NO HD Hockey on Sportsnet this year!

[angiodan]

Heard it right from Jim LaChapelle at audience relations with Sportsnet. Are you ready for this, their broadcast agreement with the NHL prohibits them from showing games in HD.

WTF, I thought the NHL wants games shown in HD. This is pathetic, one of the biggest sports channels in Canada, and they can't show HD games.

 

[Mr Tony]

BUM-MER!!

I was thinking of getting a HD recever for Sportsnet, now I might hold off

 

[angiodan]

Just after Sportsnet announced carrying 15 Leaf games this year. I was hoping at least half may have been in HD.

The TSN national feed games should be in HD, that was mentioned in news broadcast I heard, still no definite word about HNIC. Although, even before the season was scrapped, they had talked about the first game being in HD.

We'll see soon enough.

 

[Jumbo Dumbo]

Sportsnet only has rights for regional NHL broadcasts. The Sportsnet HD channel is a national channel - which is why no HD NHL

Time for HDNet on Canadian satellite.