oneforthetoe
04-19-2011, 04:03 PM
NHL to remain with NBC, Versus:
NEW YORK -- The NHL is staying on NBC and Versus for the next 10 years with a deal commissioner Gary Bettman calls the most significant in league history.
In a joint announcement Tuesday, the NHL and the NBC Sports Group said the new deal will run through the 2020-21 season. The package is reportedly worth a total of $2 billion.
For the most part I think this was a wise decision by the NHL. Many, like myself, would not have minded seeing ESPN get a package of some kind again in order to increase hockey's exposure.. I was ready with my, "put the Mullet in the booth campaign." But, alas it was not to be. The truth is the NHL on ESPN would have been shown exclusively on ESPN 47, the Bolivian Channel, so I guess it is of little loss.
The only part of this deal I am uneasy about (other than the fact that Comcast ,which now includes NBC and Versus, owns the Broad Street Buffoons) is:
For the first time, all Stanley Cup playoff games will air on one of the NBC Sports Group's channels. Beginning in the second round and running through the finals, those channels will hold exclusivity. NBC will show up to five games of the Stanley Cup finals, with Versus airing
So, no more Root Sports after the first round?
Overall thought, this is a good deal for the NHL. The NHL has needed a consistent TV deal for years now; instead of the bouncing from network to network as they did through the 90's and 00's, like this one girl I used to know who .... oh wait, never mind.
I guess I'll just have to accept no "Mullet" in the booth.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6389351
NEW YORK -- The NHL is staying on NBC and Versus for the next 10 years with a deal commissioner Gary Bettman calls the most significant in league history.
In a joint announcement Tuesday, the NHL and the NBC Sports Group said the new deal will run through the 2020-21 season. The package is reportedly worth a total of $2 billion.
For the most part I think this was a wise decision by the NHL. Many, like myself, would not have minded seeing ESPN get a package of some kind again in order to increase hockey's exposure.. I was ready with my, "put the Mullet in the booth campaign." But, alas it was not to be. The truth is the NHL on ESPN would have been shown exclusively on ESPN 47, the Bolivian Channel, so I guess it is of little loss.
The only part of this deal I am uneasy about (other than the fact that Comcast ,which now includes NBC and Versus, owns the Broad Street Buffoons) is:
For the first time, all Stanley Cup playoff games will air on one of the NBC Sports Group's channels. Beginning in the second round and running through the finals, those channels will hold exclusivity. NBC will show up to five games of the Stanley Cup finals, with Versus airing
So, no more Root Sports after the first round?
Overall thought, this is a good deal for the NHL. The NHL has needed a consistent TV deal for years now; instead of the bouncing from network to network as they did through the 90's and 00's, like this one girl I used to know who .... oh wait, never mind.
I guess I'll just have to accept no "Mullet" in the booth.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6389351