If you’re a hockey fan in Alberta or BC and you’re thinking about stepping up to Optik TV from TELUS you’ll probably be pretty happy to hear that they’re throwing in the NHL Centre ICE package for the rest of the season. Considering that the mid-season package is usually worth about $150, that’s pretty darned sweet.
The package applies to customers who placed an order for Optik TV from today until December 24th, 2010. The terms and conditions say it’s available on any term, and it is stackable with the other in-market offers (that means the free Xbox 360, if you’re signing on to a 3-year term). The only hitch is that it’s not available to existing customers (such is life, I suppose), and if you’re no longer a customer you must not have subscribed to Optik TV in the last 90 days.
So what do you get with NHL Centre ICE? Up to 40 out-of-market games per week, NHL GameCentre Live, and (courtesy of Optik TV’s Record Anywhere feature) PVR controls that let you set up recordings from any computer or from your smartphone. It is, without a doubt, a pretty slick deal.
So, there go you. You’re now more informed than you were a few paragraphs ago. Glad I could help.
In the past there have been two options to get high quality TV into your home: cable and satellite. Both of these types of networks have the bandwidth needed to deliver the hundreds of channels we’re looking to watch. All that has changed, though, with the introduction of IPTV.
Continue reading »
NetFlix, the instant streaming service for video content, has finally arrived in Canada. That’s a pretty cool deal, because we’re starting to see NetFlix integrated into everything from gaming systems to televisions. So what’s the big deal? NetFlix lets you stream content instantly to devices like your computer, your iPad, or your PlayStation 3. It’s dependent on the library that’s available in our region, which means that the offerings are going to be a little slim to start. CTV owns the Canadian rights to a great deal of the content that’s being streamed on NetFlix in the US, which means it’s not showing up north of the 49th. The upside? You can check the service out with a 1-month free trial, and it’s only $7.99 per month after that. NetFlix isn’t going to be the gamechanger it is in the US until more major networks (or in our case, major network) are on board. Are you going to try NetFlix? I am, starting today!
Rex Murphy is bad at his job and should be axed.
While that statement may seem like hyperbole, it’s not. Rex Murphy is a smart man and on occasion he stumbles across a salient point (though that may simply be the law of averages exacting its cruel vengeance on us), but there is one thing that he simply can not claim to be: a good radio host.
Continue reading »
