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**Matt the Aussie** · 08-19-2014, 02:19 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Gord Miller tweeted that he'd be doing Leafs and Sens games this season.

**Alfie11** · 08-19-2014, 02:42 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

^ I heard Chris Cuthbert will be splitting games with Miller. I couldn't be more happy...my two favourite play-by-play announcers in the league.

**Matt the Aussie** · 08-19-2014, 03:04 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Given Gord Miller also does NBC stuff and also that they'll basically be covering 2 teams with a group of commentators I imagine it will be fairly split.

I don't have an issue with either Miller or Cuthbert but I am sure gonna miss Dean Brown...

**Josh** · 08-19-2014, 03:21 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

I honestly don't understand broadcasting issues. Didn't Rogers/Sportsnet win the rights to ALL NHL games? What's this about Bell Media/TSN? How does this affect the "in-market" idea of watching games on GameCenter Live? Will it ever be possible to buy GameCenter and watch Sens hockey without using a proxy?

**Alfie11** · 08-19-2014, 03:32 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Originally posted by Josh

I honestly don't understand broadcasting issues. Didn't Rogers/Sportsnet win the rights to ALL NHL games? What's this about Bell Media/TSN? How does this affect the "in-market" idea of watching games on GameCenter Live? Will it ever be possible to buy GameCenter and watch Sens hockey without using a proxy?

Well, before, CIBC and TSN had the national rights. That's why we could watch a Vancouver/Calgary game on CBC in Ottawa, and an Edmonton/Columbus game on TSN on a Wednesday night. However, now Rogers 'won' the rights so they get to have nationally broadcast games, and TSN doesn't.

So basically, for every team, there's a bunch of games that will be nationally televised. Then the team can auction off the rest of the games to someone who will pay them the most money. That's why last year Sportsnet broadcast so many Sens games. But now, the local rights have been given to Bell/TSN. So the amount of games that was on Sportsnet before is now on TSN.

How does this affect GameCentre LIVE? Well, the same as it had before. Basically, if you're in Ottawa and you get the game on a non-Centre Ice television package, the game will be unavailable on Gamecentre. Of course this is open to glitches and mistakes, such as not getting a particular game that's on TV because they think you do get it or vice versa. So to answer your question, unless stuff changes, no you won't be able to.

**Alfie11** · 08-19-2014, 03:40 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Originally posted by Matt the Aussie

Given Gord Miller also does NBC stuff and also that they'll basically be covering 2 teams with a group of commentators I imagine it will be fairly split.

I don't have an issue with either Miller or Cuthbert but I am sure gonna miss Dean Brown...

Yeah, Dean Brown is a good play-by-play guy. But we also have games on CBC and Rogers channels, so I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Brown calling a Sens game.

**Matt the Aussie** · 08-20-2014, 12:54 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Originally posted by Josh

I honestly don't understand broadcasting issues. Didn't Rogers/Sportsnet win the rights to ALL NHL games? What's this about Bell Media/TSN? How does this affect the "in-market" idea of watching games on GameCenter Live? Will it ever be possible to buy GameCenter and watch Sens hockey without using a proxy?

No change on the GameCentre front which SUCKS. Basically TSN and Rogers just switched places with Rogers promising a lot more national games in general.

The way I THINK it works is that Rogers has the rights to any game they want. However, not even Rogers has the appetite to air all NHL games every night at the expense of other sports. So once Rogers declares what games they want, the rest can be sold to another bidder. In this case, knowing each of the Canadian teams has a good following in Canada, TSN took up the rest.

Just like Rogers already has, TSN is expanding to regional only feeds. I believe TSN5 is the one carrying the Sens. It will be blacked out in outside regions just like Sportsnet East was last year.

**Alfie11** · 08-20-2014, 12:58 PM

Re: TSN & RDS to host 53 Sens games in 2014-2015 season

Originally posted by Matt the Aussie

The way I THINK it works is that Rogers has the rights to any game they want. However, not even Rogers has the appetite to air all NHL games every night at the expense of other sports. So once Rogers declares what games they want, the rest can be sold to another bidder. In this case, knowing each of the Canadian teams has a good following in Canada, TSN took up the rest.

I'm not sure either, but remember there was a bidding for the Sens rights. TSN won with a pretty good deal. Who would they be bidding against, other than Rogers? I believe the Sens (and others) have a certain amount of games available for "local rights". That is what Bell and Rogers were bidding over on the Sens front.

But I don't understand exactly how it works, because the Leafs have 26 games on TSN and we used to only have 40 games on Rogers (now 50+ on TSN and I think 50+ on Rogers last year).

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