News Article: Sabres get a Canadian television deal

[Caroline Says ll]

http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/2013/10/08/sabres-ring-in-canadian-television-deal

They finally got it done. 51 games televised on Bell

OR

I could have linked the Sabres website article

http://sabres.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=92852&navid=DL|BUF|home

Click to read more...

 

[1972]

What do we do for the other 31 games? That means thats 20ish games will be blacked out. Other than that great idea

 

[McCauleyChirps]

What do we do for the other 32 games? Other than that great idea

They determined that 51 games was the limit of suffering the Canadians can take.

 

[boredmale]

I noticed this channel on Bell Expressvu and wondered what the viewing area was. I am surprised it doesn`t go up to Hamilton

 

[Caroline Says ll]

What do we do for the other 31 games? That means thats 20ish games will be blacked out. Other than that great idea

16 of them are on CBC, TSN, and TSN2

 

[Caroline Says ll]

I noticed this channel on Bell Expressvu and wondered what the viewing area was. I am surprised it doesn`t go up to Hamilton

http://sabres.nhl.com/v2/ext/images/20131008-CanadianBroadcast.pdf

A decent amount of Hamilton does get it based on the postal codes listed

 

[boredmale]

http://sabres.nhl.com/v2/ext/images/20131008-CanadianBroadcast.pdf

A decent amount of Hamilton does get it based on the postal codes listed

The map from the Buffalo site shows it stops just outside of Hamilton. Oh well I live in Thunder Bay and am way out of the "Buffalo Zone", I was just curious and saw this thread pop up.

 

[Chainshot]

It's about damn time. 20 years is too long to not have a broadcasting presence in So. Ontario. Now if the product wasn't so damn bad...

 

[Jim Bob]

It's about damn time. 20 years is too long to not have a broadcasting presence in So. Ontario. Now if the product wasn't so damn bad...

I wonder if that's why the Leafs didn't pitch a fit?

 

[Shoey]

I think getting games on in St. Catherines was the biggest priority for them.

 

[1972]

only saturday games are blacked out, my guess is because Hockey Night in Canada, you can also get a pretty decent steam for the blacked out games so it's not a huge deal, ill take 50 MSG HD broadcasts + 16 National Broadcasts over 82 away team broadcasts where a handful of games are not in HD.

 

[Jacob582]

It's about time. Kudos to Ted B.

It's crazy to think they weren't on TV just across the bridge. My parents are 2 hours east of Buffalo and they get MSG/Sabres. Of course it wasn't always like that, when I was in high school/college I had to endure devils, islander and flyers games (SportsChannel ?)

 

[CBCnutcase]

What do we do for the other 31 games? That means thats 20ish games will be blacked out. Other than that great idea

16 of them are on CBC, TSN, and TSN2

Actually it's 18 games that are on those networks:
11 on TSN2, 7 on TSN, and 2 on HNIC.

There are 3 games on NHL Network Canada and you can add 4 more national games that are on RDS in french. There are 5 but one of those games is on HNIC already. http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20132014&gameType=2&team=BUF&network=RDS&venue=

So, that leaves just 6 to 13 games to be seen on Centre Ice.

 

[CBCnutcase]

only saturday games are blacked out, my guess is because Hockey Night in Canada, you can also get a pretty decent steam for the blacked out games so it's not a huge deal, ill take 50 MSG HD broadcasts + 16 National Broadcasts over 82 away team broadcasts where a handful of games are not in HD.

The Sabres games on TSN and TSN2 will be blacked out and possibly the RDS and NHL Network Canada games.

 

[joshjull]

Sabres strike deal to be on Canadian TV

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres...to-appear-on-canadian-television.html?ref=bmh

The organization has been trying for years to get its games carried in Canada. This morning, the Sabres and Bell TV announced 50 games this season will be carried on Bell Fibe and Satellite TV services in homes from Fort Erie/Niagara Falls to Stoney Creek in Southern Ontario.

“This is a momentous day for our organization and, more importantly, the thousands of Sabres fans in Southern Ontario,†Sabres President Ted Black said. “We have been aware of the very large number of Sabres fans in Southern Ontario for quite some time and, until now, they have been able to see only a very small percentage of Sabres television broadcasts despite being geographically closer to us than Rochester.

"We are very proud of getting this done for our fans and we’re thankful to Bell TV and MSG for all the hard work that went into the negotiations.â€

 

[gallagt01]

Very good news for Buffalo's Southern Ontario fans.

(There's a thread a bit down the page on this).

 

[joshjull]

Very good news for Buffalo's Southern Ontario fans.

(There's a thread a bit down the page on this).

Merge on the way!

Thanks for the heads up on that. Very tired and in zombie mode at work right now