Follow the NHL in Germany
American sports are not broadcast on German television at all or are only broadcast freely on special events such as the Super Bowl. So that you can still follow the league and playoff games of the NHL (National Hockey League), you basically have two options. On the one hand, you can use the official broadcasting service of the NHL and, on the other hand, you can use a pay-TV broadcaster such as Sky Deutschland, provided that it has received the required TV rights.
Use live streams from the NHL GameCenter
Regardless of the current TV rights allocation, you can also watch NHL games over the Internet by logging into the official NHL GameCenter Live to register.
- With this account you can, among other things, watch or listen to selected games live, watch replays in full length and re-watch over 800 historical encounters. The streaming service was initially only designed for the American region, but was also released for the rest of the world in the 2011/12 season.
- To register, you must provide a username, password and your email address. In addition, you need a working credit card for payment and finally you must also provide your billing address. The annual subscription costs around 150 US dollars, or around 120 euros. You can also pay the amount in eight monthly installments, which then increases to around $ 151.
- You should have a fast internet connection so that you can follow the games as well as possible. Basically, DSL 1000 or 2000 would be sufficient, with DSL 6000 being recommended so that you can take full advantage of the HD transmissions. In addition, your computer should be reasonably modern, with at least a 2.33 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM, and your browser should be up to date.
TV broadcasts in Germany
At the moment, you cannot watch full length NHL games in Germany via free-to-air TV channels, but only have the option of using a pay TV channel.
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- This is only with at the moment Sky Germany possible. The pay broadcaster offers ESPN America HD programs via its HD offering, which broadcast live games from the NFL, MLB, NCAA basketball and the NHL, among others.
- However, due to the annually reassigned TV rights, it is possible that ESPN America does not broadcast any transmissions in Germany. A corresponding contract was negotiated for the 2011/12 season just before the start of the league.
- Events such as the wage dispute in the run-up to the 2012/13 NHL season delay the granting of rights considerably, so that in the future it is basically also possible that no NHL games are broadcast live on television in Germany will.
All information as of August 2012.
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