I'm tired of not being able to stream my team due to media blackouts when paying for subscriptions, the digital era needs to bring the NHL up to date
If anyone wants to take a minute to sign the petition I made that would be amazing
You can remove if this isn't allowed here
by MrNtkarman
40 Comments
Have you considered a vpn?
Signed. Fuck Gary Bettman
And fuck the Hawks while we’re at it
the nhl’s response- “fuck you. pay me”
We seriously need to raise awareness of this bs corruption. It’s as spiteful as it is childish.
lol. You really think the NHL gives a single damn about your petition? Good luck with that.
great cause, signed
Signed. I hate having to go through hops just to watch a game when I don’t live close enough to go to the game without a hotel stay but I’m considered close enough to be in the blackout region.
They do not care. These are multi million and billion dollar deals that cause the blackouts. Your petition won’t do anything. You’re better off finding alternatives than wasting time with a petition that won’t fix anything.
The contracts involved in broadcasting are far too large, complicated, and regional to be interrupted by a petition.
Great idea and good for you. Bit your wasting your time
The contracts won’t last forever and as we’re moving further and further away from the old style of watching things, the more chance we have of actually changing the system
Illegal TV. Problem solved.
Others can profit at the NHL’s own stupid mistakes and greed. Fuck em.
Here in WA you can now stream the Kraken games on an Amazon prime membership.
> I’m tired of not being able to stream my team due to media blackouts when paying for subscriptions, the digital era needs to bring the NHL up to date
If you’re in the US, this document should help you …
https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/sports_blackouts.pdf
If you’re in Canada, this link ahould help you …
https://www.streamlocator.com/articles/how-to-bypass-nhl-blackouts-canada
Best of luck 😊
Eh just use Streameast
I’m with you but it wouldn’t matter if you got every single NHL fan in the world to sign this, it’s not happening as long as cable networks have exclusive contracts.
This seems like such an easy win for a politician to score some points. Who, aside from rich owner lobbying firms, are going to argue in favor of blackouts?
The whole premise is so dated these days. Who sits around the house and says, oh man, the game isn’t going to be on TV tonight, so I better get down to the stadium to go in person. People don’t go to games because they’ve got other shit going on, not because they know they can watch the game on TV instead.
I understand theres tv deals based region but if theres no team in some city why even blacked them out, isnt it better if team have fans from another state
Blackouts do make sense.
The problem is that the system that exists now wasn’t what it was even 10 years ago, with how many people cut the cable.
Media organizations need to find better ways to allow people to watch their teams.
When the NHL got rid of having all the games, with all the options on their own site, and sold (Canadian) rights to SN, who completely fucked it up made it terrible and shitty I took that as a sign they did not want my money anymore.
The NHL had me as a loyal paying customer and told me to go fuck myself, so fuck them. VPN and a pirate ship for me.
Lol a petition, yeah that’ll work!
Only way to petition is with your wallet. If more of us sailed the seas and they lost money it might instigate change. But buying a package THEN complaining about what it includes is not gonna do a damn thing.
I was young once
This is why I sail the open seas
Dbacks had a streaming option this year. 100 bucks for the whole season. I got a student discount so I only paid 60 bucks. So fuckin worth it
100%. It would only benefit the NHL. Look what happened to the NFL when they stopped the blackout nonsense
onhockey.tv
Never miss a game again.
Just stream the games…
Because money
Fire Bettman . Pretty much all problems solved
The on that that totally passed me off was Nashville wouldn’t sell us tickets to a game because we didn’t live in Tennessee. How freaking
stupid is that?
Hahahaha
It’s not really Bettman’s fault (queue downvotes). At least in Canada, every team has their area for television rights. The Sens have an agreement with Montreal to be able to show each other’s team in the other’s area. Toronto would not allow it, so of course Ottawa then blocks TML games in our area. It’s most likely your team’s owner that causes the problem.
_“If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”_
-Gabe Newell
These really make no sense. Blue vs Vega’s yesterday in Vegas. My brother is St Louis couldn’t watch on ESPN because it was blacked out. He could watch on Bally sports. How does this make any sense. It’s an away game and he’s a paying subscriber. What is a blackout accomplishing for an away game?
If enough of us stop paying for this shit it will be 10,000x more effective than a petition.
I’m doing my part 👍
After this works, we’ll have to start a petition to have Elon Musk pay me $20b! And, after that, a petition so that Elon Musk and Donald Trump aren’t allowed to be selfish assholes anymore! Ooh, and we better add one that says Steven Seagal has to stop acting forever!
Lol.
How would teams retaining their own streaming rights end blackouts? They already have their own local rights, and that’s literally what causes most blackouts.
Lol, good luck with that
This isn’t too Arghd to deal with