CHL TV

CHL TV is an out-of-market sports package that is distributed by most cable and satellite providers in the United States and Canada. This package allows its subscribers to see most Central Hockey League games using regional sports networks and local over-the-air stations. The service is currently owned jointly by B2 Networks and the Central Hockey League. Unlike other services, analog cable providers usually have more feeds than satellite providers. Occasionally, French-language feeds from RDS may be used if no English-language is available. If there is not a televised broadcast in either market, an in-house arena feed will be broadcasted with the home and away team's radio broadcast simulcasted as the audio in each feed. This is subject on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, each team may choose to televise its games on a regional sports network (RSN), local over-the-air station (OTA), or can choose not to televise them.
== History ==
The service first became available before the start of the 2006-07 Central Hockey League season and was initially only available in the markets that had a team in the league. This changed in later seasons. This first season broadcasts were produced by NiFTy (except Victoriaville Tigres, whose games were produced by TELUS). Starting in the 2007-08 season, B2 Networks began to produce and distribute the games feeds. This made the service accessible to the B2toGO network, allowing subscribers to access the service on hand held PDA's. The feed of select games broadcasted on Leafs TV in the 2006-07, called CHL Game of the Week, was also included in the service.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chl-again-partners-with-leafs-tv-on-game-of-the-week-package/n-3247825 The service has also been known to keep a continuous broadcast, in some cases lasting up to a few hours after the game has finished. Select games are available exclusively in the package through a channel dubbed the CHL Network, which is only active for the duration of the game being shown. 
== Availability ==
* SBC Global Network/Dish
* Bell ExpressVu
* Mediacom1
* Service Electric
* Grande Communications
* Xfinity (select areas)
* Time Warner Cable (select areas)
* Shrevenet 
1 Mediacom decided to keep the package in Omaha after the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights relocated
== Games Not Televised on CHL TV ==
* Games broadcast under the Blazers Hockey Network in Oklahoma City
* RDS and RDS2 broadcasts (French-speaking Rocket broadcasts) (only when its the only broadcast available)
* XERV 9 feed (only when its the only broadcast available)
* Comcast Sports Southwest broadcasts in Shreveport, LA
* Leafs TV produced feeds involving the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs in Shreveport, LA 
* Certain Austin Ice Bats/Central Texas Stampede games were not carried (Austin live broadcasts only became available in their last season)
* MSG Western New York broadcasts on Time Warner Cable systems in New York
* Texas Stars Fox Sports Southwest+ games in Houston (blacked out in favor of the FS Houston feed)
* Corpus Christi Icerays rebroadcasts on Corpus Christi Municipal TV 
== Blackout restrictions ==
Local/regional broadcast restrictions depend on the CHL TV subscriber's physical location and television provider. For example, due to a dispute between MSG Networks and Time Warner Cable, Rochester Americans games are not available in most Time Warner Cable systems in the state of New York. Bell ExpressVu began re-broadcasting MSG Western New York broadcasts into Canada in areas within 90 miles of Blue Cross Arena (Belleville area) on channel 635, which is dubbed "Amerks TV" at the moment by Bell. Channel 635 is used exclusively for Rochester Americans games. Local telecasts of Americans games had not been available in Canada, even though the area falls in the Amerks' territory. Due to the games being available locally, Comcast Sports Southwest telecasts of the Houston Aeros are also not carried in the CHL TV package in Shreveport, LA. 
== Current Broadcasters ==
== Former Broadcasters ==