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https://frontofficesports.com/diamond-s ... azon-deal/

The long-awaited shift from RSNs to streaming is going to start in earnest now.

Wonder how long Altitude in Denver holds out?

EDIT: Link fixed!!!

Tried to follow that link but it redirected elsewhere.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/amazon-buys ... streaming/

Sadly...I am trying to get away from Amazon but if this happens...I'll be sucked right back in.

ESPN still has an agreement until 2028-2029 including NHL.tv.



MSG and NESN are going strong. ROOT sports......Altitude, Fox Sports......could be a large consolidation coming. Not sure how that works out for the consumer.

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Islanders contract with MSG runs through the 30-31 season. So I have a good run left with them. Although they'll probably start putting only like 8 games/season on MSG and the rest will be scattered among the 233 streaming platforms.

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Oh goddammit wrong link. I'll fix it.

One reason RSNs just need to die yesterday in earnest is that blackout restrictions are an entirely too old and antiquated practice that does nothing more than frustrate and irritate fans. Lift them already. Unfortunately so long as Diamond and other RSNs are clinging onto life support, blackouts won't go away.

Reportedly Altitude was fine with lifting blackouts to the games that were being simulcast on TNT but the league stepped in and enforced them anyway.

Fans have already figured out how to bypass the blackouts...........so its a battle already lost on their end anyway

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It'll be interesting to see what happens to the NHL when the Rogers/Videotron deal ends. The NHL made decent coin, but it's been disastrous for building and promoting the game.

Rogers and Videotron had national but not local rights, and hockey is a regional sport in Canada, so they never got the return on investment they were hoping for. They gutted production, tinkered endlessly with HNIC.

Meanwhile the NHL is so hellbent on keeping the players in escrow they're happy to keep the games blacked out to as many people as possible. I don't think the league is interested in streaming deals at all. They'll enter the 21st century kicking and screaming.

But who wants them in Canada? My guess is a mixed Sportsnet/TSN deal in each region, with Hockey Night going back to CBC as the one national production. I doubt anyone will spend the money for a full national/regional deal.

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