You can stream either across Ontario, or anywhere for that matter ☠️ 🏴☠️
buddachickentml
Because we’ll pay for it. Alberta won’t.
__Happy
Because the League sucks and doesn’t understand the 21st century.
secord92
The maritimes being Sens territory and not Leafs is the biggest joke lol I have lived in Nova Scotia for 20 years and haven’t met a single Sens fan lol
T0macock
All games are watchable aboard ships that fly the Jolly Roger
☠️☠️☠️🦜
jdafoe5
Gary Bettmans NHL, it’s all about growing the game….
InternationalPost447
Greed
AccomplishedSoup8794
Bullshit! They need to stop this black out shit. Hopefully a good streaming service will come soon. I just want to watch the games I want, and Center ice isn’t worth the cash
FreeBigSlime
This is why you stream illegally. Stupid Mickey Mouse league
Jakovasaurr
Pirate until blackouts are no more
Ill be happy to pay for a leafs games subscription as soon as there is one
SovietHockeyFan
Because the Sens share broadcast primacy with the Habs and the Habs and Leafs would never share like that.
Should these regions exist? They exist because regional cable sports has allowed them to exist. Both TSN and RSN would need all of their current channels even if they were forced to broadcast them nationally 24/7 just to carry the same games and not lose some of them to Global or CBC. These blackouts and regions will only go away when the lost revenue from local advertisers for those local broadcasts are LESS than the potential national ad sales for nationally broadcast games. We’re just not there yet because while it doesn’t matter in Toronto since our local advertisers are mostly the largest national ones, it wouldn’t make any sense for Gary’s Car Wash in Edmonton to pay higher national ad rates to advertise for Oilers games to reach the same local market and conversely many larger advertisers would consider dropping ad money for a Jets-Blue Jackets game to be not worth the potential return.
The solution is quite simple: greater revenue sharing. If you, as a Leafs fan, want to see every game, without blackouts or regional restrictions, then you need every broadcast to be national and for the associated ad money to all go into a common pot and split 7 ways, rather than the current regional disparity.
That’s not happening any time soon.
circus65
Kingston gets both
BLZJ
It’s all so stupid. Can’t watch my Leafs on TV because I live in Calgary now. Streameast it is
NightDisastrous2510
Cause the sens are trash
HalGillsLongStick
buster_rhino
Because fuck you that’s why.
OkGur1319
Let’s grow the game to increase revenue. We’ll also block 80% of potential fans from watching the game in case they pay for it out of curiosity.
BryanMccabe
As a newf this is just wrong
BlackSheepWolfPack
Because REASONS
leafsfan10341
The Sens wont have fans if not for the Ontario part of their territory. Nobody east of Gatineau cheers for the Sens LOL
officesupplize
I don’t make the rules. But I have an answer.
Sportsnet and TSN buy the rights to broadcast hockey games from the NHL.
Sportsnet bought the national hockey rights in Canada (paid more $ to the NHL). So Sportsnet can decide if they want to broadcast a game nationally, or just regionally.
TSN only has regional rights for select markets (which includes: some Toronto games, all Ottawa regional games, and all Winnipeg regional games) as they paid less to the NHL.
To your specific question then: Sportsnet owns the regional rights to both Calgary & Edmonton games. So if either team is playing, people in the region of Alberta can watch. (There wouldn’t be a regional blackout in Alberta because it’s the same rights holder/ Sportsnet).
Dyingvikingchild95
Yeah as someone who lives in Kingston which is about an hour from Belleville and it ticks me off I can’t watch my leafs because In “not in the leafs region”
SSJ4Link
The market would be destroyed if the Leafs were played in the Ottawa region. They already have issues with Leafs fans taking over the home games.
onlytruking
IPTV boys…the games that say ‘blackout in effect’ still com in crystal clear on my t.v.
joshishereandthere
NHL is stupid! That’s the correct answer
parisica
Toronto is often blocked out in Saskatchewan
Dog_is_my_copilot
Try living in Newfoundland, not in the viewing area and the west coast game start at midnight.
Feeling-King-8104
$15/ month and you’ll get every game from any of the major sports packages
zestyintestine
Trenton Petawawa line
Dadbat69
Such a damn joke. I just moved to the Maritimes and have to watch either Bruins or the losers Sens. I remember SN was showing two American teams over the Leafs game. THATS A PROBLEM.
Brando6677
I absolutely despise pirating but do it. Do it until they no longer black out games, fuck em don’t give em the moola 💰
OutWithTheNew
Rogers and Bell are majority shareholders in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. You will watch them and be happy.
Aggravating-Truck829
The amount of landmass and signal strength
legendcontinues
I feel like this is a national issue that Trudeau should fix and then turn it into a National Heritage Moment!!!! This is a disgrace.
RRZ31
I live in Alberta now but used to live in Kingston and could watch leafs games on basic cable, is this no longer the case?
JohnYCanuckEsq
It’s so funny how old these boundaries are. This is almost exactly the regional boundaries the Leafs had on Global TV back in the 90’s back when Joe Bowen called the midweek games. HNIC used these same boundaries to split up the regions on Saturday nights.
Enough-Art9905
💰
sillyaviator
Use sportsurge, kept your money never miss a game
thecraigbert
Jets were blacked out in Ontario tonight on their shutout win! It’s horse shit.
jokeswagon
I haven’t dealt with this problem in a long time. Ahoy!
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You can stream either across Ontario, or anywhere for that matter ☠️ 🏴☠️
Because we’ll pay for it. Alberta won’t.
Because the League sucks and doesn’t understand the 21st century.
The maritimes being Sens territory and not Leafs is the biggest joke lol I have lived in Nova Scotia for 20 years and haven’t met a single Sens fan lol
All games are watchable aboard ships that fly the Jolly Roger
☠️☠️☠️🦜
Gary Bettmans NHL, it’s all about growing the game….
Greed
Bullshit! They need to stop this black out shit. Hopefully a good streaming service will come soon. I just want to watch the games I want, and Center ice isn’t worth the cash
This is why you stream illegally. Stupid Mickey Mouse league
Pirate until blackouts are no more
Ill be happy to pay for a leafs games subscription as soon as there is one
Because the Sens share broadcast primacy with the Habs and the Habs and Leafs would never share like that.
Should these regions exist? They exist because regional cable sports has allowed them to exist. Both TSN and RSN would need all of their current channels even if they were forced to broadcast them nationally 24/7 just to carry the same games and not lose some of them to Global or CBC. These blackouts and regions will only go away when the lost revenue from local advertisers for those local broadcasts are LESS than the potential national ad sales for nationally broadcast games. We’re just not there yet because while it doesn’t matter in Toronto since our local advertisers are mostly the largest national ones, it wouldn’t make any sense for Gary’s Car Wash in Edmonton to pay higher national ad rates to advertise for Oilers games to reach the same local market and conversely many larger advertisers would consider dropping ad money for a Jets-Blue Jackets game to be not worth the potential return.
The solution is quite simple: greater revenue sharing. If you, as a Leafs fan, want to see every game, without blackouts or regional restrictions, then you need every broadcast to be national and for the associated ad money to all go into a common pot and split 7 ways, rather than the current regional disparity.
That’s not happening any time soon.
Kingston gets both
It’s all so stupid. Can’t watch my Leafs on TV because I live in Calgary now. Streameast it is
Cause the sens are trash
Because fuck you that’s why.
Let’s grow the game to increase revenue. We’ll also block 80% of potential fans from watching the game in case they pay for it out of curiosity.
As a newf this is just wrong
Because REASONS
The Sens wont have fans if not for the Ontario part of their territory. Nobody east of Gatineau cheers for the Sens LOL
I don’t make the rules. But I have an answer.
Sportsnet and TSN buy the rights to broadcast hockey games from the NHL.
Sportsnet bought the national hockey rights in Canada (paid more $ to the NHL). So Sportsnet can decide if they want to broadcast a game nationally, or just regionally.
TSN only has regional rights for select markets (which includes: some Toronto games, all Ottawa regional games, and all Winnipeg regional games) as they paid less to the NHL.
To your specific question then: Sportsnet owns the regional rights to both Calgary & Edmonton games. So if either team is playing, people in the region of Alberta can watch. (There wouldn’t be a regional blackout in Alberta because it’s the same rights holder/ Sportsnet).
Yeah as someone who lives in Kingston which is about an hour from Belleville and it ticks me off I can’t watch my leafs because In “not in the leafs region”
The market would be destroyed if the Leafs were played in the Ottawa region. They already have issues with Leafs fans taking over the home games.
IPTV boys…the games that say ‘blackout in effect’ still com in crystal clear on my t.v.
NHL is stupid! That’s the correct answer
Toronto is often blocked out in Saskatchewan
Try living in Newfoundland, not in the viewing area and the west coast game start at midnight.
$15/ month and you’ll get every game from any of the major sports packages
Trenton Petawawa line
Such a damn joke. I just moved to the Maritimes and have to watch either Bruins or the losers Sens. I remember SN was showing two American teams over the Leafs game. THATS A PROBLEM.
I absolutely despise pirating but do it. Do it until they no longer black out games, fuck em don’t give em the moola 💰
Rogers and Bell are majority shareholders in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. You will watch them and be happy.
The amount of landmass and signal strength
I feel like this is a national issue that Trudeau should fix and then turn it into a National Heritage Moment!!!! This is a disgrace.
I live in Alberta now but used to live in Kingston and could watch leafs games on basic cable, is this no longer the case?
It’s so funny how old these boundaries are. This is almost exactly the regional boundaries the Leafs had on Global TV back in the 90’s back when Joe Bowen called the midweek games. HNIC used these same boundaries to split up the regions on Saturday nights.
💰
Use sportsurge, kept your money never miss a game
Jets were blacked out in Ontario tonight on their shutout win! It’s horse shit.
I haven’t dealt with this problem in a long time. Ahoy!