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Originally Posted by WilderPegasus
That's why the cable companies own the channels that own the broadcast rights to sports in this country. They can continue to grab money from an antiquated model by monopolizing regional tv rights. They even took it a step further by buying the Maple Leafs to ensure that they would never lose broadcast control of their games.
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You're absolutely right, and this points to the larger problem in Canada (and other places, obviously.)
The networks, the distributors, and the internet service providers are all the same people. Shaw, for example, owns Global and also owns the means to provide you with cable TV and internet. Bell and Rogers are the same. Telus is an exception, as they "only" hold 2/3 of the pieces.
Seemingly unrelated things like internet usage caps, cable TV, regional restrictions on content, etc. etc. are all a lot more connected than people think. Shaw's (mostly unsuccessful) attempt at instituting absurdly low internet caps a while back had nothing to to with managing the bandwidth on their network and everything to do with protecting their cable business.