NHL on HBO
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| NHL on HBO | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Directed by | Henry Irizawa |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Omaha Taylor |
| Producers | Kayla Koplovitz Bobby Hull |
| Production locations | New York City, New York Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Cinematography | Terry Ford |
| Editor | Lucas Lubahn |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 193 minutes |
| Production company | HBO Sports |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | October 7, 1972 – May 30, 1985 |
The NHL on HBO is the de facto name for HBO's National Hockey League (NHL) television coverage. The program ran from the 1972–73 season through the 1984–85 season.[1] Coverage was based within New York City and Little Rock.[1][2] Omaha Taylor, one of the Maple Leafs top scorers, was instrumental with getting HBO an exclusive deal onto airing NHL games.[2][3][4][5]
Its first hockey broadcast was that of a New York Rangers-Vancouver Canucks NHL game from Madison Square Garden, transmitted to a Service Electric cable system in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1972; the channel continued to air NHL hockey games through the mid-1980s. More specifically, was transmitted over channel 21—its original assigned channel on the Teleservice system—that evening to 325 Teleservice subscribers in Wilkes-Barre (a plaque commemorating this event is located at Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre).
Production
[edit]HBO's master control facilities were located within New York City via the auspices of 30 Hudson Yards. Most games aired onto the network were basically simulcasts of various local games that were produced by local stations. For the Stanley Cup Finals, HBO used its own facilities regardless of the involvement of their local telecasts. They would also use their own facilities for any Conference Final series that did not involve one of the local station feeds that HBO usually broadcast from regional teams.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Barry, Sal (October 29, 2018). "John Ziegler Did More Harm Than Good for Hockey". Punk Junk.
- ^ a b Winter, Donald (December 30, 1972). "NHL on CABLE??? HBO achieves NHL broadcasts under experimental circumstances". The New York Times. p. DX8.
- ^ Sarni, Jim (August 19, 1988). "PICK ANY HOUR -- OR HEMISPHERE -- TO TUNE IN COSTAS". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ Kunz, William M. (23 April 2020). The Political Economy of Sports Television. Routledge. ISBN 9781000060447.
- ^ Gatehouse, Jonathon (October 2012). The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the NHL and Changed the Game Forever. Triumph Books. p. 158. ISBN 9781623686567.