XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, bc.politics
From: damnthetorpedoes@duck.com
On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:51:34 -0800, Con?RCon?
wrote:
>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.
But won't cover off the actual cost to CBC to cover Hockey Night in
Canada.
>
>Vote for the Mulcair team and we get our CBC back, fully financed, like
>they were.
>
>_______________________________
>
> 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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