Cornell on TV and internet, redone 3/21

[Josh '99]

[quote lynah80]"Due to ESPNU holding exclusive broadcasting rights to Sunday's men's ice hockey game against Clarkson from Lynah Rink, there will be no live streaming video of the game through the Cornell RedCast system."[/quote]Wouldn't you RATHER watch it on an actual TV?  ::screwy::

[Chris '03]

[quote Josh '99][quote lynah80]"Due to ESPNU holding exclusive broadcasting rights to Sunday's men's ice hockey game against Clarkson from Lynah Rink, there will be no live streaming video of the game through the Cornell RedCast system."[/quote]Wouldn't you RATHER watch it on an actual TV?  ::screwy::[/quote]

I'd watch it on my computer than not at all. It's not my idea of a good time to try to find a bar that will show an obscure event over the patriots and comcast doesn't think ESPNU is worth carrying 10 miles from ESPN headquarters.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote lynah80]"Due to ESPNU holding exclusive broadcasting rights to Sunday's men's ice hockey game against Clarkson from Lynah Rink, there will be no live streaming video of the game through the Cornell RedCast system."[/quote]

I was going to complain about ESPN360 not being available in places where I would have watched RedCast, but what do we have here... http://europe.espn360.com/

I'm in the States at the moment, so it doesn't help for this game, but good to know for the future...

[MINIteam8s]

Don't know whether I'll be able to access this on my blackberry; this comes just in time for the Sunday game that I must miss, darn it all -

ECAC Hockey announced today (Jan 16, 2008) the debut of a new mobile scoreboard with live score updates from games played at each league rink via www.ecachockey.com/m.

[ursusminor]

1/22/2008 - ALBANY, NY

ECAC Hockey Postseason Tournament Goes Worldwide on B2 Networks

ALBANY, NY - ECAC Hockey and B2 Networks announced today a multi-year partnership to bring conference tournament games to the premier global provider of broadband broadcasting. The agreement begins this February and March with both men's and women's conference tournament games being shown live on B2 Networks. This will be the first time any NCAA hockey league has had every one of its postseason games available to a worldwide audience.

The women's tournament begins with a best-of-three quarterfinals series Feb. 29-Mar. 2 at campus sites. The highest remaining seed will host the semifinals and finals on Mar. 8-9. The first round of the men's tournament starts Mar. 7-9 with a best-of-three series at campus sites. Teams will advance to the three-game quarterfinal series at campus sites on Mar. 14-16. The Bank of America ECAC Hockey Championship, featuring the semifinals and finals, will be hosted by the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on Mar. 21-22. All games of both the men's and women's tournament will be broadcast live on B2 Networks.

"This is a great relationship for our league. We are very excited to provide ECAC Hockey fans around the world the option to watch their favorite teams during postseason play. This is yet another way we are working to enhance the league, and are proud to partner with B2 Networks to offer this service," said ECAC Hockey Commissioner Stephen R. Hagwell.

ECAC Hockey Tournament games will be available for viewing by a global audience and will be aired through www.ecachockey.com as well as www.b2tv.com. Fans wanting to watch hockey games via B2 Networks will need a high-speed Internet connection and a current version of Microsoft Windows Media Player. Tournament Pass and individual game pricing details will be made available in the future.

"It is very exciting for B2 Networks to partner with ECAC Hockey to broadband broadcast their entire conference tournament, a first among NCAA hockey leagues," stated Richard Brosal, B2 Networks Executive Vice President for Business Operations and Marketing. "With a conference championship and automatic berth to the NCAA tournament on the line, fans can look forward to watching the intense hockey action of every ECAC Hockey Tournament game live on B2 Networks."

B2 Networks is a premier provider of reliable and secure international television and pay-per-view broadcasting systems. Our worldwide network of arenas, stadiums, local venues and data centers are currently in use to distribute live sports and events to personal computers, television screens, mobile devices and commercial venues around the world. Working with organizations such as the AHL, ECHL, NLL, IHL, USHL, NAHL, Arena Football Leagues and selected NCAA and NAIA conferences and member institutions, B2 Networks has established itself as a leader in innovative global direct to home, mobile and television broadcasting. For the B2 Networks' Programming Guide visit www.b2tv.com, or for information about B2 Networks, visit www.b2now.com.

ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence University, Union College, and Yale University.

[Chris '03]

[quote ursusminor]1/22/2008 - ALBANY, NY

ECAC Hockey Postseason Tournament Goes Worldwide on B2 Networks

ALBANY, NY - all postseason game on b2[/quote]

Lemme guess... redcast gets shown the door come playoff time because of this contract.

[Rita]

How much will they soak us for? Will RedCast at least still have audio rights?

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Rita]How much will they soak us for? Will RedCast at least still have audio rights?[/quote]

Did they have it for the Clarkson game?  The ECACs are not home games, so I wouldn't have expected RedCast video anyway.

[Rita]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Rita]How much will they soak us for? Will RedCast at least still have audio rights?[/quote]

Did they have it for the Clarkson game?  The ECACs are not home games, so I wouldn't have expected RedCast video anyway.[/quote]

Should we get home ice, either as a 4-8 team or a top 4 team, then those games would be at Lynah and in past years we did have video through CSTV.

When the games went to Albany for the semi-finals and final, then video feeds was through whoever the ECACHL had contracted with at the time.

From the press release, it sounds like now the opening round games and the quarterfinals will be available *only* through B2 Network.

[Al DeFlorio]

Why do I think it sucks to be us?

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Rita][quote jtwcornell91][quote Rita]How much will they soak us for? Will RedCast at least still have audio rights?[/quote]

Did they have it for the Clarkson game?  The ECACs are not home games, so I wouldn't have expected RedCast video anyway.[/quote]

Should we get home ice, either as a 4-8 team or a top 4 team, then those games would be at Lynah and in past years we did have video through CSTV.

When the games went to Albany for the semi-finals and final, then video feeds was through whoever the ECACHL had contracted with at the time.

From the press release, it sounds like now the opening round games and the quarterfinals will be available *only* through B2 Network.[/quote]

Oh crap, I misread that.  I was thinking it only applied to the games in Albany.

[TShen]

IIRC, the predecessors of RedCast did not include the first home playoff series as part of the package.  Those games had always been PPV.

[ursusminor]

It isn't even clear how this will work for those schools that are on B2 during the regular season (Brown, Clarkson, RPI, SLU).

[KeithK]

[quote TShen]IIRC, the predecessors of RedCast did not include the first home playoff series as part of the package.  Those games had always been PPV.[/quote]
Well, the original predecessor was never PPV.  But I catch your meaning. :-P

[Jim Hyla]

All is not lost for some. The Albany games are still on TW & SNY as well as the b2 network. I've updated the first post with the ? for ECAC games. No woofing just info.::uhoh:: Home 'gate game is also on SNY.