. When you buy their cable package or GCL they are extending you the right to watch the game. So it is possible for you to get into trouble for watching these streams because you have no legal right to.
Common example is when Canadians watch US Netflix, all kinds of rights violations there.
See above
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Depends on whether your TV provider ends up "participating". Rogers will be participating for sure, everyone else is TBA. Such parts of the deal are really up in the air. If I was in your position, I would probably be looking at options other than GCL as well.
Natey
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Not sure if I'm wrong, but it seems like all Montreal Canadiens games in Toronto will not be blacked out on Gamecentre Live.
https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/blackouts
EDIT: I see it says 29 need a TV Subscription... how does that make sense?
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