They usually put it on InHD. Does this mean they will be using the added microphones for ALL the games, or just the Carolina-Buffalo one?What channel will the Hi Def telecast be on?
ESPN definitely did the same thing. I remember a few years back there was breaking news during the draft (a fairly young MLB player had been found dead in his room, I forget his name) and they cut in with that quite a bit and cut the broadcast off ASAP. They may have continued for the full 3 hours but not one second after.
As for ESPN Classic, in the US if you were lucky they'd show one game a week.
They had it the year before the lockout for big games.I've only had HD for about a year. Did ESPN do HD telecasts before the lockout? Hockey needs HD.
OLN/VS....whatever they call it. I hate it mainly for lack of an HD channel on Comcast in Boston area.
This is a good question. I searched through at least 4 or 5 large hotel chains in the middle of nowhere West Virginia to find Versus to watch game 1 of the Buffalo vs Philly series. No one had it. We ended up having to watch the game in a chinese restaurant. Funny enough, we ran into a family from Buffalo doing the same thing. Unfortunately the Chinese people kicked us out after the first overtime. I don't think they had a clue what we were watching. Wasn't fun watching the ticker on ESPN at the hotel. At least they won.I keep asking this on some VS related threads, but never get a reply. I'll try again here.
Has VS done anything about most hotel chains not carrying the channel? There are many travellers every day (especially business travellers) and not being able to even see a hockey game when one is flipping through the channels is not good for the league.
ESPN loves young and controversal superstars like Lebron James, Dwanye Wade, Barry Bonds, and TO. They are marketable so they think. You see every other weekend a high school football game on ESPN and the Duece. Since LeBron they also have covered high school basketball and this year there big guy on campus is Michael Jordon's son. Last year was an Ohio St recruit and the year before Dwight Howard. I said last year if Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby came in the NHL and dominate ESPN would crawl back and beg for the NHL back. AO has EA Sports deal and Crosby has a RBK deal so their names are getting out there and i bet u ESPN wants to cash when they still have a chance. The biggest mistake ESPN made the last few years was canceling the 2005 World Junior Championship Gold Medal game to go to Classic boxing.
good news.. looks like OTT @ TOR will be on CI on Oct 4th.. which means no blackouts?
I don't think LBJ or Dwayne Wade are controversial, but I agree they are marketable. Ovechkin isn't marketable yet because of the language barrier, but crosby is. Staal is another guy they can market because his presence on a camera is good. There are others too.
What's everyone think, new scoreboard, graphics, Eddie O., etc.?
I missed the first 2 hours (Pre-game and game) so how has it been?
They put the camera on the Hurricanes instead of showing the actual montages that were playing on the screen. Pretty stupid.