Last season when the Red Sox and Bruins played at the same time on the same night, NESN would push the Bruins to a secondary channel and air the game in standard definition while the Red Sox would be in crystal clear, 21st Century High Definition. Bruins fans complained about the treatment. Well, NESN has rectified that this season. Here’s the press release:
On April 12th, NESN will, for the first time, deliver simultaneous high definition (HD) coverage of the Red Sox and Bruins when both teams play at the same time. The Red Sox (3:30 PM) and Bruins (5:00 PM) are both scheduled to play late afternoon regular season games on April 12th and NESN will deliver coverage of both games in both standard and high definition with the Red Sox – Angels game available on NESN and NESNHD and the Bruins – Islanders game available on NESNplus and NESNplus HD channels.
NESNplus and NESNplus HD are a compilation of channels that distributors provide NESN to carry simultaneous coverage of Red Sox and Bruins games.
In most Comcast communities, the Bruins – Islanders game NESNplus feed will be on channel 81 and the NESNplus HD feed on channel 817. A complete list of NESNplus and NESNplus HD channels can be found at NESN.com.
When the Bruins playoff broadcast schedule is announced, NESN.com will provide updates on a game-by-game basis regarding which game will be available on NESNplus and NESNplus HD channels and on which channels fans can find the game through their local provider.
This is good news for Bruins fans who felt the team was treated like a bastard stepchild. Not the case this time.
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