MLBAM will take over NHL's web ops, apps, streaming video starting in 2016

[soxhop411]

DJ Bean ‏@DJ_Bean  19m19 minutes ago
Per a source, MLB's Baseball Advanced Media will take over NHL's web ops, apps, streaming video, etc. in 2016. Announcement tomorrow.

 

[Catcher Block]

I think this is good news. I subscribe to both NHL Gamecenter and MLB.tv and my experience is that MLB's service is far more stable than the NHL's. 

 

[cannonball 1729]

As far as streaming stuff is concerned, MLBAM is the bee's pajamas.  In addition to their own events, they've run streaming for March Madness, the World Cup, the WatchESPN app, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  MLB's technological infrastructure is head and shoulders above everyone else.
 
(Aside: Technological supremacy is one of the great legacies of Bud Selig's tenure - I mentioned all of this in an article here.)

 

[mikeford]

Thank god. NHL Gamecenter is an unmitigated disaster of constant buffering. MLBtv on the other hand works flawlessly 99% of the time. 

 

[Eddie Jurak]

I'm looking forward to seeing the velocity and spin on Zdeno's 2-seamer.  Also Torey Krug's route efficiency when going back to retrieve a dump in.  

 

[soxhop411]

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced a groundbreaking digital media rights partnership. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred jointly announced the six-year agreement at NHL headquarters.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=776247

 

[The Napkin]

Please don't post full copy/pastes of articles. A link and a summary will do just fine. Thanks!