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Originally Posted by Toonage
Just so I'm not misunderstanding, if you're saying that the people complaining about blackouts should be familiar with the NHL regional blackout policies and how this will effect their Gamecenter Live experience, then its both.  |
Not familiar with, I'm saying that there just shouldn't be any blackouts at all.
Blackouts are designed to give exclusive access to a broadcaster at the expense of the customer. I've never been a fan, but I can at least see the logic in it.
Now, Rogers has exclusive rights to both my regional broadcast AND my GameCenter feed. Either way, they make money. The fact that there is a blackout that allows them to dictate just HOW they want to make money (again, at customer expense) is hilarious.
If it was anyone but Rogers, I'd have held optimism that Rogers streaming and broadcasting would have been great for the consumer irritated with blackout restrictions. But here we still are.