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Originally Posted by dino7c
This is what I am saying and it would matter IMO...who is going to produce games regionally in the US? Is there money in it?
I have my doubts
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What I foresee happening (and I'm actually surprised hasn't already happened) is the league taking over the production of the broadcasts and distributing a single video feed like the Olympics does. Then, the local/regional broadcaster could just put their own branding over the feed with their local announcers and a locally-produced intermission show.
With instant replay being an integral part of the rules of the game, every game needs to have roughly the same video coverage available. With the giant HD (or better) scoreboards in every rink, the in-house production teams are already producing a full tv broadcast for the 18,000+ in attendance every game, so the next logical step is just to standardize the productions and provide them as a package to whoever has the distribution rights. That would work whether it's ESPN, NBC, YouTube, Hulu or something that hasn't even been invented yet.