XPost: can.politics   
   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   On 12/13/2014 3:20 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > Really? Because I'm watching HNIC starting in about 45 minutes... on CBC   
   >   
   > ...only I get to choose between watching Anaheim at Winnipeg, or Chicago at   
   the   
   > Islanders.   
   >   
   > So what is it I'm supposedly paying for?   
      
   Your time is coming, stupid . . .   
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   While the general pitch is that GameCentre Live allows fans to watch any NHL   
   game anywhere, it’s not 100 per cent accurate.   While Rogers isn’t exactly   
   hiding it, the truth of the matter is that depending on where you live, there   
   are certain games you won’t be able to see.  All of which is bound to confuse   
   or tick off supporters of certain teams.   
      
   Yes, we’re talking about the ‘B’ word — as in blackouts.  A   
   four-letter word,   
   so to speak, if there ever was one for hockey fans in Canada (and we have no   
   doubt it leads to the uttering of certain four-letter words we can’t print   
   here).   
      
   So what can you see (or not see) where you live?  Here’s a bit of a primer to   
   explain it all:   
      
   Q: What games are available on Rogers NHL GameCentre Live?   
      
   While it’s been suggested that the service makes every league game available   
   to   
   everyone in Canada, it’s not quite that all-inclusive.   
   But basically, if the game is on Sportsnet somewhere in Canada (nationally or   
   regionally), chances are you’ll be able to see it.  Credit Rogers with doing   
   its best to lift as many blackouts as possible, but there are some battles it   
   simply could not win.   
      
   Q: Are there any special requirements to watch those games?   
      
   In addition to signing up for GameCentre Live, you also need a TV subscription   
   to Sportsnet.   
   This is a process known as ‘authentication’ and it launches Jan. 1 for all   
   GCL   
   customers.  In other words, ‘cord cutters’ need not apply.   
      
   Q: Are there any exceptions to all of this?   
      
   Aren’t there always?  The increased presence of TSN on the regional front has   
   created a different situation for fans who live in the Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa   
   Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs territories.   
   Rogers doesn’t have streaming rights to TSN regional telecasts in those   
   areas.   
      So that means no TSN Jets games on GameCentre Live in Winnipeg and no TSN   
   Sens games in Ottawa.   
   The same also applies in southern Ontario for the 26 Leafs games that TSN will   
   air there regionally.   
      
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