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Originally Posted by HOOT
Well it works for search engine business platform, must mean it works for the NHL. 
Why doesn't itunes give away all their products for free and just advertise a bunch? Why doesn't the music industry make their CDs free at the store level and just load the insert with ads?
Again...how many NHLCI/GC subscribers do you think there are in the world? |
iTune is the result of industry adapting to piracy. You no longer have to pay $15 to buy the entire CD when you only want to listen to 1 song off that album.
Its convenient and cost effective which NHL GC is not.
If a casual fan only wants to watch a game a week, should they be forced to pay $200 for entire season.
Online music streaming is free and the sites that offer such functionality earn revenue through ads, and they get those ads because of the traffic on that website. Obviously sites like Pandora aren't available in Canada because they have issues with rights, but they figured it out in the States. Obviously NHL would have to work to find an agreement with the teams/broadcasters for the rights.
Edit: I dunno how many people have CI/GC, but then again how many of the subscriber willingly paid $200 for it. I know some people had the package thrown in their Shaw deal for free. Not to mention, many CI users get free code to subscribe to GC.