Confirmed with Link: Habs sign 3-year regional tv-deal with Rogers

[99GoHabsGo99]

As someone without Cable what is my best option here? I really don't wanna watch CPU Streams...

I've tried Hockeystreams it is very laggy so I always had to put it on lowest settings which made it just as bad as any free stream..

Last year all throughout the playoffs I was using my Xbox watching the games through CBC App, It worked great.. The plan this year was buy GCL and stream all games through my Xbox.. Streams suck on my CPU but through the Xbox GCL looks good and works good..

From what I understand I would be getting 40 games if I bought GCL and the rest would be blacked out.. If that is the case GCL is a waste of money... This sucks ..

Really wish there was no such things as blackouts.. Thanks for keeping your promise of No Blackouts Rogers!

So yeah.. What should I do? What is my best option here? Thanks for the help

 

[Price is Wright]

I guess we're stuck with region rights in the digital age. No surprise. Dinosaurs move slow.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

Wait, can people in Montreal get to watch the games in English as well? This regional crap always confuses me.

Yea 39 regional games on Sportsnet East (which we get in Mtl) and 40 games national games

 

[Habs]

How can I watch the games in Vancouver that are not national games, use to watch everything on RDS is there hope for BC in either french or english?

Center Ice...

 

[Davebo*]

OP, perhaps you should add this information to your post.

http://blog.fagstein.com/2014/09/02/sportsnet-habs-regional-games/

Thanks for the summary.

That's a boatload of channels to have to subscribe to. What's the yearly subscription costs for all those, I wonder?

 

[GoodKiwi]

I guess we're stuck with region rights in the digital age. No surprise. Dinosaurs move slow.

I'd say the NFL is the most progressive sports league in North America and they zealously protect team's regional rights.

This is because it isn't in one team's best interests to have an out of market team shown on local TV often. This isn't how you grow the fan-base exactly by letting them watch (and, who knows, maybe grow to like even?) another team in own backyard.

Blackouts will never go away. At least not in our lifetime.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Thanks for the summary.

That's a boatload of channels to have to subscribe to. What's the yearly subscription costs for all those, I wonder?

In Quebec, it should add up to a total of $4.50 per month (3 channels SNET EAST/ONE/360 at $1.50 per channel). I think my pricing is correct for Videotron, but not entirely certain. City & CBC are, of course, free and available OTA.

 

[Raider917]

Canadiens on Sportsnet

http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729382



Sportsnet’s regional television broadcast schedule begins on Monday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET on City Montreal as the Habs visit Steven Stamkos and the Lightning in Tampa Bay.

Sportsnet East will be home to 39 regional Habs games, with three additional regional games airing on City Montreal.

does anyone know if there will still be blackouts this year?

 

[Davebo*]

In Quebec, it should add up to a total of $4.50 per month (3 channels SNET EAST/ONE/360 at $1.50 per channel). I think my pricing is correct for Videotron, but not entirely certain. City & CBC are, of course, free and available OTA.

I assume OTA means Over the Air.

Not everyone lives in a population dense area. I'm pretty sure City isn't broadcast OTA anywhere in the Maritimes. If it is, I stand corrected.

 

[Scintillating10]

Is Nova Scotia blacked out of regional games? I imagine we get the Sens here

 

[Raider917]

if you get snet east,ont, west, pacific and one on bell fibre, then you should be ok?

 

[GoodKiwi]

I assume OTA means Over the Air.

Not everyone lives in a population dense area. I'm pretty sure City isn't broadcast OTA anywhere in the Maritimes. If it is, I stand corrected.

Yes, I realize OTA doesn't mean "everyone with a coat hanger rejoice". I just pointed out it's available as such, that's all.

Those channels are still "free" though as in they're a part of your basic cable package.

 

[Habsfan18]

if you get snet east,ont, west, pacific and one on bell fibre, then you should be ok?

Even if you have the channels, the regional games will be blacked out unless you're in the Habs region.

 

[GoodKiwi]

if you get snet east,ont, west, pacific and one on bell fibre, then you should be ok?

Take a moment and read the first post of this thread.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Perhaps this can also be added to the OP to clarify the Habs region:

Regional games are only available in the Canadiens’ region which includes all of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, and Ontario east of Belleville and Pembroke (it’s the same region as that is covered by Sportsnet East).

Thank you kindly.

 

[Raider917]

Take a moment and read the first post of this thread.

but will there be blackouts? the leafs games were scheduled on snet ont last year but when they came on the screen goes black here in NS.

 

[GoodKiwi]

but will there be blackouts? the leafs games were scheduled on snet ont last year but when they came on the screen goes black here in NS.

Now read my post just above yours.

 

[99GoHabsGo99]

Perhaps this can also be added to the OP to clarify the Habs region:




Thank you kindly.

I'm in Atlantic Canada does this mean it will be blacked out for me on GCL or not? This is all so confusing to me haha

 

[CH25]

English/French doesn't matter for me. I will pick whoever has the best quality analysts/commentators.

 

[GoodKiwi]

I'm in Atlantic Canada does this mean it will be blacked out for me on GCL or not? This is all so confusing to me haha

Yes, you won't see a single Habs game on CGL.

 

[Hackett]

While this deal still sucks for western Canada, it is a bit better than it was yesterday.

With this deal, the habs will now have 40 games available nationally rather than 32.

 

[GoodKiwi]

While this deal still sucks for western Canada, it is a bit better than it was yesterday.

With this deal, the habs will now have 40 games available nationally rather than 32.

I remember us discussing the Rogers regional rights rumor in the other thread and me tossing out number "10" out as the total amount of games we might see added to the Habs national package.

Came close.

 

[CrazyShea]

I'm in Atlantic Canada does this mean it will be blacked out for me on GCL or not? This is all so confusing to me haha

Just use a VPN to trick it into thinking you are somewhere else

 

[habsfanatics*]

So I live in Saint John, NB, will any of the regional games be blacked out for me? I'm sorry if this has already been answered, but I need to get my ducks in a row and make sure I have all the required channels.

 

[Habsfan18]

So I live in Saint John, NB, will any of the regional games be blacked out for me? I'm sorry if this has already been answered, but I need to get my ducks in a row and make sure I have all the required channels.

"Regional games are only available in the Canadiens’ region which includes all of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, and Ontario east of Belleville and Pembroke (it’s the same region that is covered by Sportsnet East)."