Not having an EXCLUSIVE or NATIONAL night for a sporting event in TV means that another REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORK (RSN) can air the same game locally.
For instance with baseball on ESPN, SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL is A FULL NATIONAL GAME every Sunday. If the match up is YANKEES/RED SOX, you'll ONLY see the game on ESPN (not YES or NESN -- The Yankees and Red Sox's RSNs).
However, if that game happens on say a Wednesday or Thursday evening and ESPN is televising the game, it's NOT AN EXCLUSIVE NIGHT. So, if you're in the Boston area, you'll see the game on NESN; in the New York area, you'll see the game on YES; and anywhere else in the country, it's on ESPN.
OLN's NHL deals does NOT allow for any kind of EXCLUSIVE NIGHT of NHL until 2006-2007.
Under the terms of the old NHL deal, ESPN had exclusivity on NHL games on certain nights of the week (I believe it was Thursdays).
2 comments:
LABAY,
What does this mean, that coverage is not guaranteed? any insight helpful,
NHL fan (still)
-JB
JB,
Not having an EXCLUSIVE or NATIONAL night for a sporting event in TV means that another REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORK (RSN) can air the same game locally.
For instance with baseball on ESPN, SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL is A FULL NATIONAL GAME every Sunday. If the match up is YANKEES/RED SOX, you'll ONLY see the game on ESPN (not YES or NESN -- The Yankees and Red Sox's RSNs).
However, if that game happens on say a Wednesday or Thursday evening and ESPN is televising the game, it's NOT AN EXCLUSIVE NIGHT. So, if you're in the Boston area, you'll see the game on NESN; in the New York area, you'll see the game on YES; and anywhere else in the country, it's on ESPN.
OLN's NHL deals does NOT allow for any kind of EXCLUSIVE NIGHT of NHL until 2006-2007.
Under the terms of the old NHL deal, ESPN had exclusivity on NHL games on certain nights of the week (I believe it was Thursdays).
Does that help?
Rob
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