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hwy19man · 10-11-2013, 06:30 PM

"Due to CRTC regulations on the foreign ownership of broadcasters, Labatt was forced to sell TSN and RDS upon its acquisition by Interbrew in 1995. Labatt's broadcasting assets were sold to a privately held consortium named NetStar Communications, the investors of which included a number of Canadian firms as well as ESPN, which held an interest of about 30%."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sports_Network

I think FOX Sports still has a 20% share in Rogers Sportsnet. Wikipedia talks about the past when Rogers, Molson, CTV also had ownership.

10-11-2013, 06:30 PM	#4
hwy19man Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	"Due to CRTC regulations on the foreign ownership of broadcasters, Labatt was forced to sell TSN and RDS upon its acquisition by Interbrew in 1995. Labatt's broadcasting assets were sold to a privately held consortium named NetStar Communications, the investors of which included a number of Canadian firms as well as ESPN, which held an interest of about 30%." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sports_Network I think FOX Sports still has a 20% share in Rogers Sportsnet. Wikipedia talks about the past when Rogers, Molson, CTV also had ownership. __________________ ---------- must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!