Confirmed with Link: OT: NHL reaches new media rights agreement w/ Turner Sports replacing NBC

[Malagahawks]

It starts next season & hopefully injects more $$ to start bumping the CAP.

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[Blackhawkswincup]

Moving SCF to cable only tier is bad move IMO

Also I worry about how NHL/NBA playoffs will work out when TNT/TBS is to be utilized for both

We shall see but overall this deal doesn't appear to be great outside of more $$$ for ownership

 

[RayP]

Wait so HBO Max is getting the streaming rights is that what I’m reading? That’s really all I care about is how and where and how much streaming will be.

So no more games on ESPN+?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Wait so HBO Max is getting the streaming rights is that what I’m reading? That’s really all I care about is how and where and how much streaming will be.

So no more games on ESPN+?

I assume that is for the 72 regular season games + playoffs (And Finals) for TNT

That ESPN+ will still have rest of package as originally announced

 

[ray c]

Who has the hawk games next year?

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Does anybody know what this all means for people who rely on Center Ice to watch out of market games? Does this all mean I won’t need Center Ice next year if I have HBO+ and ESPN+?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

It means HBO Max and ESPN+ are going to find way to make you pay more for exclusive NHL content

Likely means subscription within a subscription

 

[bwana63]

Glad the league is getting increased revenue. The flip side is how much more is it going to cost us to watch our team? Don't expect an answer soon, but am pretty confident that we're gonna have to ante up more than what we're currently paying.

Not a fan of ESPN. Their constant promos for stuff I don't care about is maddening. And I wish I could turn off their ever present streamer. Ugh.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

It means HBO Max and ESPN+ are going to find way to make you pay more for exclusive NHL content

Likely means subscription within a subscription

Oh, that’s f***ed up. So it will be an add on to the existing subscription.

 

[hawksfan50]

The Hawks manage their own local game rights for all games not on National or Regional networks whose rights are packaged by the NHL itself.

Soho did the Hawks seell tge local rights to ?
Still the local NBC Channel?

What this would mean is that when a Hawks game is on ESPN or TNT theywoukd d need to supply their own broadcast crews....but when it is only a local rights game the local chicago channel that the Hawks sold rights to will still use Foley and the crew chosen by the Hawks to cover their games.
When the games are oart of tge NHL Center Ice package you can buy from some cable suppliers you will get the ESON or TNT broadcasts crews if it is one of thise broadcasts...or you will get Foley et al on the "local" rights games .

So realky not much changes except tge carriers for natuobalkybor regionally broadcast rights games sold by the League.

I get the NHL Center Ice package as part of my Rogers SportsPak.. so I get all Hawks games on that no matter which broadcast crew is television tge game ...However (and I do not know if this will be maintained after the Covid crisis is over or not) during this season therecwss leads choice of broadcast crews for each game ...If it was as NBC game shown nationally or regionally we got that crew. Which was always tge case...but if the game was onlyva local game either homeorxaway,we might be given only 1 option to watch it on Center Ice...we get either the Hawks coverage crew with Foley or we get the opposition broadcast view only with rare exception for a very few double broadcast option nights.

Again in the past CentrevIce gave more double option watching g nights ..Of course I always chose the Foley broadcast ...but now Center Ice seenscto make the majority ofveveningscsubject to the whims of NHL decision-makers as to which broadcast(Hawks or Opps ) will be shown.

In any case I of course wish I coukd watch only the Foley crew team broadcasts that the Hawks control...I hate ...hate watching the opos broadcasts especialky Nashville broadcasts havi g to suffer through Terry Crisp ...insufferable.

 

[Malagahawks]

The Hawks manage their own local game rights for all games not on National or Regional networks whose rights are packaged by the NHL itself.

Soho did the Hawks seell tge local rights to ?
Still the local NBC Channel?

What this would mean is that when a Hawks game is on ESPN or TNT theywoukd d need to supply their own broadcast crews....but when it is only a local rights game the local chicago channel that the Hawks sold rights to will still use Foley and the crew chosen by the Hawks to cover their games.
When the games are oart of tge NHL Center Ice package you can buy from some cable suppliers you will get the ESON or TNT broadcasts crews if it is one of thise broadcasts...or you will get Foley et al on the "local" rights games .

So realky not much changes except tge carriers for natuobalkybor regionally broadcast rights games sold by the League.

I get the NHL Center Ice package as part of my Rogers SportsPak.. so I get all Hawks games on that no matter which broadcast crew is television tge game ...However (and I do not know if this will be maintained after the Covid crisis is over or not) during this season therecwss leads choice of broadcast crews for each game ...If it was as NBC game shown nationally or regionally we got that crew. Which was always tge case...but if the game was onlyva local game either homeorxaway,we might be given only 1 option to watch it on Center Ice...we get either the Hawks coverage crew with Foley or we get the opposition broadcast view only with rare exception for a very few double broadcast option nights.

Again in the past CentrevIce gave more double option watching g nights ..Of course I always chose the Foley broadcast ...but now Center Ice seenscto make the majority ofveveningscsubject to the whims of NHL decision-makers as to which broadcast(Hawks or Opps ) will be shown.

In any case I of course wish I coukd watch only the Foley crew team broadcasts that the Hawks control...I hate ...hate watching the opos broadcasts especialky Nashville broadcasts havi g to suffer through Terry Crisp ...insufferable.

What he said.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Who has the hawk games next year?

NBCSN Chicago

 

[Giovi]

The network might want to brush up on it's NHL knowledge before the contract kicks in.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[Kevin Musto]

Good grabs for ESPN, especially Ray Ferraro.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Outside of Carter i think that is lousy group of studio analysts

 

[TLEH]

Liam McHugh is good.

Eddie is fine, Darren Pang is f***ing annoying. Kenny Albert is fine, Burke is also fine. Keith Jones is meh, lean towards bad.

Bad crew.

Biz will atleast bring some fun, especially with Toecchet and I like Anson Carter,

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I know he's with UVM now, but Sharp will be missed in the studio coverage.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

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