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Watchdog Group" CBC-TV Could Be In Big Financial Trouble Without The NHL

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Joseph_Gallant

The media watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has written a paper submitted to the CRTC suggesting that if the CBC loses the "Hockey Night In Canada" package after the 2013/2014 season (should the 2012/2013 season be cancelled entirely due to the current lockout,m that date would likely be pushed back), the network could lose the majority of ad revenue it receives from commercial sponsors and the network could be in severe financial straits.

Broadcaster Magazine story: http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/...tip-of-the-iceberg-for-cbc-friends/1001751686 .

Of course, the longer the lockout lasts, the more short-term financial trouble CBC-TV could get into. As I had mentioned in an earlier thread, I could see the CBC furlough the majority of its employees (except for network news on TV and radio and personnel to keep their transmitters on the air) if there is an extended lockout, and except for network news programs, most of the rest of the CBC's program schedule (on both TV and radio) would go into reruns until the lockout ends, at which time, I would think the furloughed employees would return to work.
 
Here's more problem:

"With the NHL on hiatus thanks to the lockout, Canada’s networks are competing fiercely to capture Saturday night viewers who were once glued to the CBC (and the advertisers who want to reach them).

CBC’s lawyers took notice of Bell’s language when its rival announced its Saturday night plans, and sent a letter demanding it stop using “In Canada” in its promotional material because it could confuse viewers and drag down the value of its Saturday night staple.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-back-off-from-language-fight/article4609419/
 
From the letter: "We takes this matter very seriously. ..."

...Olive. I guess CBC Legal is being run by Popeye the Sailor Man (Toot toot!). Of course, Bell could have used the term "Canada's Big Bang Night" instead. No lawyers would be hurt in the making of that.
 
Thankfully, the hockey season
has been rescued.
It's only a 48 game season,
but that's better than nothing!
 
Yes, but what will happen after the end of the next season? Will CBC still have the NHL(and bid for French rights for Radio-Canada), or will Bell and Rogers split the difference? It's too early to speculate on that, though.
 
blackgold said:
Yes, but what will happen after the end of the next season? Will CBC still have the NHL(and bid for French rights for Radio-Canada), or will Bell and Rogers split the difference? It's too early to speculate on that, though.
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So far, all we know is that Rogers and Bell will not be allowed to "team up" to outbid CBC for the rights.

----> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...-team-up-on-nhl-tv-rights-bid/article4354195/

There are some major changes going on with CBC hockey coverage right now, but for that I gave it a fresh new thread.
----> http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=227133.0
 
A joint Rogers/Bell bid could have between them secured all network NHL rights in Canada, with CTV getting "Hockey Night In Canada", TSN keeping the national NHL cable rights, the potential for City TV stations in the Canadian NHL cities to have a handful of local midweek games (along with the Rogers Sportsnets), and for TSN and CTV to split the playoff games of Canadian based teams with CTV broadcasting the Finals.

I would expect Bell may either try a joint bid with CBC, or (far more likely) for Bell to bid alone.

CBC may only have two more seasons of the NHL.
 
Yeziknoradio said:
Thankfully, the hockey season
has been rescued.
It's only a 48 game season,
but that's better than nothing!
Click to expand...

Amen to that. And thus the Pittsburgh Penguins begin their quest for
3 1/2 Stanley Cups.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
A joint Rogers/Bell bid could have between them secured all network NHL rights in Canada, with CTV getting "Hockey Night In Canada", TSN keeping the national NHL cable rights, the potential for City TV stations in the Canadian NHL cities to have a handful of local midweek games (along with the Rogers Sportsnets), and for TSN and CTV to split the playoff games of Canadian based teams with CTV broadcasting the Finals.

I would expect Bell may either try a joint bid with CBC, or (far more likely) for Bell to bid alone.

CBC may only have two more seasons of the NHL.
Click to expand...

What would happen if Bell got the NHL rights after 2014? My idea is that Bell will take the rights out of CBC's hands. You'll see the 2 TSN networks and the 3 RDS networks air games every night of the week. On Saturday nights, you'll probably see the 5 cable networks airing multiple games live. And on Sunday afternoons, you'll probably see 2 or 3 regional broadcasts on CTV, one of which will air in French over SRC Radio-Canada. During the playoffs, TSN and RDS will air the bulk of the playoff coverage on the 5 networks, with the weekend games carried over CTV and Radio-Canada. And you'll see CTV and Radio-Canada air the finals on a national basis.
Let's face it: Bell will make deals with broadcast partners to air limited OTA packages each weekend.

Any comments?
 
Somewhere in that mess you have 3 words. "Rogers Sports Pack".
I hope Rogers doesn't raise their rates, claiming that they have to pay Bell more money than whatever deal arrangement they currently have with the CBC.

Ottawa fans living in Toronto (for example) are already paying 30 bucks a month just to see Senator games.
 
If Rogers gets the rights, they'll spread the wealth out with CITY-TV and CTV gettomg English OTA rights and SRC Radio-Canada getting French OTA rights(TSN and RDS keep the bulk of the national games respectively, with Rogers airing regional action on most nights).
 
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