In theory, they get make more control over what games the other partner(s) gets while guaranteeing the biggest events (the Final) for themselves.So they would outbid Amazon just to sublicense for what they would’ve paid?
Didn't see this coming.
I hope they sell some to Amazon and then CBC as a minor partner.
Get wrecked TSN
CBC is still technically a minor partner via HNIC.
It's just Rogers handles the production, CBC really can't afford to put on something like a live hockey event.
Very obviously, this was not a concern. Don’t have to worry about them holding out to rig the playoffs for Canadian teamsCanadian media should have played hardball and forced the league to adopt this alignment in order to stay on national TV in Canada:
It's time to abandon the current conference/division alignment, as I have proposed expansion to 40 teams aligned as such (expansion teams marked with *):
Central: Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis*, Kansas City*, Milwaukee*, Minnesota, St. Louis
East: Boston, Buffalo, New Jersey, NY Islanders, NY Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
North: Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec*, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg
South: Atlanta*, Carolina, Dallas, Florida, Houston*, Nashville, New Orleans*, Tampa Bay
West: Anaheim, Arizona*, Colorado, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle...
Realistically, what other option was there? There's no chance the NHL accepts a front loaded deal with less term, and as long as current sports watching trends hold, hockey in general is going to be the driver in terms of ratings in this country. And considering that Rogers is realistically the only game in town, they can very easily accept the demands of the NHL.Wow. Did not expect another mega long term deal.
There were plenty of option and your last sentence...Realistically, what other option was there? There's no chance the NHL accepts a front loaded deal with less term, and as long as current sports watching trends hold, hockey in general is going to be the driver in terms of ratings in this country. And considering that Rogers is realistically the only game in town, they can very easily accept the demands of the NHL.
The last deal was a money loser so you give the NHL twice as much when you renew?
The company's management is insane and Rogers is a financial mess.
The funny thing about Rogers keeping TSN locked out of national coverage is that, I don’t think it matters? Doesn’t TSN have 5 channels that their regional games air on? I know there are geographic rights, but their announcers still basically work nationally, it’s just only for a few teams. Their intermissions are still very much national feel. And the ones they don’t have I think are all out west, which I’d think somewhere there is going to be a window to get. I get wanting the playoffs to be exclusive to Rogers, but is it worth it?
This times 1000! As an Isles fan in Nova Scotia, all I want is the home MSG broadcast for all the games. And I'd love the pre and post game as well. I'd pay more for that and don't even care about getting all the other games and esp don't care about getting all the dumb Jays games.Great. More years of crappy Sportsnet+ for out-of-market games.
I miss NHL.tv and the ability to choose which team feed I want to watch. I hate having like 75 Sharks games a year on there and maybe getting the Sharks broadcast a dozen times.
And that's not even getting into the crashing, lagging, desynced audio/video, and generally ridiculous over-inflated price because you can't just buy the hockey package, you have to get their inclusive premium price tier that offers me next to nothing other than hockey that I can't get much cheaper on TV.
I'm fascinated by what Rogers shareholders think of this. Likewise if I'm Bell I'm happy to not go down this rabbit hole when there is sports content that could be had more cheaply.