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The NHL partnership is definitely going to be good for the game. Finally going to introduce some modern, quality, team websites in addition to potentially coupl

The NHL partnership is definitely going to be good for the game. Finally going to introduce some modern, quality, team websites in addition to potentially couple second delay livestreams instead of the current 90+ second GameCenter Live offering. NHL is also toying with more tracking technologies [1] that could make for a pretty cool experience while watching the game live (The cost of pucks with tracking chips were ~$200 each, which is obviously too expensive for how pucks are used currently.) [1]: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=750201 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=750201

leetrout 11y ago
Now just give me NHL streaming on a per game pricing structure where I can pay to watch on demand and not be saddled with a $160 bill when my desire is to only see a handful of games over the whole season and we'll have a solid winner here.
- bonesinger 11y ago
  http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2015/6/15/8783249/nhl-tv-settlement-settlement-game-center-live http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2015/6/15/8783249/nhl-tv-se... Its not a perfect system, but some per-team pricing is nice.
stoolpigeon 11y ago
I've been an annual subscriber to the NHL and MLB services for 4 years. The NHL service has been awesome, the MLB service has quite a few problems and I find myself constantly wishing the MLB people would just do things the way the NHL does. The NHL removes commercial breaks, MLB leaves them in. The NHL player has a way to skip 10 seconds forward or back - MLB player only does back. But the worst, the MLB streams constantly get stuck and then the stream jumps back to the beginning of the game. Then I get to start hunting for where I was.
- TheHydroImpulse 11y ago
  Uhh, I guess Rogers GameCenter Live was a bit different. Rogers gave customers a free access for the whole season, which resulted in ads still being there. I've actually had the same issues happen in GameCenter Live. Lots of glitches, laggy, and the quality was horrible, the actual game was much smaller than the full screen. One annoying issue was when I wanted to watch the game well after it had started, or even after it ended but didn't want to know the score. I always had to put my hand over sections that showed the score until I pressed the "Hide score" button and then always quickly forcing it to start from the beginning instead of mid way through so I wouldn't see the score.
maxerickson 11y ago
The league minimum salary (per player) translates into $6,400 per regular season game, I guess spending $10,000 or $20,000 a night on pucks would merely be irritating. (teh Googles suggests they actually use less than 50 pucks, so $10,000 would be highish)
- TheHydroImpulse 11y ago
  During the game, it definitely wouldn't be an issue. But many players like to give away pucks to fans, keep them after scoring important goals, etc... The NHL doesn't want to destroy the ability to hand out pucks.

leetrout 11y ago

Now just give me NHL streaming on a per game pricing structure where I can pay to watch on demand and not be saddled with a $160 bill when my desire is to only see a handful of games over the whole season and we'll have a solid winner here.

bonesinger 11y ago
http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2015/6/15/8783249/nhl-tv-settlement-settlement-game-center-live http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2015/6/15/8783249/nhl-tv-se... Its not a perfect system, but some per-team pricing is nice.

stoolpigeon 11y ago

I've been an annual subscriber to the NHL and MLB services for 4 years. The NHL service has been awesome, the MLB service has quite a few problems and I find myself constantly wishing the MLB people would just do things the way the NHL does. The NHL removes commercial breaks, MLB leaves them in. The NHL player has a way to skip 10 seconds forward or back - MLB player only does back. But the worst, the MLB streams constantly get stuck and then the stream jumps back to the beginning of the game. Then I get to start hunting for where I was.

TheHydroImpulse 11y ago
Uhh, I guess Rogers GameCenter Live was a bit different. Rogers gave customers a free access for the whole season, which resulted in ads still being there. I've actually had the same issues happen in GameCenter Live. Lots of glitches, laggy, and the quality was horrible, the actual game was much smaller than the full screen. One annoying issue was when I wanted to watch the game well after it had started, or even after it ended but didn't want to know the score. I always had to put my hand over sections that showed the score until I pressed the "Hide score" button and then always quickly forcing it to start from the beginning instead of mid way through so I wouldn't see the score.

maxerickson 11y ago

The league minimum salary (per player) translates into $6,400 per regular season game, I guess spending $10,000 or $20,000 a night on pucks would merely be irritating. (teh Googles suggests they actually use less than 50 pucks, so $10,000 would be highish)

TheHydroImpulse 11y ago
During the game, it definitely wouldn't be an issue. But many players like to give away pucks to fans, keep them after scoring important goals, etc... The NHL doesn't want to destroy the ability to hand out pucks.