#hockey broadcasting

[hockeyconfessional]

The TNT broadcast sucks. I miss my home announcers. I especially miss the severe bias towards my fave team…

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[abqbox]

Fuck espn!

I can't watch live nhl playoff games unless I pay for a cable or satellite package that includes espn. Even though I paid them money directly to have espn+ streaming and have been very happy without any cable package for over a decade.

Then I have to deal with an insane 48 hour delay for location based blackouts. Again, even though I'm paying money to have a streaming service to watch the games.

And it only keeps old games available to be selected to watch for less than a week, sometimes if there are a lot of games it's more like three or four days is all before an older game is gone. Which means I have a game I want to stream available for sometimes only one or two days. In a world of streaming, two months would seem ridiculously short, and under the previous nhl streaming package, I could watch any game from the current season at any time.

Also gone are the extended highlights packages that were a part of the nhl streaming package in past years. These were the highlights of the game condensed down to about 10 to 15 minutes and were absolutely great to catch up with things going on around the entire league. Much better than the espn highlight show which seems to have been received so poorly that I don't think they're even making them anymore, they are certainly not in the streaming menu like they used to be.

But the absolute most horrible and annoying total piece of shit is spoilers. I understand if I watch a game the concept that I might possibly not want to know the results and scores of other games that happened at the same time is so far beyond the ability of espn to comprehend that I just accept they will give spoilers for other games and I'm forced to decide which game each day I don't want to have spoiled to watch that one first.

But here is the streaming menu on espn+ that I have to use to select and watch any game. You'll notice I covered up descriptions and part of the screenshots of the "related videos". I did that because those highlight descriptions give away the game results.

I have the app/channel on my roku set to not show game results, though I have no idea what that does because they absolutely insist on displaying game results that there is no way for me to avoid having displayed on my screen while selecting a game to watch!

And all of this is before even addressing the quality of the coverage and especially the announcers. It's a noticeable step down from most local broadcasts and even worse compared to Canadian coverage or even the old nbc coverage.

NHL and especially espn, this is badly not working for me and as the world continues to move more and more to streaming and away from traditional cable services the amount of your TV audience having these same exact frustrations and issues will only increase until you fix them or people give up on watching the league, at least through legal routes.

[nottodayjustin]

May 7th 2024 best hockey tweet(s) of the day

[zetterbabe]

chucky during fan appreciation night (04.13.24)

[kitnita]

kivi in the handshake line   —   DAL vs COL; game 6   —   05.17.24

[nhlclover]

jacob fowler and will smith at the boston red sox game tonight😁😁

[larsnicklas]

no broadcast is doing it like them, i fear + bonus control room celly

[mattiassamuelsson]

PEYTON KREBS ( BUF vs VGK. 03.02.2024. )

[iceiceicecold]

quick warmup sketch of hockey mav (alt. versions below)

[sportsthoughts]

ek skates and laces - 29/2/24

[parttimesarah]

🖤FIVE MORE HUGS!💛

[nottodayjustin]

June 3rd 2024 best hockey tweet(s) of the day

[zetterbabe]

in his element (05.12.24)

[kitnita]

the stars take a 3-2 series lead!   —   VGK vs DAL;   game 5   —   05.01.24

[grantmentis]

CBC will be hosting select PWHL games around the season in Canada, and the commentary crew will include former PHF defender and Isobel cup champion Saroya Tinker!

[lenacopperleaf]

God I hate national broadcasts so much.

What I want from national broadcasts? The same kind of energy when I was at the wild game. Just a Little avs fan hanging out with a season ticket holder seated next to me. We shared things about our teams that the other person didn’t know and were nice and complimentary to the other team. That’s what I want. None of this “this team was spanked last night” or “I don’t know if I’d have confidence in Georgie about the west” nonsense that tnt’s been spouting.

This is what local broadcasters thrown together could bring us-a better national broadcast world