Posted by talkingthrash on March 11, 2007
The NHL handed down the verdict on Chris Simon this morning. He is suspended for the rest of this season and any playoff games the Islanders might play. The NHL had this to say:
“The National Hockey League will not accept the use of a stick in the manner and fashion in which Mr. Simon used his Thursday night,” said Colin Campbell, NHL Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations. “As a consequence of his actions, Mr. Simon has forfeited the privilege of playing in an NHL game again this season, regardless of how many games the Islanders ultimately play.” (more…)
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Posted by talkingthrash on February 26, 2007
From Kukla’s Korner:
NHL.com has confirmed they will be streaming the Trade Deadline broadcast online from the NHL Network on Tuesday from 10am-6pm ET.
The broadcast will feature the feed originating from TSN in Canada and will provide in-depth coverage of all the trades and analysis.
Good news!
Update: 2:00 pm ET
Official Press Release:
LIVE NHL.COM STREAMING FOR NHL TRADE DEADLINE
For the first time ever, NHL.com will stream NHL Network’s coverage of the 2007 Trade Deadline live from 10 am to 6 pm. The broadcast will be available in the United States. Canadian users are requested to tune into NHL Network on digital cable and satellite.
Yet another great example of the NHL embracing new technology.
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Posted by talkingthrash on February 21, 2007
Update: The blogosphere has power. Within about a day or two many bloggers pointed out the videos that didn’t allow embedding. The NHL noticed, and released the following: “We’re trying to determine why this happened…it wasn’t at our request. We have a call into YouTube and should be able to tell you more later today.”
That’s good. It was nothing more than a glitch or a mistake, but the league noticed the quick response by bloggers and fixed the problem. I guess the league isn’t quite as stupid as I thought.
You know that cool feature of YouTube that allows you to embed a video into another site? Isn’t the reason the NHL made a brilliant deal with the company was so that videos like the one above would make their way around the internet and expose more people to hockey?
Well, thanks to the league, that is all over. The NHL has announced that it will no longer allow embedding of YouTube videos.
What a horrible mistake. The NHL embraced a new technology and successfully spread the league’s image on the internet. Now, that apparently is all over.
Eric from Off Wing Opinion sums it up well:
The whole point of YouTube isn’t just putting video online, it’s putting online in such a format that allows it to be shared as widely as possible, gaining the league exposure it otherwise wouldn’t have and perhaps driving folks to arena or to their televisions to get some more.
But there’s one community that’s going to get hurt worse than anybody else, and that’s the fans — like bloggers — who have been embedding the content in their sites for the past couple of months.
Why choose YouTube if you aren’t going to allow embedding? (also from Off Wing)
If you wanted to drive folks to a place to watch highlights, why in the world would you want to drive them to YouTube or Google Video?
The quality of the clips is generally poor. The real value in them comes with being able to embed and share those clips freely. But without that ability, you might as well just go to TSN.ca, click Broadband, and watch your highlights there.
No one really knows when all the videos will not allow embedding. Some clips still work (see above), while others don’t. Hopefully the league makes the right choice and realizes the huge mistake they are making.
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