College Hockey and TV...

[komey1]

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Thanks for bringing this up, Osorojo, and for the detailed and irrefutable evidence that the NHL network made money from the broadcast of that game.

Didn't they basically take NESN's feed and broadcast it? That would minimal cost for the network and it probably made money since people who look to see what is on that network already love hockey and saw a live game. I can't think it would bring viewers that aren't hockey fans.

 

[MissSioux85]

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Ratings for some of the college hockey games on NBCSN:

January 6 - Dartmouth vs. RPI, 38,000 viewers
January 20 - Michigan vs. Notre Dame, 74,000 viewers
January 27 - Yale vs. Harvard, 82,000
February 3 - Cornell vs. RPI, 64,000 viewers
February 10 - Minnesota vs. Denver, 57,000 viewers
February 24 - Boston University vs. Vermont, 38,000 viewers
February 24 - North Dakota vs. Denver, 86,000 viewers

Sources: @TVSportsRatings, Puck the Media blog, The Voice of TV

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Didn't they basically take NESN's feed and broadcast it? That would minimal cost for the network and it probably made money since people who look to see what is on that network already love hockey and saw a live game. I can't think it would bring viewers that aren't hockey fans.

NHL Network did that last year with the games of RPI they broadcast; they just took the Time Warner feed.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Eastern bias.

The west already has a TV deal with Fox Sports.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Ratings for some of the college hockey games on NBCSN:

January 6 - Dartmouth vs. RPI, 38,000 viewers
January 20 - Michigan vs. Notre Dame, 74,000 viewers
January 27 - Yale vs. Harvard, 82,000
February 3 - Cornell vs. RPI, 64,000 viewers
February 10 - Minnesota vs. Denver, 57,000 viewers
February 24 - Boston University vs. Vermont, 38,000 viewers
February 24 - North Dakota vs. Denver, 86,000 viewers

Sources: @TVSportsRatings, Puck the Media blog, The Voice of TV

For college hockey, that's actually not too bad, especially Yale/Harvard and UND/DU.

 

[aygwm2]

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College Hockey on TV:

For those of you who just can't get enough college hockey, a reminder that Vermont takes on Dartmouth tonight at 7pm on NBC Sports Network.

 

[aygwm2]

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Just in case you've forgotten, didn't know, haven't checked the listings, or have nothing else to do, here are tonight's (12/7/12) games on TV:

7:00 ET Boston College @ Providence CoxPr
7:00 ET Colgate @ Massachusetts WSHM
7:05 ET Sacred Heart @ RIT TWCS
7:30 ET Harvard @ Merrimack WBIN, FCS
7:35 ET Lake Superior @ Miami TWCO, STO

7:05 ET Michigan State @ Notre Dame NBC Sports Network

7:05 CT Michigan Tech @ Wisconsin FSW
7:35 CT Alaska-Anchorage @ Minnesota State CharMank
7:35 CT Nebraska-Omaha @ St. Cloud State CharMN
7:35 CT Denver @ North Dakota FCS

7:35 MT Minnesota @ Colorado College Root, FSN+