NHL and NBA for free?

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AT&TDishman

SatelliteGuys Pro

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Oct 4, 2006

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Indianapolis

• Oct 11, 2007

• #1

Sorry if this has posted before, but are all those NBA SD and HD and NHL SD and HD channels that are appearing recently PPV or are they free? Last week I was watching a bunch of NHL games, but there was no mention of having to subscribe. Since then I have locked them out.

 

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JohnH

Godfather of the Uplink Reports

Oct 5, 2003

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Kansas City, Missouri

• Oct 11, 2007

• #2

Well, it was a week long free preview of NHL Center Ice package. The NBA Leagus Pass package is preparing to provide some pre-season activity. Both packages cost money to subscribe to them.

 

JohnEL

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Apr 19, 2004

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Minneapolis, MN

• Oct 11, 2007

• #3

Isn't it's great to see that there is a lot of additional HD channels; PPV, NHL, NBA, etc, taking up transponder space, that I will not be paying additional monies for!

OK, I know some of you will buy them!

 

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Minsk1

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Jan 19, 2005

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Muskego, WI

• Oct 11, 2007

• #4

The addition on NBAHD is great.
However, the main reason I'll pass it is the blackout rules. I know that FSN WI will provide only very limited amount of Bucks games in HD. And if the game will be in HD for the opposite team it will be blackouted for me. So, no, unless NBA will reconsider those stupid blackout rules.
Also Bulls games are blackouted for me even CSN Chicago is available and all Chicago baseball games were available. But for whatever reasons NBA thinks that I should not watch Bulls on CSN Chicago.

 

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JohnH

Godfather of the Uplink Reports

Oct 5, 2003

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Kansas City, Missouri

• Oct 11, 2007

• #5

Add all those NBA and NHL channels together and the bandwidth consumed is next to none as they are only mirrors of existing channels.