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Oilers Go The Online Route
by Paul on 12/08/09 at 05:33 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Tomorrow (Wednesday) night’s date in Tampa between the Lightning and the visiting Edmonton Oilers. It is one of two games this season the Oilers are unable to broadcast through traditional media outlets, according to Allan Watt, the team’s vice-president of communications and broadcast. As a result, for the first time in their history, the Oilers are making the game available on their website. Game time is 5:30 MST; but the broadcast will kick off 15 minutes earlier with a pre-game show.
Watt suggested the Oilers were “venturing into new territory with this webcast” (true) and that it would provide fans with “a unique new format to catch the game” (also true).
To enhance the overall viewing experience, the play-by-play team of Kevin Quinn and Louis DeBrusk will be tweeting with fans throughout the broadcast via Twitter.
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How is it possible that an NHL game in a Canadian market is not available on television? I find that…puzzling.
Posted by DigitalGypsy66 on 12/08/09 at 08:23 PM ET
Why didn’t they just put it on PPV?
Posted by Colton from Calgary on 12/08/09 at 09:12 PM ET
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I’m shocked the NHL is letting this happen. You’d think they would force it to be only viewable through the NHL’s online Gamecenter, requiring users to pay in order to watch it. Let’s hope more teams start doing this more regularly, and the NHL itself doesn’t try to interfere with it.
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 12/08/09 at 05:51 PM ET