If you don't have OLN tonight, no Bruins...

OLN exclusive tonight....No Center Ice and no NESN.....The Rangers game wasn't on anywhere last night, and I'm not paying 4.95/mth for some useless channel.

OLN exclusive tonight....No Center Ice and no NESN.....The Rangers game wasn't on anywhere last night, and I'm not paying 4.95/mth for some useless channel.

If your cable/satellite supplier does not carry OLN as a basic "free" channel, you won't get it either. Meaning if you have to pay for OLN as a special tier channel, you won't get the game. I think this is OLN's way of forcing the cable/satellite companies to offer OLN as part of the basic cable channel line up.

its gunna be (more) frustrating for us NY/NJ folks i fear when the bruins play the rags, isles, and devils. if its on OLN, they blackout the game thinking the msg network will cover the game and then msg figures OLN is covering the game and we then have to listen on the internet.

Here in Quebec we get it on RDS and nation wide on TSN. I'll watch on TSN cause i can't stand the Habs announcers. They just don't know what they are talking about...

Can see Bergy having a great one tonight!

Go B's!

Come to Calgary and watch the game. You can sleep in the basement.

So far I havn't had a problem with OLN except for how they broadcast games.

But I've heard about all the problems in NY and some durring a Pens game.

I look fowarad to watching the game tonight because it is nice to hear what national broadcasters have to say about your team.

I don't understand... I live in Franklin , have Dish Network. OLN IS a part of free channels for us (180 channels in total). Yesterday they substituted Rangers game with some other programming... What should we expect today? :dunno:

I don't understand... I live in Franklin , have Dish Network. OLN IS a part of free channels for us (180 channels in total). Yesterday they substituted Rangers game with some other programming... What should we expect today? :dunno:

I would expect the B's game. It's listed on bostonbruins.com as being on OLN.

its gunna be (more) frustrating for us NY/NJ folks i fear when the bruins play the rags, isles, and devils. if its on OLN, they blackout the game thinking the msg network will cover the game and then msg figures OLN is covering the game and we then have to listen on the internet.


The 12 Rangers, Devils and Islanders games will all be blacked out to us on the Center Ice, but we can view them on FSN and MSG.

The Bruins have about 7 OLN games that we will not be able to see.

I don't understand... I live in Franklin , have Dish Network. OLN IS a part of free channels for us (180 channels in total). Yesterday they substituted Rangers game with some other programming... What should we expect today? :dunno:

I don't know anything about Dish Network, but if you didn't get the Ranger's game last night, chances are you won't be getting tonights game. Having said that, I should ask, have you gotten any games at all on OLN? If so, maybe you will, maybe last nights was just blacked out? :dunno:

If your cable/satellite supplier does not carry OLN as a basic "free" channel, you won't get it either. Meaning if you have to pay for OLN as a special tier channel, you won't get the game. I think this is OLN's way of forcing the cable/satellite companies to offer OLN as part of the basic cable channel line up.

100% correct. OLN is part of a sports package that costs 4.95.mth with games blacked out because you have to pay...

100% correct. OLN is part of a sports package that costs 4.95.mth with games blacked out because you have to pay...

How messed up is that! You don't get something because you have to pay. LMAO!

The 12 Rangers, Devils and Islanders games will all be blacked out to us on the Center Ice, but we can view them on FSN and MSG.

The Bruins have about 7 OLN games that we will not be able to see.

i guess i get lucky, b/c time warner has OLN as part of my cable service

Whats even MORE frustrating is living in Ontario and having games only shown on Sportsnet/TSN regionally. So like for example, next week's game agaisnt Toronto will be shown on Sportsnet in Toronto region only...meaning NHL CI is blacked out in Ottawa area.

I live in Fairhaven (New Bedford area) and Rangers were on OLN last night. NESN website does not list game for tonight BTW.

I don't understand... I live in Franklin , have Dish Network. OLN IS a part of free channels for us (180 channels in total). Yesterday they substituted Rangers game with some other programming... What should we expect today? :dunno:
unless dishnetwork caves in to comcast's extortion plot this afternoon, the game will not be available to dishnet customers on oln. comcast/oln is engaged in a very underhanded way of doing business, and they are withholding the nhl feeds until dishnetwork and numerous other cable providers bow to their demands--essentially to be moved from a sports tier or high-level programming tier to a "basic" level. the worst part is that even if you are paying for the 180 package (as i am), which includes oln, you are punished by oln because dishnetwork doesn't give the channel to everyone else at the 60 or 120 level. i believe this applies to other cable companies who offer oln only as a "sports package" or "digital package" add-on. jerks. instead, they offer some of their standard programming in its place--my guess is either a special on tracking vermin or chilean pond diving.

silly me--i thought when i first switched years ago to a satellite dish to get away from comcast ("the next time i get good customer service from comcast will be the first") that they were done afflicting my television viewing. i was wrong.

Thank you Jeff in sc. My VERY ANGRY HUSBAND is about to call Dish Network... Maybe plot will be resolved this afternoon?! ;)

This is why you all should switch to DirecTV :teach: :D

Ok.. my husband called Dish Network and got the same info as jeff. However they told him that yesterday it was announced about 15 minutes before the game about game not belonging to Dish Network, there is no info about today though.. (I hope Comcast don't have gutts to blackout Bruins game in MA:madfire: )

This is why you all should switch to DirecTV :teach: :D

It's too late..I have Center Ice which is not transferable, and I like Dish Network overall.

Well if anybody's in the Boston area without Comcast, y'all are invited. :D

I could tape the game for anybody if wanted.

It's too late..I have Center Ice which is not transferable, and I like Dish Network overall.

I have CI too, with DirecTV. Lucky for me the package I bought includes OLN, a channel I never watched....until now.

I wonder if it's possible to pay for OLN (even though it included into our package :rant: ) to get the games? :dunno:

OLN exclusive tonight....No Center Ice and no NESN.....The Rangers game wasn't on anywhere last night, and I'm not paying 4.95/mth for some useless channel.


Glad you said something about this now, while my cable company is still open up here. I had no clue it wasn't on NESN, I'd have been pretty ticked off, after ordering Centre Ice and a new box for downstairs (today, as a matter of fact!), just to see I wasted a whole day having the cable guy here, installing all new cable. :madfire:

I had to order OLN just now- $7.00 per month- ridiculous, but selfishly I admit, I want to see the game. They do have it advertised on their website (OLN's) the the Bruins/Montreal game is on tonight- it better be or heads will roll at OLN. :rant:

I wonder if it's possible to pay for OLN (even though it included into our package :rant: ) to get the games? :dunno:


I just called my cable company now- $7.00 per month. :madfire: Yes, like a fool, I ordered it.

Oh, gee, cable company just called me back. Their computer won't let them add the channel, because of our high balance due to me ordering Centre Ice last week. WTH? I haven't gotten the bill yet. :madfire:

I just called my cable company now- $7.00 per month. :madfire: Yes, like a fool, I ordered it.

I have Dish Network.. and OLN IS INCLUDED but this channel belongs to Comcast and as a result of some bad politics GAMES are blacked out for Dish Network customers!!! How weird is that?!

I guess we will pay visit to our relatives or go to some bar... ( $7 per month probably would be nothing compare to $$$ we'll leave there :madfire: )

I just called my cable company now- $7.00 per month. :madfire: Yes, like a fool, I ordered it.

I hate to say this, but I think you just wasted $7. If OLN is not offered as part of the "basic" cable package, you won't get the game.

I hate to say this, but I think you just wasted $7. If OLN is not offered as part of the "basic" cable package, you won't get the game.

If she has Comcast she probably will, it's us Dish network customers should suffer!

I think this really stinks for fans to not be able to see the game. We obviously have to for cable to get NESN, order Centre Ice to see other games, and now, we can't see this one because of stupid cable wars?

I didn't even know tonight's game wasn't being broadcasted on NESN. Is the French channel carrying it tonight?

If she has Comcast she probably will, it's us Dish network customers should suffer!

Huh? So, Comcast can charge extra for OLN and telecast the games but anyone else has to have it as a basic cable channel?

:confused: :help:

(I hope Comcast don't have gutts to blackout Bruins game in MA:madfire: )


They shouldn't. Comcast owns OLN.

Huh? So, Comcast can charge extra for OLN and telecast the games but anyone else has to have it as a basic cable channel?

:confused: :help:

We Dish Network customers aren't given an option to pay for it . We have OLN as a part of the package, but games are blacked out as they don't have rights ( OLN belongs to Comcast) !

What should we do in your opinion?????

Here is an explanation:

http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/ny-spzip234394749aug23,0,7220593.column?coll=ny-sports-columnists


Just when you thought hockey was back, troubling news has surfaced for fans on Long Island and around the metro area.

Cablevision has 3 million subscribers, and if any of them were thinking of spending $4.95 a month for the digital sports tier that carries OLN, the channel that is replacing ESPN and ESPN2 for the NHL's national cable telecasts this season, they can forget it. The puck stops here.

Up to 78 regular-season games, including as many as eight Rangers, eight Devils and eight Islanders games, as well as a slate of Stanley Cup playoff games and Games 1 and 2 of the Finals, won't be available to you on OLN, we've learned.

Why? Because OLN is on expanded basic digital service in 90 percent of its U.S. distribution of 64 million homes, but not in Cablevision households on Long Island, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Westchester and northern New Jersey.

So, in the latest twist in the wacky world of cable, even if you're willing to pay to watch the NHL here, you can't buy it.

"In markets where OLN is offered on a digital sports tier, which includes Cablevision, we are required through our contracts to black out the games," an OLN spokesperson confirmed yesterday. "There will be alternative programming in that time slot. We are working with our affiliates on the situation. We believe OLN should be included on expanded basic, not a sport tier."

Bull-riding rather than Rangers, perhaps?

It's all about leverage: OLN wants Cablevision to make the channel available to all potential viewers and charge Cablevision a broad-based fee. Viewers, again, are the pawns.

Not only will the Rangers-Flyers season opener Oct. 5 - an OLN exclusive - be unavailable to Cablevision subscribers, the rest of OLN's NHL schedule, primarily on Monday and Tuesday nights, will go unseen in one of the NHL's largest markets.

Anytime OLN chooses to air a Rangers, Devils or Islanders game here, Cablevision subscribers will be totally shut out. The conflict affects only Cablevision subscribers, not Time Warner customers in Manhattan and Queens or DirecTV and DISH Network subscribers who receive OLN as part of a general programming package.

I guess this is the catch??
We've got this great new network deal, but people can't even get the games?
I have Comcast and I'm pretty sure OLN is part of basic cable-but that deal with the Dish Network is lame-why bother including a channel into the lineup if they're going to blackout some of the programming? I don't know what I'd do.

OLN didn't black out Toure de France in our area!!!

Why NHL games? :madfire:

My husband just talked with another representative from Dish Network (in CT) and she told him that DN is actively negotiating this issue with OLN, but also said it most definitely won't be resolved tonight.

Hey quit yer complaining ;) - I just found out that the Canadian OLN is completely different from yours. Our version of OLN is not showing any games at all this season. :madfire:

Just came across this, don't know if its been posted before

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051004/phtu029.html?.v=24

I guess comcast customers can watch up to 2 games a day, and up to 300 games a season live via the web.

Hey quit yer complaining ;) - I just found out that the Canadian OLN is completely different from yours. Our version of OLN is not showing any games at all this season. :madfire:

Ya... but you in Canada probably have 3653653 other channels showing hockey.

I am paying for 180 channels of Dish Network (including OLN) + Center Ice and can't get B's game???

Ya... but you in Canada probably have 3653653 other channels showing hockey.

I am paying for 180 channels of Dish Network (including OLN) + Center Ice and can't get B's game???

She has a point, but it's only 3653651 channels. We do get to see it on TSN tonight.

Take this for what it's worth, based on a call with a rep from RCN, my cable provider:

If OLN is not on the basic package, but is instead on a typical extended basic package like a "Digital Package", you WILL get coverage unless it is on a "Sports Package" of some sort. This is really just a clarification of earlier posts saying the same thing. But to some of us in Boston, this idea of "basic" cable means the cheapest package. OLN does not have to be a part of the cheap, basic package to get NHL games, so long as it's not on a sports-specific extended package. For example, with RCN it is on a Digital Package, which I had to order on top of my basic package. This Digital Package package also includes some movie stations and some useless stuff like MTV 428, etc. But supposedly as a non-sports specific tier, I'll get NHL games.

I'll post during the game to confirm for anyone interested.

For customers of other companies yes..but Dishnetwork only has it as a part of 180 channels (which we have) , and not packages with only 60 or 120 channels.

ONL (Comcast which owns it) is trying to make Dish Network to include OLN in cheaper packages too. ( because now less than 40% viewers can see it)

Because of this even us who pay for OLN won't get it! :madfire: :shakehead :thumbd:

You think if we bombarded nhl.com with complaints it would have an impact. There's a link on this page http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/index.html
that says "Still can't find what you are looking for? Contact us here." Within that link is one called "NHL Television Broadcasting"
:dunno:

You think if we bombarded nhl.com with complaints it would have an impact. There's a link on this page http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/index.html
that says "Still can't find what you are looking for? Contact us here." Within that link is one called "NHL Television Broadcasting"
:dunno:

Done!

Ya... but you in Canada probably have 3653653 other channels showing hockey.

Quit exaggerating - we only have 25,675 channels that show hockey. ;) I do feel your pain - I splurged on getting Digital TV about 5 years ago just so I could get WSBK and watch the Bruins. That worked for about 2 years and now all I get from that $%#&@#% channel is Red Sox games on Friday nights.

Looks like I am watching the Panthers/Devils game tonight. :madfire:

This is just so wrong. :shakehead

Ive got OLN but really would prefer it to be on NESN. Stupid ESPN shoulda kept hockey too I think. My problem is the OLN station for some reason or another its volume is like very low. I have to turn it up louder and no changing channels or I'll get blasted out of my chair because they are fine. I have no clue if its the station or the cable provider? Anyone else have this problem?

Ive got OLN but really would prefer it to be on NESN. Stupid ESPN shoulda kept hockey too I think. My problem is the OLN station for some reason or another its volume is like very low. I have to turn it up louder and no changing channels or I'll get blasted out of my chair because they are fine. I have no clue if its the station or the cable provider? Anyone else have this problem?

Yup, ongoing problem it seems with OLN hockey. Might only apply to non-HD telecasts, not sure.

1-0 Bruins!

Yup, ongoing problem it seems with OLN hockey. Might only apply to non-HD telecasts, not sure.

1-0 Bruins!

Hmm. I did email the cable company. I have noticed this with FX as well. Sure its no big deal to turn the volume up, but I'm not interested in being blasted out of the room if I want to change channels lol. 2-0 now!

I've got RCN and I had to order the "Digital Vision" package today to get OLN, $10 a month. I'm watching the game now.

Come to Calgary and watch the game. You can sleep in the basement.I'm here.I'm sitting outside on the curb.(with my laptop,of course,and a bottle..er sorry..half a bottle of ...sorry,i can't read the label.)come outside and invite me in. :D