Bell Offers Up Stanley Cup Action To Its BlackBerry Users
By Bla1ze on 14 Apr 2010 10:27 am
Bell has been for a while now, a key provider of mobile sports entertainment in Canada. Much like how Verizon and Sprint offer their specialties, Bell has for the most part locked down the NHL offerings here in Canada. This year for the Stanley Cup playoffs, Bell has added some extra items to their BlackBerry services. During the playoffs Bell BlackBerry subscribers will be able to benefit from:
- NHL® Video Highlights - Watch period, post-game and team highlights.
- NHL® Audio - Listen to all NHL games live.
- NHL® on Demand - Watch highlights from the game of the night, best moments of the week, player interviews, expert insights, and much more for all NHL® teams.
- NHL® Centre Ice - Watch select games live (TV network blackouts apply).
- NHL® Downloads - Get a wide variety of ringtones and wallpapers.
- NHL® Alerts - Receive unlimited access to official real-time text message alerts for any NHL team.
All this NHL goodness isn't free however, it does come at a cost. But for a true hockey fan, the $8 a month you'll pay may be well worth it. Devices supported are: BlackBerry Bold 9700, Bold 9000, BlackBerry Tour 9630, BlackBerry 9530 Storm, BlackBerry 8330 Curve, BlackBerry 8130 Pearl, BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Apr 14, 2010 at 10:30 am
wheres the rogers love
ommoran Apr 14, 2010 at 12:31 pm
... it's because Bell, through the media companies they own, are a broadcaster. Why would they give Rogers any love? They are trying to bring people to Bell Mobility from Rogers... using their own content to do so makes Bell a desirable carrier to some.
cwhitney24 Apr 14, 2010 at 10:31 am
Looks GREAT but Sadly I am on AT&T. I have been shut out on my 2 Favorite sports leagues...the NFL and NHL.
jwhelan Apr 14, 2010 at 10:56 am
Will I be able to add this feature to my account via bell.ca for the next few months, and remove it without any hassles in June?
dgbrock Apr 14, 2010 at 11:04 am
Not as extensive perhaps, but current, comprehensive, available for all pro and college sports, and FREE
jiggz22 Apr 14, 2010 at 11:32 am
I love the offers that rogers has though....which is none :P
ommoran Apr 14, 2010 at 12:28 pm
... this is no big deal. Bell is a day late and a dollar short. I'm going to be stealing my wife's iPhone because CBC will be pushing all playoff games through their iPhone and iPod Touch application.
I hate that CBC is so Apple-centric. I really hate when they get great sh!t and Blackberries can't even really do it.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Apr 14, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I lose sleep at night because rogers doesn't have an official 5.0 for my bold 9000
absolute99 Apr 14, 2010 at 12:41 pm
For those that are with Rogers.... well, you still win. This would only make Bell's service more bearable... with the bad service, and slow adoptions. "Let's sell the Storm 2 on our older network, half a year after it's been released, and just before the Storm 3 comes out". Sigh. Yes, I am bitter.
zee921 Apr 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Calling All Bell Hockey Fans
HockeyBerry21 Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Is there an app from any of the US carriers that provide NHL live audio?
VCast from VzW offers live audio for vcast phones, but not Blackberry...
Carbon Coupe Apr 14, 2010 at 2:06 pm
How bout a stripped down version for live scoring and such for free?? 8 clams a month is too much.
Crackberry_Canadian Apr 14, 2010 at 4:11 pm
We are probably lucky we don't have to extend our contracts to download the app for free. Canadian carriers ftl.
Robstar500 Apr 14, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Slingbox Software for the 9700 was added on april 7th in Canada! Wooo Hoooo! Just in time for the NHL Playoffs.
Now I control what I watch.
Bell can Suk it!! Remember they wanted nothing to do the West Coast until we got the Olympics in Vancouver. Bell turned down a chance to sponsor the PGA tournament out west & they said a Big "No Thanks" we dont do business out west
mousky Apr 14, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Blackouts? Really? Hello NHL and TV networks, it's 2010. Can we get with the times.
MobileQs.com May 9, 2010 at 11:48 am
MobileQs just released a new trivia game for BlackBerry which contains 300 new questions from random categories with questions written by the MobileQs team in 2010. Question types vary, and include NHL (including NHL 2010 playoffs through May), international hockey, Olympic Hockey (including Vancouver 2010), college hockey, teams, team names/cities, team colors, arenas, famous players, champions, records, coaches, rules of the game, sports terms & scoring.
Get the game and see screenshots here from CrackBerry: http://software.crackberry.com/product.asp?id=61314
Enjoy!
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