Say goodbye to watching free hockey

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hdsomeday said:
My guess is Rogers will use this to boost their internet action, putting games online. It will also boost their tv ratings somewhat. I haven't watched anything on CityTV in over 10 years. If they put games on there that aren't on another channel I will be watching.
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I very much doubt this - Rogers/Bell HATES putting shows on the internet, or on-demand. The only reason they do it at all is to try and recover the people that would otherwise just stream/download shows for convenience's sake. For stuff like Leaf's games, where the lag in availability keeps most viewers on TV anyway, they have very little reason to put them online.
 
Princess's Man say: EFFIN' YAY! :bunny: :snorting: :occasion7:

Hopefully, this will be the end to the CBC! Save $1.1 billion of taxpayer's money each year!
 
Couple of things coem from this

CBC is crippled Don Cherry in his own words has an agreement until the end of this year, should he be unwilling to renew with Riogers, Hockey Night in Canada is dead. i am sure tehy will replace it with some other fantastic Canadian Programming.
CBC admits they pulled themselves from the bidding due to size and scope and not proper use of funding.

TSN: Dont see much that they offer now? other then World Juniors, I can get ever football games elsewhere, well except CFL... wait I dont watch CFL


Rogers controls all NHL for the next decade plus, so the consumer gets more choice, undetermined at what addtonal cost if any? What happends to us that are not on the Rogers Network?

I was listening to the FAN on my way home last night, Kypreos was swooning at the possibilities for the increase in his stsua as an analyst.
 
My understanding is Rogers committed to four years for games on CBC but Rogers gets full control (content and revenue), CBC just provides the "pipe" for the HNIC broadcasts starting next year. This is a bit of a PR move to soften the blow, I think Rogers realizes HNIC is a bit of a "cultural" institution for many Canadians and to soften the backlash, they will phase it out instead of killing it. What the content control does will be interesting. If they have any brains, they may just try to absorb it and keep HNIC going on SN beyond year four.

As for free, CBC can be received off-air for free and via cable for a cost (cost of basic cable). SN (or TSN) are ONLY available on cable/bell/etc. for a fee and not off-air, so yes say good bye to free (at least philosophically).

What is interesting (but not surprising), NBC paid $2B for 10 years of US coverage, Rogers paid $5.2B for 12 years of Canadian!

Hopefully they significantly improve the quality of their coverage, 12 years is a long time to put up with crap game coverage.
 
So I guess this whole deal really deminishes the value of the original "hockey Night in Canada" theme song that TSN bought a few years ago and the new CBC theme is probably a little lower on residual value due to these recent events.
 
Fiery254 said:
Well you're really not a fan then are you?
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How so? Because you don't want to be gouged? Wow dude, you hit a new low.

I refuse to pay Rogers a dime. Buncha robbers
 
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What's this hockey you talk of? The sport full of whining pussies that used to be good 20 years ago? I wonder if Canadians realize there's more than stupid hockey in this country.

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RockerGuy said:
How so? Because you don't want to be gouged? Wow dude, you hit a new low.

I refuse to pay Rogers a dime. Buncha robbers
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There's a world of difference between a European sports fan and a North American sports fan. Night and day. This bit of whinging further illustrates the differences.
 
Fiery254 said:
There's a world of difference between a European sports fan and a North American sports fan. Night and day. This bit of whinging further illustrates the differences.
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Yes but there's also a difference between allowing yourself from being gouged & enjoying a game.
 
pffft
The market will speak when nobody is watching.
The next gen don't really watch sports much it seems so unless they are going to broadcast video games oh well.

I don't blame the fans or spectators one bit. The greed that is being deployed. Sports had a "system" by keeping it affordable for a family of four or hell a parent and kid to drop into a game or go regularly but when the ticket costs and refreshments (can't bring a backpack in anymore to some events...for safety you know) are costing as much as what their average fan might make in a day then those events are pricing themselves out of their own market. No kids attending means no new fans tomorrow.

Hockey will likely be on it's final leg 10 years from now considering it is the least televised or money maker of the big sports.
The costs and time involved for kids to get into hockey is prohibitive.
Raise of the bubble wrap kids too.
 
-D- said:
pffft
The market will speak when nobody is watching.
The next gen don't really watch sports much it seems so unless they are going to broadcast video games oh well.

I don't blame the fans or spectators one bit. The greed that is being deployed. Sports had a "system" by keeping it affordable for a family of four or hell a parent and kid to drop into a game or go regularly but when the ticket costs and refreshments (can't bring a backpack in anymore to some events...for safety you know) are costing as much as what their average fan might make in a day then those events are pricing themselves out of their own market. No kids attending means no new fans tomorrow.

Hockey will likely be on it's final leg 10 years from now considering it is the least televised or money maker of the big sports.
The costs and time involved for kids to get into hockey is prohibitive.
Raise of the bubble wrap kids too.
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Problem is the people in charge are just focused on lining their pockets right now without looking at the future, much like majority of the world
 
I can't believe i agree with one of -D- 's posts, this weed must be whacky...:happy2:
 
I gave up on cable over a year ago. I do not miss it even a little. Dollar for dollar, there are countless better uses for your entertainment dollar.
 
I never really understood how people could enjoy watching (non automotive) sports.. except for Boxing/MMA and football because its got action and is brutal
 
I agree. Basketball and hockey are both boring to watch unless in person. Then there's baseball........

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Lol, but its exactly how I feel. The whole picture is worth a thousand words? A gif is worth even more.

The hockey is still recovering from the strike, ticket prices are insane and only propped up by business and corporations purchasing them as write offs so they can give them to potential clients they are courting. Maple Leafs charging tickets like they are last years Stanley Cup winners is pathetic. A family of 4 can go to an NHL game in US to watch Leafs away game for what one ticket here costs.

-D- touched on an important point. Next generation is just not into hockey as much as the generations before. Bubble wrap society, cost prohibition and overall disinterest will drive viewership the way of the titanic.

Which is fine by me. Markets will correct or whither and or die.

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