why you would use torrent freak when there is Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, and dozens of other ways to get video online.
unless you are trying to find some hard to find video -- (like Aleksandr Ptushko's 1972 Russian fantasy film, Ruslan and Ludmila?.. oh wait, thats on fucking youtube for free) -- what is the point of "avoiding paying for" transformers 3 or harry potter? I mean can you not afford the massive 4 dollar price or whatever that they charge you to watch this stuff online? Is 5 bucks going to
I want to watch my local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks, online through the NHL's own streaming service, NHL GameCenter, as I don't have cable. I am perfectly willing and able to pay the approximately $20 per month to do this. I want to pay the NHL to consume their content.
However, the NHL has imposed geo-IP lockouts for local games, meaning I can't watch my local team play on the service I'm paying for. There's two ways around this - use a VPN/proxy (which is expressly forbidden in the GC ToC [nhl.com]) or watch an
I don't know much about the Canadian television market other than that each station has a Canadian content quota. But in the United States, the big three professional sports (baseball, basketball, and American football) are routinely shown on free television. Hockey is often relegated to cable, but that's because hockey is in fourth place in the United States. Is hockey also in fourth place in Canada?
But in the United States, the big three professional sports (baseball, basketball, and American football) are routinely shown on free television.
NFL football is the only US professional sports league where a significant percentage of local games are show on free, OTA TV.
In all other cases, a regional sports network has the rights to the majority of the games, and that means you would need to pay for cable/satellite/etc. I would get to see about 25 games (out of 162) of my local baseball team if I only watched them on OTA TV. I would see zero games from my local basketball team.
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why you would use torrent freak when there is Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, and dozens of other ways to get video online.
unless you are trying to find some hard to find video -- (like Aleksandr Ptushko's 1972 Russian fantasy film, Ruslan and Ludmila?.. oh wait, thats on fucking youtube for free) -- what is the point of "avoiding paying for" transformers 3 or harry potter? I mean can you not afford the massive 4 dollar price or whatever that they charge you to watch this stuff online? Is 5 bucks going to
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I want to watch my local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks, online through the NHL's own streaming service, NHL GameCenter, as I don't have cable. I am perfectly willing and able to pay the approximately $20 per month to do this. I want to pay the NHL to consume their content.
However, the NHL has imposed geo-IP lockouts for local games, meaning I can't watch my local team play on the service I'm paying for. There's two ways around this - use a VPN/proxy (which is expressly forbidden in the GC ToC [nhl.com]) or watch an
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Seriously? Professional sports on free television? That's pretty funny.
The big three professional sports (Score:2)
Re:The big three professional sports (Score:2)
But in the United States, the big three professional sports (baseball, basketball, and American football) are routinely shown on free television.
NFL football is the only US professional sports league where a significant percentage of local games are show on free, OTA TV.
In all other cases, a regional sports network has the rights to the majority of the games, and that means you would need to pay for cable/satellite/etc. I would get to see about 25 games (out of 162) of my local baseball team if I only watched them on OTA TV. I would see zero games from my local basketball team.