News Article: Colorado Avalanche Media Coverage Part VI
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RampoSanta
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expatriatedtexan
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Bill Peckerskull
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henchman21
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It would be peak comedy if they announced a streaming service that was blacked out in Colorado and cost more than ESPN+.
expatriatedtexan
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Hey look… it’s only 5 years late.
Ararana
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What am I missing? They're saying only 20 Avs games?
EDIT: Ah, I see. 20 are free over the air, the rest are part of the subscription.
I'm still sticking with ESPN+.
Bill Peckerskull
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MORE ON ALTITUDE+
Every Altitude Sports broadcast of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche will be available on Altitude+, the new streaming home of Altitude Sports coming in October. Altitude+ will be available as a direct-to-consumer streaming service for $19.95 per month.
Every Altitude Sports broadcast of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche will be available on Altitude+, the new streaming home of Altitude Sports coming in October. Altitude+ will be available as a direct-to-consumer streaming service for $19.95 per month.
20 games on local TV for free. The rest you have to pay $20 a month for.
Ararana
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ESPN+ is cheaper than $20/month and you get all NHL teams.
henchman21
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It’s for locals as they are blacked out on ESPN+.
This is a step in the right direction, but the 20 a month is very steep IMO.
Only if you're outside the Altitude broadcast rights area.... Or use a VPN.
Still not great for Comcast people. I guess it's cheaper than Fubo. I wonder what the stream lag will be? There was next to none on Evoca, but when that died, I haven't found a good solution. Fubo and Direct TV+ are always a good 36 seconds, to a minute behind acual live coverage.
I also wonder if it'll be easy to pause your sub during the off season.
RockLobster
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Yeah that was my exact thought.
$19.95 a month is just way too expensive for the offering...but they know hardcore fans will sign up for it (like myself, I am already trying to justify the price).
But at the end of the day, Altitude+ would only be of value to me because of the Avalanche games, and as a streaming service it should not be priced the same as Max, Netflix, Disney+, etc.
Ararana
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it’s 2024, there’s really no excuse anymore for not knowing how to use the VPN.
RockLobster
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ESPN+ has a pretty good anti-VPN feature, apparently. I know I've tried in the past and it's not been successful. These goddamn companies are catching on and will always tamp down on this shit, all in the name of the almighty dollar.
If you like live chatting about the game a VPN isn't a great choice. The steam delay is bad.
henchman21
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As a person who uses a VPN with ESPN+, I can say the experience is pretty bad. It is a constant whackamole where you’re constantly changing locations and even services… that are also not free (for the good ones anyway).
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As a Canadian who has been on NHL Center Ice for over 20 years, this doesn’t impact me.
However, I hope the delay isn’t bad so that our regulars can continue to post and chat here during the games.
However, I hope the delay isn’t bad so that our regulars can continue to post and chat here during the games.
Ararana
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I'm not trying to hijack the thread for VPN usage. I'll just say ESPN+'s VPN detection is dogshit. There's not much companies can do as these VPN developers are always a few steps ahead of them. I've used ESPN+ on VPN (even for out of market games) and have had no issues for two seasons now. I pretty much keep my devices on VPN constantly and have never once had any bandwidth or location detection issues.
I'll get off my VPN soapbox now. I'm glad local users have options now, that's the important thing, even if they have to pay literally twice as much for it.
I'll get off my VPN soapbox now. I'm glad local users have options now, that's the important thing, even if they have to pay literally twice as much for it.
zxcvnm
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Pricing is ridiculous but they probably figure most people will only subscribe for Nov-Apr so around $120 for the Avs and Nuggets games.
But I expect they’ll get a lot of resistance at the price.
But I expect they’ll get a lot of resistance at the price.
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Was gonna say, I used a VPN/ESPN last year and never had any issues getting blocked out of games. Plus I think the VPN/ESPN combo is only like $3/$4 more than Altitude+ anyways.
Ararana
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I'm starting to wonder what VPNs some of these users are using, you get what you pay for in the VPN world. And yeah ESPN's $11/month + another ~$15/month VPN fee and you're paying just a few bucks more than Altitude+ but you get the entire league.
I personally use VPN for so many things, sports streaming is pretty far down the list of justifications for that expense.
Bill Peckerskull
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henchman21
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I've used NordVPN, Surfshark, ProtonVPN, and ExpressVPN. Nord has been by far the best for me.
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Interesting. I used express last year and had zero issues with blackouts last year.
