Uptown Magazine - September 22nd
How Can I Watch Nearly Any Sports Game Online?
lifehac.kr/watching_sports — People are always looking for live-streaming sporting events on the web. If you want to reduce your cable and satellite bills by getting some of your TV online, will you be able to follow your favourite sports teams? Probably, but how successful you are depends on a few factors. There are plenty of choices out there, from free, grey-area sites such as atdhenet.tv and First Row Sports to official pay services such as Mlb.tv, NHL Centre Ice and NBA Unlimited Pass. Likehacker.com takes a look at what options sports junkies have to watch games online. With the recent announcement that both Shaw and MTS finally signed deals with the new TSN Jets channel, you can bet there were a lot of relieved hockey fans who otherwise would have had to switch TV providers or start looking on the web for some games this October. Still, it’s frustrating that the NHL’s Centre Ice Packages (both TV and the Internet) “blacks out” games in the viewers’ home market, especially when the MTS Centre will be sold out every night. This could have been easily avoided, TV subscriptions would have been sold and everyone still would have made boatloads of money. Considering Winnipeg’s reputation for being cheap (maybe that’s changing), there will still be hockey fans upset they have to pay $10 a month to ensure they don’t miss any games — and you can bet it won’t be long before they’ll figure out how to hook their computer to their TV and find the games online.
Doodle or Die
doodle.no.de — Games such as Doodle or Die can be the ultimate time waster. Similar to Win, Lose or Draw, Doodle or Die gives you an object that you must digitally sketch using an online tool that’s not even as fancy as MS Paint. Other players can comment on your pictures and the more you draw, the more you can participate. This could be one of those Internet black holes, so proceed with caution if you become easily addicted. Watch for a new Apple/Android version for mobile devices and tablets called Doddleblast.
Video of the Week: Goon trailer
bit.ly/goon_trailer — Shot in Winnipeg, Goon, the new film from It’s All Gone Pete Tong and Fubar mastermind Mike Dowse about hockey enforcers, was recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The trailer is now online.
MP3 of the Week: Laura Jones’ Mix
bit.ly/Laura_Jones — With a red-hot release on Visionquest and some dance floor killers on Leftroom, Leeds producer/DJ Laura Jones is taking the tech-house world by storm. Fans of DJs such as Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Seth Troxler and Damian Lazarus will be all over her new promo mix for Fabric nightclub.
