ESPN and Hockey East Reach Multi-Year Agreement

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: ESPN and Hockey East Reach Multi-Year Agreement

BSU thinks putting games on TV is hurting attendance.

That's always the excuse that schools and leagues give to make a stream PPV. Fact of the matter is, the statistics in ratings just aren't there to justify it.

[thebrain]

Re: ESPN and Hockey East Reach Multi-Year Agreement

Our school keeps cashing the check from GCI to air games live or tape delayed, or sometimes not even at all.

That's always the excuse that schools and leagues give to make a stream PPV. Fact of the matter is, the statistics in ratings just aren't there to justify it.

From what I understand, the university wasn't paying the station and the station wasn't paying the university. However, the games were on PBS subchannels in several TV markets -- Minneapolis, Fargo, Duluth and more.

Now the games are only on the WCHA TV thing and the university has to pay the crew. I haven't watched games, but I've heard the quality is poor.

I don't get what they're thinking, my interest has decreased since I can't watch them on TV and I'm too far and busy to drive four hours one-way to get to games.

[devildog]

Re: ESPN and Hockey East Reach Multi-Year Agreement

From what I understand, the university wasn't paying the station and the station wasn't paying the university. However, the games were on PBS subchannels in several TV markets -- Minneapolis, Fargo, Duluth and more.

Now the games are only on the WCHA TV thing and the university has to pay the crew. I haven't watched games, but I've heard the quality is poor.

I don't get what they're thinking, my interest has decreased since I can't watch them on TV and I'm too far and busy to drive four hours one-way to get to games.

I subscribe to WCHATV, and I disagree on the poor quality. I can cast it either from my phone or from my laptop to my big screen, and my picture quality is close to high def. Every so often it may get jumpy, but heck, I get that on Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, and ESPN all the time too.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: ESPN and Hockey East Reach Multi-Year Agreement

I subscribe to WCHATV, and I disagree on the poor quality. I can cast it either from my phone or from my laptop to my big screen, and my picture quality is close to high def. Every so often it may get jumpy, but heck, I get that on Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, and ESPN all the time too.

Probably depends on what location you're watching. NMU's might very well be good, while BSU's might very well be poor. And given it's secondhand, it could have been from a few years ago, and subsequently improved. Just like the same tales told of the ECAC.