Tuesday, April 8, 2008

NHL Center Ice

Okay, satellite television has become more and more popular over the past couple of years, and no satellite company is more popular now than DirecTV. Now DirecTV and Dish Network carry several out-of-market sports packages that feature games from the NBA, NFL, MLB, and the NHL. The NHL's out-of-market package is called NHL Center Ice, which gives viewers up to 40 games a week for a small fee (it actually is a pretty big fee). Now beginning this season, many of the games of NHL Center Ice are featured in HD, which is a big thing for hockey. The package was introduced a couple of years ago and has grown in numbers ever since its introduction. There are only a couple things that are wrong with the package however. The major problem that most viewers face is that you cannot watch games that are in your local area. For example, if you live in LA, you can't watch Ducks or KIngs games on Center Ice. This is a major flaw and needs to be changed in order to increase subscribers including myself. In my perspective, if you want to watch every single NHL game in the season, order the sports channel package from a satellite provider. You still get all the NHL games thanks to all the local FSN channels, and you get a lot more sporting events. Now what's wrong with that?

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