TSN: TSN Blackouts - Mendes wants your feedback

[Golden_Jet]

As I mentioned previously, it's also almost always blacked out on TSN.

Yes if you live in Ottawa’s broadcast region, and don’t subscribe / pay for TSN5,
You will be blacked out.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I can only watch sens games if they are on Saturday. Otherwise need to use a VPN and pretend that I'm in Vancouver with my laptop. What a joke, pay $280 a year for SN+, have access to my friends Bell Fibe and still can barely watch any games without VPN or sailing the high seas.

That's how Sportsnet+ premium works, so it's working as they advertise unless I'm misunderstanding something here.

If you're in the Ottawa region, the out of market hockey Sportsnet+ premium service won't give you access to Senators regionally broadcasted games on TSN5. They should be blacked out. You would need to subscribe to TSN Go to access them on TSN5 and leave Sportsnet+ out entirely.

That's why it works when you VPN to Vancouver as it's telling the app you're not in the Ottawa market, which is what that Sportsnet+ out of market premium service is for. The Sportsnet+ premium package is not meant for <insert canadian team here> fans living in the <insert canadian team here> region, it's meant for fans of those teams that don't live there, like say me in the Yukon trying to watch Senators games.

Like other streaming, this sports streaming is all a stupid mess and the monthly fees on these apps are absurd, but I don't think what you're using is technically working incorrectly.

 

[Micklebot]

That's how Sportsnet+ premium works, so it's working as they advertise unless I'm misunderstanding something here.

If you're in the Ottawa region, the out of market hockey Sportsnet+ premium service won't give you access to Senators regionally broadcasted games on TSN5. They should be blacked out. You would need to subscribe to TSN Go to access them on TSN5 and leave Sportsnet+ out entirely.

That's why it works when you VPN to Vancouver as it's telling the app you're not in the Ottawa market, which is what that Sportsnet+ out of market premium service is for. The Sportsnet+ premium package is not meant for <insert canadian team here> fans living in the <insert canadian team here> region, it's meant for fans of those teams that don't live there, like say me in the Yukon trying to watch Senators games.

Like other streaming, this sports streaming is all a stupid mess and the monthly fees on these apps are absurd, but I don't think what you're using is technically working incorrectly.

So, while I understand this, I find it incredibly frustrating that in order to get every single game for an out of market team, say Edmonton, I only need one service, for $250.

But, if I want to stream every local game, I need to pay SN $179.99 and TSN $199.99 for a total of $380, and I have to figure out which app to launch every game instead of having one spot to go to.

It's like they want people to pirate when they make it harder when you pay for it, and arbitrarily more expensive just because of which team you follow and we're you're viewing that same team from.