withersailor to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agoNetflix is reportedly getting ready to stream its first-ever sporting eventwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkNetflix is reportedly getting ready to stream its first-ever sporting eventwww.theverge.comwithersailor to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarembryson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNHL on Netflix might make me more inclined to subscribe, though IIRC doesn’t NHL have its own streaming service or similar concept?
minus-squareDr_Evil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey do, but I believe it is subject to local team blackouts (exclusive to Diamond sports cable channel)… Would be nice if they were somehow able to provide streaming of local teams!
minus-squareDalek@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMost likely Netflix wouldn’t avoid blackouts if the NHL app has them. The cable companies make deals years in advance and blackouts are part of them
minus-squareMajickmanW@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBlackouts are such bullshit. I just wanna watch baseball, but I’m not gonna pay for fucking cable.
NHL on Netflix might make me more inclined to subscribe, though IIRC doesn’t NHL have its own streaming service or similar concept?
They do, but I believe it is subject to local team blackouts (exclusive to Diamond sports cable channel)… Would be nice if they were somehow able to provide streaming of local teams!
Most likely Netflix wouldn’t avoid blackouts if the NHL app has them. The cable companies make deals years in advance and blackouts are part of them
Blackouts are such bullshit. I just wanna watch baseball, but I’m not gonna pay for fucking cable.
The thought is tantalizing.