Seth Vigdor
The NHL and GoPro (creators of first-person point-of-view camera) have made an epic announcement that will give fans live GoPro footage, starting with this weekend’s All-Star Game. I can’t stress this enough, but this look like it’s going to be absolutely bonkers.
Here’s a great description of the partnership via Eric Alt of fastcocreate.com.
As part of the renewal of their partnership, the National Hockey League and GoPro announced today a new documentary series that promises, according to an official release, to take fans on “an immersive look at what happens on the ice during after-hours training sessions.” It’s part of a push by the NHL (along with docu-series like EPIX’s Road to the Winter Classic) to bring fans closer to the players with original content aimed at breaking them out of the “aw, shucks, I’m just here for the team” mold they so often fall into.
Here’s a preview video via @NHL on twitter.
What happens when the lights go down and the stars come out? Watch them dazzle courtesy of @GoPro. https://t.co/oAT5P3PYMD
— NHL (@NHL) January 26, 2016
I cannot wait to see what incredible views that come from this. I’ll tune into the NHL All-Star Game just to check this out.