13-Dec-2013, 03:13 PM
(13-Dec-2013, 12:33 PM)foosboss Wrote: How about the major television deal that Rogers (Sportsnet) signed with the NHL? $5.2 Billion I believe?
Starting next year, no more NHL hockey on TSN.
CBC will have HNIC for another 4 years but will not benefit from advertising money.
TVA will have the french rights as opposed to RDS.
TVA is also actively involved in bringing hockey back to Quebec city. This will majorly boost their chances since they want to increase their Canadian hockey audience.
Not a big fan of this move at all. Rogers fucking blows, and they, along with Bell are able to just force feed us their shit product because the monopoly they share. They have got more money then they know what to do with because they overcharge Canadians on TV, Cell Phone and the Internet services that have been compared to the services provided in 3rd world countries (Netflix CEO compared the ratio of internet quality and what we pay to others and we were very low). HNIC is hands down the most well produced hockey show in the world, its a real shame their power will diminish.
Money talks, Rogers, Bell, Bettman, they can all fuck off, self interested bastards that are just exploiting the essence of Canadian sport for max profits. All 3 have shareholders, so all three are responsible to them first and foremost. They will do whatever makes the shareholders more money, not what is best for hockey.
It looks like the CRTC is already considering jumping in on this, which would be great. So lets hope for that.
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