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

[jigglysquishy]

Which sucks because having WWE on SN+ was so convenient. One $250 payment vs a $20 monthly payment for a declining service with fewer and fewer movie options.

The SN app is so frustratingly bad. Logs me out between periods. Stutters. Lower quality picture than cable. Loads slowly.

Meanwhile Netflix works perfectly every time in better quality.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

The SN app is so frustratingly bad. Logs me out between periods. Stutters. Lower quality picture than cable. Loads slowly.

Meanwhile Netflix works perfectly every time in better quality.

Maybe that's a permission issue with your firewall (idk I'm not a tech guy)?

I use the Sportsnet app on Xbox, Playstation and Android and haven't had those problems.

 

[Canucks LB]

Not a fan of streaming services having TV rights, they should still have the games available via cable.

Cable is dying, all sports are going to be only available on streaming websites within 3 to 5 years

 

[sonic92]

Yarr harr fiddle dee dee a pirates life for me.

 

[KCC]

Which sucks because having WWE on SN+ was so convenient. One $250 payment for something that also includes MLB and NBA vs a $20 monthly payment for a declining service with fewer and fewer movie options.

Most people already have Netflix and the quality is substantially better. SN Plus quality is garbage.

 

[Voight]

Cable is dying, all sports are going to be only available on streaming websites within 3 to 5 years

Which is awful.

 

[Nucker101]

Maybe that's a permission issue with your firewall (idk I'm not a tech guy)?

I use the Sportsnet app on Xbox, Playstation and Android and haven't had those problems.

I use the SN app on multiple devices, over wifi and ethernet, I've had issues with stuttering as well, no issues with any other apps when it comes to streaming.

 

[KCC]

Which is awful.

pfft. Cable is a dinosaur way of viewing things. Stop with the nostalgia, grandpa. lol

 

[CaptainUgly]

If this means that I have to pay for an NHL package from Amazon to watch a handful of Oilers Monday night games which I'm currently getting included with my Sportsnet TV package then I'm against it.

We shouldn't have to go to multiple sources to consume the same content.

What's next, Disney+ for Tuesday games, and Netflix for Wednesdays?

Like someone said above, this streaming nonsense is turning into cable all over again, just with extra steps.

I pirate my stuff 120 a year for 20,000 channels

 

[Canucks LB]

Which is awful.

It’s good for me, right now with everything I’m paying, it’s gonna save me probably 50% of everything if I just focus on streaming.

Cable is a fortune near Vancouver

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Kypreos was fired because he was earning like $850k. After the better part of a year or two they rehired him. Maybe at a more reasonable salary of $425k.

Kypreos was their Bob McKenzie and has been with the network since the 90s, was a shock they let him go for a bit.

 

[Masked]

The SN app is so frustratingly bad. Logs me out between periods. Stutters. Lower quality picture than cable. Loads slowly.

Meanwhile Netflix works perfectly every time in better quality.

Do you also get the vaguely air horn siren noise during hockey broadcasts on Sportsnet streaming?

 

[Golden_Jet]

pfft. Cable is a dinosaur way of viewing things. Stop with the nostalgia, grandpa. lol

Might be a dinosaur, but better picture quality, aways reliable , I get to watch the games on the 4K channel,

 

[Koivu11]

 

[gstommylee]

Cable is dying, all sports are going to be only available on streaming websites within 3 to 5 years

Cable TV will still exists in some form. Streaming will never ever truly get rid of cable tv cause its can't due to accessibility in certain areas of the country where high speed internet is non existed or very limited.

 

[NyQuil]

pfft. Cable is a dinosaur way of viewing things. Stop with the nostalgia, grandpa. lol

Sports are the only reason I still have cable.

The quality is so much better and I actually get the feed about 15 seconds faster which is like living in the future.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

So if you don't have Prime you are f***ed?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Which is awful.

Yes I agree cable is awful

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

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.

And if the NHL calls your bluff and do have legit streaming option you essentially likely just killed your Company. (Maybe that's already in progress - I don't know.)

 

[David Suzuki]

Horrible, especially because they're almost certainly going to eventually charge you a premium to watch the NHL like they do for the MLS with Apple. There are also still people with TV's that don't have the prime app available to download. Just making it more difficult (and eventually it will be more expensive when every team has their own app) for people to watch.

Thankfully the Habs still have most of their games on RDS, but I'm sure that will eventually change too.

 

[Carbooja]

The SN app is so frustratingly bad. Logs me out between periods. Stutters. Lower quality picture than cable. Loads slowly.

Meanwhile Netflix works perfectly every time in better quality.

I'm cancelling my SN package after this Season it's so bad. Audio delays, stuttering just awful. It was so much better when the NHL Ran it.

 

[waitin425]

This is great news. Does it mean no more silly blackouts on Mondays? I was considering finally buying centre ice. But, If I can get the Habs on Satursdays and Mondays, I will probably refrain from centre ice.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

How popular is prime in Canada? Trying to figure out the economics here

I think most households have an account.

 

[Golden_Jet]

This is great news. Does it mean no more silly blackouts on Mondays? I was considering finally buying centre ice. But, If I can get the Habs on Satursdays and Mondays, I will probably refrain from centre ice.

It says for “National” games, so they would never be blacked out on Roger’s now or in the past.
Monday night regional games would still be subject to blackouts.

 

[waitin425]

It says for “National” games, so they would never be blacked out on Roger’s now or in the past.
Monday night regional games would still be subject to blackouts.

Boooooooooo!