It was a very pleasant surprise to see Google providing free access to all 2006 National Hockey League games. As you may know by now hockey is a very exciting game with fans worldwide.
Many technology blogs commented about Google’s failure with their pay-for-view try with the NBA. It was so limited to the true (honesty true) die-hard fans. Only those would pay for each baskeball game…or it was just a test run to see how it would fare?
With the globalization of the NBA it was a bit of a surprise to see it fail. They may have missed their opportunity to post playoff games, milestone event games and even the opportunity to purchase select game packages….like Michael Jordan’s Top 10 scoring games. The Chicago market and the international following the Bulls have would have proven that an easy success. I’m positive if the NBA can figure a way to make money with this … they will be back. Maybe at iTunes.
However for now hockey fans, just like the spirit of the open source community, you can’t beat free.
— BTW: Can you find the link to the NBA on that page?
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