Jarome Iginla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“We have tried to reach a fair, long-term deal with NHL Network in order to continue delivering this channel to U-verse TV U450 and Sports Tier customers,” AT&T said in a statement issued about 11 p.m. Friday ( Sept. 30). “Unfortunately, it appears that as of midnight EST NHL Network will no longer be available on U-verse TV …”<\/p>\n
Fair or not, U-verse has to take some kind of hit here.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Why not?<\/p>\n
Seriously, if ALL other providers have deals with NHL Network, why doesn’t U-verse?<\/p>\n
This is the second ‘hit’ I have taken in the sports department from U-verse in the past two months as the company stopped offering ESPN 3D<\/em> recently.<\/p>\nSometimes AT&T, you have to make a deal that hurts a little in order not to inflict pain on your customers.<\/p>\n
Three strikes U-verse … and maybe I’M out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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