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Thor · 01-30-2013, 08:07 PM

You have to be EFFING kidding me, these clowns at NHL.

So last season I had to get their tech people to open up IPs for Iceland to get game center to work. They wrongly included Iceland in the nordic nations as places GC was not available due to them having other local options and agreements etc..

Well from day 1 there have been blacked out games, always the NBC games and so I got an online person to ask wtf was up with that, and watch this ######ation below:

02:48Derek M.: Unfortunately, NHL GameCenter Live is not available in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland due to broadcasting rights and restrictions. The only online video product available through NHL.com in your region is NHL Vault. We apologize for any misunderstanding or inconvenience.
02:49Thor : that makes no sense, i have gamecenter and have had it since opening night
02:49Thor : and only some games come up with blackout, which seem to be the NBC games
02:50Derek M.: ok.. then your IP might have you located in the US
02:50Thor : Iceland is also not part of that group. last season this happened and NHL head office had to fix it
02:50Derek M.: and that game was blacked out in the US tonight
02:50Thor : nope its an Iceland IP
02:50Thor : happened on opening night with a chicago LA game as well
02:50Thor : which was NBC
02:51Thor : so it seems like you guys are blacking out international viewers for NBC games
02:51Thor : those of us who are in regions that have game center
02:52Thor : because i have also heard this from others in EU on NBC national broadcast game
02:52Thor : s
02:53Derek M.: Im not sure how it's working then... according to the NHL .. you shouldnt have access to any of the Gamecenter Live
02:53Thor : tonight for example, of the 4 games i see 3 of them
02:54Thor : this cant seriously be happening again, last season we had to open ips from iceland to allow game center to work
02:54Thor : because there is no agreement with anyone to show hockey in iceland
02:55Thor : is there a link on nhl.com for iceland being part of the areas not available for gamecentetr
02:55Derek M.: Yeah.. I was told that was last season only
03:00Derek M.: Yeah.. im being told that subscribers last season were being grandfathered in, but this season is not the case.

I'm livid, sent Kerry at NHL head office an email again, hopefully she can fix this like last season, but wow IF what this guy says is true then Iceland will literally have NO way to watch NHL but to have a satellite dish and even then maybe a game or two every week!

01-30-2013, 08:07 PM	#193
Thor God of Hating Twitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Exp:	You have to be EFFING kidding me, these clowns at NHL. So last season I had to get their tech people to open up IPs for Iceland to get game center to work. They wrongly included Iceland in the nordic nations as places GC was not available due to them having other local options and agreements etc.. Well from day 1 there have been blacked out games, always the NBC games and so I got an online person to ask wtf was up with that, and watch this ######ation below: 02:48Derek M.: Unfortunately, NHL GameCenter Live is not available in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland due to broadcasting rights and restrictions. The only online video product available through NHL.com in your region is NHL Vault. We apologize for any misunderstanding or inconvenience. 02:49Thor : that makes no sense, i have gamecenter and have had it since opening night 02:49Thor : and only some games come up with blackout, which seem to be the NBC games 02:50Derek M.: ok.. then your IP might have you located in the US 02:50Thor : Iceland is also not part of that group. last season this happened and NHL head office had to fix it 02:50Derek M.: and that game was blacked out in the US tonight 02:50Thor : nope its an Iceland IP 02:50Thor : happened on opening night with a chicago LA game as well 02:50Thor : which was NBC 02:51Thor : so it seems like you guys are blacking out international viewers for NBC games 02:51Thor : those of us who are in regions that have game center 02:52Thor : because i have also heard this from others in EU on NBC national broadcast game 02:52Thor : s 02:53Derek M.: Im not sure how it's working then... according to the NHL .. you shouldnt have access to any of the Gamecenter Live 02:53Thor : tonight for example, of the 4 games i see 3 of them 02:54Thor : this cant seriously be happening again, last season we had to open ips from iceland to allow game center to work 02:54Thor : because there is no agreement with anyone to show hockey in iceland 02:55Thor : is there a link on nhl.com for iceland being part of the areas not available for gamecentetr 02:55Derek M.: Yeah.. I was told that was last season only 03:00Derek M.: Yeah.. im being told that subscribers last season were being grandfathered in, but this season is not the case. I'm livid, sent Kerry at NHL head office an email again, hopefully she can fix this like last season, but wow IF what this guy says is true then Iceland will literally have NO way to watch NHL but to have a satellite dish and even then maybe a game or two every week! __________________ Allskonar fyrir Aumingja!!