Canadian TV rights negotiations start January 1, 2025

[LadyStanley]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1859628055876005949

Wednesday on CNBC, Bettman discussed upcoming Canadian media rights, saying the league’s triggered a 60-day window to negotiate with Rogers. It opens Jan. 1.

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[Takuto Maruki]

It's going to be interesting to see if the trends that are cropping up within American TV bubbles (grossly overpaying for sports properties from legacy media, tech companies trying to get into the space) ultimately hold water up here. More then anything, even if the duopoly is insulating it massively, it's only a matter of time before the RSN apocalypse pops up here, mainly from Rogers deciding that it isn't worth it having a bunch of regional channels only really segmented by geography, and instead goes to the TSN model of 5 channels, with one as a designated second channel, the rest being overflow.

 

[Fenway]

 

[rojac]

It's going to be interesting to see if the trends that are cropping up within American TV bubbles (grossly overpaying for sports properties from legacy media, tech companies trying to get into the space) ultimately hold water up here. More then anything, even if the duopoly is insulating it massively, it's only a matter of time before the RSN apocalypse pops up here, mainly from Rogers deciding that it isn't worth it having a bunch of regional channels only really segmented by geography, and instead goes to the TSN model of 5 channels, with one as a designated second channel, the rest being overflow.