Fans now will have the option to stream Golden Knights games, as AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain "will be available to customers of AT&T TV and AT&T TV Now," according to David Schoen of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. The Golden Knights were "one of the few organizations in the NHL without an option for fans who ditched their satellite or cable TV." The AT&T SportsNet app "can be authenticated by customers of DirecTV and CenturyLink, providing additional streaming options for Knights fans." AT&T SportsNet Affiliate Relations Business Affairs Dir Randi Lackscheide said that the net continues to work with Cox Communications "to allow its cable customers access to the app." Hulu, YouTube TV, Dish Network, Sling TV and Fubo TV in recent months all "dropped the 21 Fox regional sports networks owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group," which means that 12 NHL teams' games are no longer available to cord-cutters on those services. The Avalanche also "did not have a streaming option last season but announced in August that Altitude Sports can be streamed by in-region customers with the Choice package and above for AT&T TV and Max package for AT&T TV Now" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 12/27).
THE LONG DISPUTE: In Denver, Matt Schubert writes at the start of year two of the Comcast/Altitude TV dispute, it has "come to this: Subscribe to DirecTV or its streaming service, become a no-good streaming pirate or stop watching Avs and Nuggets games altogether." Nobody is getting inside Ball Arena anytime soon and there is "no end in sight to a stalemate that has kept Altitude TV away from Comcast subscribers for going on 16 months" (DENVER POST, 12/27).
