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NHL Hockey Package Center Ice

SabresFan1

Why is there only 1 or 2 HD games being shown on Fios hockey Center Ice? Direct TV shows both sd and hd games when available. This is only reason why I don't order the Center Ice package. As everybody knows it is hard watch sd hockey games verses HD games.

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NYRangerFFL

I agree. I recently switched from Direct TV to Verizon Triple play and I am very disappointed with the limited number of HD broadcasts that Verizon carries. Not only did DTV carry most all of the NY Ranger games in HD they also carried both the home and away team broadcasts, Not a single Ranger game this season has been broadcast in HD on Center Ice and less than half had the Ranger feed.

It's not the NHL, its Verizon! I bet is has something to do with cost. Why else can Comcast cable and DirectTV offer NY Ranger MSG feeds in HD on Center Ice? Oh and bye the way they charge the same amount for Center Ice so why the heck can't Verizon offer the same selection.

Caps09

Carrying only 2 of the HD channels is because of Verizon. The Rangers not being in HD is because of MSG. NHL CI shows these games a lot via other channels, like if the Rangers are playing the Bruins, they can show NESN in HD. MSG refuses to provide their HD games to iNDemand because they are demanding addtional fees. (I know, shocking!) If the Sabres and Devils are playing, for example, they'll carry the game but only in SD. I also noticed that for some reason Winnipeg broadcasts are absent because TSN Jets is never shown. I'm not sure why this is, but TSN Jets may not have a deal with the league for out of market broadcasts. The NHL needs to step up with regards to these situations, because they should be able to show these games everywhere outside their home markets, HD or otherwise. Maybe MSG is once again taking advantage of a requirement by the league that they provide the feed, where nothing is in the rules about HD.

Caps09

@NYRangerFFL wrote:
Why else can Comcast cable and DirectTV offer NY Ranger MSG feeds in HD on Center Ice? Oh and bye the way they charge the same amount for Center Ice so why the heck can't Verizon offer the same selection.

As far as I know, DirecTV carries the MSG HD feeds because they are paying the extra bucks to show them out of market. They have their own package having nothing to do with iNDemand. All the other cable companies use iNDemand, so they don't get the MSG HD feeds either.

As far as I know Dish Network also gets the feeds themselves, but they have no access at all to MSG feeds since Dish no longer carries MSG at all.

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