You Can Now Stream Flyers Games Online!
This is tremendous.
For over a year, Sixers games have been available to stream online through CSNPhilly.com and the NBC Sports app, with cable credentials. It didn’t make much sense that you couldn’t do it for the Flyers considering that Comcast, you know, owns the team. But that’s all changing today, and you’ll now be able to stream Flyers games on basically any device you have:
The Philadelphia Flyers will now be available in more places and on more screens than ever before as CSN Philadelphia introduces live streaming of all regular season games, along withFlyers Pregame Live and Flyers Postgame Live. Beginning with the game against the Minnesota Wild, this new streaming offering will be available without any additional costs to subscribers of CSN Philadelphia and TCN, through participating providers. The added value to CSN and TCN subscribers supports NBCUniversal’s “TV Everywhere” initiative, which makes quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home, and on multiple platforms.
CSN Philadelphia’s addition of NHL streaming follows its 2014 introduction of live NBA streaming, which has experienced significant consumption gains including an increase of 220% in unique visitors over this time last year. To access the CSN video player, viewers can visit CSNPhilly.com on their PC, or download the NBC Sports app. Powered by Playmaker Media, the NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10, and Xbox. Authenticated CSN Philadelphia subscribers now have the ability to access live NHL and NBA games, as well as other sports programming, even when traveling outside of their region, provided they are within the United States.
This is great, great news. The NBC Sports app is quite good, and it’s available everywhere.
You still can’t cut the cord fully, because you’ll need your cable credentials, but for me cord cutting has always been more about the experience than cutting costs. If more cable providers and networks allowed for streaming like this, especially with sports, the desire to cut the cord would be lessened.
Maybe the Phillies are next?