NHL teams up with GoPro to broadcast games from new angles

Hockey fans will have a new vantage point on the action starting at this weekend's NHL all-star game.

The league is teaming up with GoPro to begin live broadcasts of games using the small, durable cameras. During Saturday's All-Star Skills Competition and Sunday's All-Star game, footage will be streamed in real-time from GoPros worn by players and referees, mounted inside goals and placed at various other angles around the rink.

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The NHL will continue to use the cameras to broadcast from new angles at regular season games, though an NHL programming executive told The Verge that he doesn't see the first-person video from players happening again beyond this weekend. Instead, the NHL is looking into integrating cameras into player helmets. Read more...

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