XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, bc.politics   
   From: ConsRCons@govt.cda   
      
   On 11/27/2013 10:13 AM,   
   Kim Dobranski aka M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > "Eric©"  wrote in message   
   > As part of Rogers’ new $5.2 billion, 12-year deal with the NHL, CBC’s   
   > hockey department exists in little more than name only. While the CBC   
   > retains Saturday night hockey for the next four years, all editorial and   
   > personnel decisions are now the domain of Rogers, as well as   
   > responsibility for production. Rogers will even get the money from the   
   > ads that run during HNIC on CBC.   
      
      
   The negotiations that were going on had the NHL DOUBLING the fee that   
   CBC would have had to pay the NHL to keep HNIC on CBC - from $100   
   million to $200 million a year.   
   Now CBC doesn't have to pay anything . . . . not even their yearly $100   
   million fee.   
      
   So, you might say they lost $175 million revenue from hockey televising,   
   but they now get to keep the $100 million they used to pay.   
   Net difference:  $75 million.   And yeah, a reinstatement of Harper cuts   
   to CBC would cover that off.   
      
   Vote for the Mulcair team and we get our CBC back, fully financed, like   
   they were.   
      
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    From  November 25, 2013 -   
      
      
   CBC closes in on pricey deal with NHL to keep rights to Hockey Night in   
   Canada   
      
   Public broadcaster expected to pay up to $200-million a year to keep   
   rights to Hockey Night in Canada   
      
   The National Hockey League is close to a deal that will keep Hockey   
   Night in Canada on CBC for the next decade, but the exclusive rights   
   won't come cheaply for the cash-strapped public broadcaster.   
      
   The deal would be part of a wide-ranging agreement that ensures Saturday   
   night and Stanley Cup Finals broadcasts remain key components of CBC's   
   programming, but would see broadcasting rivals Bell Media and Rogers   
   Media bulk up their schedules with more playoff games. One of the   
   competitors – likely Rogers – will also score the rights to an exclusive   
   Canadian game on Sunday nights.   
      
   CBC is expected to pay up to $200-million a year, almost double its   
   current fee, to keep Hockey Night in Canada, sources said. President   
   Hubert Lacroix hinted at the end of the broadcaster's annual public   
   meeting last month that a deal was imminent, and sources said it could   
   be wrapped up in the next two weeks.   
      
   CBC had exclusive negotiating rights through the summer, but found   
   itself at a busy negotiating table through the fall as the NHL tried to   
   take advantage of the other broadcasters' interest. Striking a deal soon   
   would eliminate a major distraction, and allow it to focus on coverage   
   of the Winter Olympic Games, which begin in 73 days.   
      
   Neither the league nor the broadcasters would comment on the   
   negotiations, which could also result in the All-Star Game moving from   
   CBC to TSN. But the Canadian deals come as the league enjoys a surge of   
   popularity following a labour dispute that saw half of last season   
   cancelled; the NHL signed a 10-year rights contract with the U.S.   
   network NBC in 2011.   
      
   Hockey Night in Canada has been broadcast on CBC since 1953, and has   
   pulled an average of about two million viewers per night for its early   
   game and one million for the late game. The rights are essential to   
   maintaining the broadcaster's other programming, because without it the   
   CBC would lose as much as $175-million from its $450-million of annual   
   advertising revenue.   
      
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