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Report: NHL, Rogers agree to 12-year, $7.7B Canadian TV deal

The NHL and Rogers Communications reached a 12-year Canadian television rights deal worth $7.7 billion ($11 billion CAD), Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams of Sportico report.The agreement would kick in for the 2026-27 season. Rogers is nearing the end of its current 12-year contract signed...
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Given that Sportsnet has been broadcasting the vast majority of Leafs games over the past decade, I figured it was prudent to have a thread on this in our forum.

Personally, I hate this. Sportsnet's product has been lagging well behind that of TSN for years, and has even been lapped by Amazon's coverage in my opinion. That it looks like they'll still retain a monopoly on broadcasting rights for another 12 years is terrible news. Even more so with rumours that Bell is looking to sell off TSN.

Major Changes Coming to Canadian Sports Media Landscape? - YYZsportsmedia

Bell Canada and Rogers both planning major changes in sports media altering the landcape with sale of TSN and change to Fan 590
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Bell though has denied those rumours, so who knows what the Sports media landscape will look like going forward.

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Is TSN for sale? Bell denies rumour after selling MLSE stake

“There is no truth to the report that TSN is being considered for sale,” a Bell Media spokesperson told the Star.
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If Bell does indeed bow out of sports broadcasting, I fear just how sloppy Sportsnet's coverage will become with no competition.
 
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Soon I'll just be catching the HNIC and playoff games through CBC GEM. Back to the way I grew up without cable except cbc streams now. I'll catch the odd weekday game any way I can but I can't see the sports landscape looking the way it does another 12 years from now.
 
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Punch Drunk Loov said:
This sucks, if you pay $25 per month you should at least be able to watch all 82 games
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I pay ~$20 a month (its bundled with internet so I can’t really tell) and I get like no games. Mondays are on prime, I’m out of region so SNO only games are blacked out, TSN games are blacked out.

Props to the person who mentioned CBC gem. Otherwise I’ll have to keep using illegal streams. PM for the link
 
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Unfortunate, as I feel the Sportsnet produced product kinda sucks, from pre-game, to in-game, to intermissions... it's way to stuffy imo.

I am hoping, though know it will never happen, that they revamp how they deliver the games with regard to regional blackouts and/or streaming options where you could pay to get ALL the games. Maybe beyond selling Monday games to Amazon, they sell Wednesdays to TSN... maybe?

In the end, I suspect it will be more of the same, which is really unfortunate for us, the fans, who have to bear it if we want to watch our teams.
 
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Unfortunate, as I feel the Sportsnet produced product kinda sucks, from pre-game, to in-game, to intermissions... it's way to stuffy imo.

I am hoping, though know it will never happen, that they revamp how they deliver the games with regard to regional blackouts and/or streaming options where you could pay to get ALL the games. Maybe beyond selling Monday games to Amazon, they sell Wednesdays to TSN... maybe?

In the end, I suspect it will be more of the same, which is really unfortunate for us, the fans, who have to bear it if we want to watch our teams.
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I think TSN/Bell is focusing on acquiring or maintaining the rights to other sports. Probably a better investment
 
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I can't watch any tsn games because of the regional stuff so it's alright I guess for me but I would much prefer Amazon taking all the games
 
I have cancelled cable and have sailed the seven seas with most of you here. I have no interest in giving my money to either Rogers or Bell. We live in a capitalist society, we should have more than a few choices... same thing with phone plans and wireless data...
 
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As long as somebody is broadcasting the games I’m good. I don’t watch them babbling during intermissions so I don’t care about any of that. Just want to watch the play.
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This is where I’m at with it. Long as it is somewhere, whatever. I miss prime Bob Cole of my youth, he added to the emotion and experience of calling a game, but they are interchangeable now. It’s just background noise, I’m watching the play on my own.

Add to it that I am usually watching a replay after work/family/kids consuming my time and I’m just blasting through the intermissions anyways. Ya, TSN is a better broadcast all that said, but meh.

Allegedly if someone will share their online cable login with you, you can just watch online on the native platforms, although you’d have to be in the broadcast region. SN is way ahead of TSN on their online viewing platform.
 
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Regional blackouts are remnants of a bygone era in my opinion. A time when protectionist owners had the power to control a broadcast area and acquire fans through force. If Sportsnet does away with it that'll go a long way towards keeping paying customers I think.
 
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