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NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
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NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/14/2013 4:56 PM EST
- SanDogBrewin
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/14/2013 5:02 PM EST
- red75
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Gamecenter at $12.50 a month rather $20.
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/14/2013 5:06 PM EST
- kelvana33
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I wonder if it is still free for the first week as it usaully is.
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/14/2013 5:10 PM EST
- red75
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For the first two weeks kel
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/14/2013 5:37 PM EST
- SanDogBrewin
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Oh cool and now I have NHL Network cause I finally kicked Time Warner to the curb and back to the best Direct TV. Never leaving her again...nope I mean it this time.
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/15/2013 11:42 AM EST
- Davinator
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...no real 'concession' by the League here...a 40% reduction of the full season price to see 58% of a full season of games.
(They offer 'Half Season' Packages in other years too)
Sorry, misread the rates...$49.95 for the 48 game season (full season = $199 here in Atlantic Canada) represents about a 43% reduction for the 48 games...THAT'S more like it. (I need to check with Rogers though)
Oh well, game on!!
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/15/2013 2:50 PM EST
- kelvana33
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In response to red75's comment:
For the first two weeks kel
That is true, and I'm pretty sure it's free again when baseball starts up, I remember gettign the baseball package free at the beginning last year and hockey was with it. -
Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/16/2013 10:26 AM EST
- djbosox2004
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In response to SanDogBrewin's comment:
Oh cool and now I have NHL Network cause I finally kicked Time Warner to the curb and back to the best Direct TV. Never leaving her again...nope I mean it this time.
I agree. I`m in Va. and have had Direct Tv for about 8 years. Aside from losing the signal every once in a while during a rainstorm, it`s the best TV hands down. -
Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/16/2013 11:31 AM EST
- islamorada
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In response to SanDogBrewin's comment:
Oh cool and now I have NHL Network cause I finally kicked Time Warner to the curb and back to the best Direct TV. Never leaving her again...nope I mean it this time.
TWC is a pain in wallet.... so are the other cable companies. Is Direct TV worth the two year commitment? -
Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/16/2013 11:47 AM EST
- SanDogBrewin
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In response to islamorada's comment:
In response to SanDogBrewin's comment:Oh cool and now I have NHL Network cause I finally kicked Time Warner to the curb and back to the best Direct TV. Never leaving her again...nope I mean it this time.
TWC is a pain in wallet.... so are the other cable companies. Is Direct TV worth the two year commitment?
Yes becuase if you move to a area, within that 2 year span, that say doesn't allow a dish on the building you can get out of the contract. Plus any Bruin game that happens to be on NHL Network gets removed from NHL Center Ice so having Direct TV is another plus. Paying for the upgrade to get NHL Network also gets you CBS College Sports Network (College hockey on Friday's) and NBC Sports Network muy bueno. -
Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/17/2013 1:05 AM EST
- lucdufour
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Love DirectTV...however, I am very unhappy that NHL Network is part of one of the most expensive monthly packages(Choice Ultimate) they have to offer at $44.99 per month. It is TOTAL BS that it is so high since they offer the same type of programming as the other league's similar networks.
Just for comparison sake, the NFL Network and MLB Network are two levels down as part of the Choice package at $34.99 month. NBAtv is part of Choice Extra at $39.99 per month. The NHL needs to get with the program and put the games and highlights on many flat screens as possible.
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/17/2013 8:22 AM EST
- SanDogBrewin
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Yah Luc that was dirty pool when the demand for certain sports channels went up, Direct TV took NHL Network out of the basic package and made you pay. We know the drill, "gouge the consumer!" as the CEO puffs on his cigar.
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Re: NHL Center Ice not free but pro-rated
posted at 1/18/2013 9:41 AM EST
- lucdufour
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I suspect that there is more demand for the NFL Network than the NHL Network. It seems that the NFL has mastered the art of Econ. 101 and getting its product out to the masses. At an extra 120/yr. I will not be upgrading my DirectTv package to get the NHLN. So sad.