Polaris922 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Is anyone else bothered by this???http://mweb.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/25259226/report-nhl-partners-with-mlb-on-digital-media-deal-valued-at-12b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Concerned yes, but I guess we will all have to take a wait and see approach. I posted a comment in the shoutbox a couple of days ago. Travis Hughes had written an interesting blog prior to the news of the Media deal. Will they clamp down on the sharing of NHL video online? The NHL has always been one of the more progressive leagues when it comes to how fans share their content on the Internet. Go look on YouTube or Vine or the Twitter account of somebody like @myregularface and you'll find a ton of clips, highlights and GIFs of NHL games. Technically it's all copyright infringement, but the league has always looked the other way because they understand that this stuff is what facilitates the conversation of their sport around the web. They understand that it's not necessarily where people are watching hockey that matters, but simply that people are watching. MLBAM has been famously terrible when it comes to shutting down the sharing of their stuff on the Internet. Whether it's a clip uploaded to YouTube or a friggin' podcast that discussed the Cubs, MLBAM's reputation has been one that stops people from sharing baseball conversation on the web unless that conversation is controlled by MLB itself. It stifles conversation about the sport, and frankly in the modern era it hurts the league's standing with a younger audience. While MLBAM has gotten better about this stuff in recent years, they're still stricter than any other league when it comes to these sorts of things, and there's still the fear that the NHL could go down this road with this new agreement. I really hope the NHL does not follow MLB's lead, because the league has in fact been a leader themselves on this topic. But this is another major question following the news of this new relationship between the NHL and MLBAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Statcast could be a very cool thing for hockey. Other than that, this helps provide another revenue stream for the league, which can only help with the Canadian dollar being where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The NFL Network’s “A Football Life” series of documentaries profiles legends of football and usually draws solid ratings. If the NHL Network were to try and produce documentaries like that, they would be huge hits amongst hockey fans. Imagine “Bobby Orr: A Hockey Life,” or “The Hull Family: A Hockey Life,” airing over the offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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