The NHL Wants to Bring Games Online in Canada
From Staci at paidcontent.org:
The NHL wants to stream games in Canada during the upcoming season but it doesn’t sound like it has all the pucks in a row just yet. Doug Perlman, EVP-media, told the Toronto Globe & Mail the league needs to clear carriage with national and regional television rights holders. That complicated scenario, which also includes the out-of-market NHL Centre Ice cable/sat package, explains why Internet rights will be one of the main topics as the NHL negotiates its next TV rights deals there; agreements with CBC and TSN expire at the end of the ‘07-’08 season.
Staci then reminds us Americans of our online viewing options.
It’s far from MLB.tv, but before you can reach these things technology-wise, all the legal agreements must be in place. Hopefully the league will get all of that ironed out and give fans more options to keep up with their teams. Not having insane blackout rules would help too.
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