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Originally Posted by Julio
You have seen more of the coverage than I have TTC, but a bullet point I got was
"The agreement guarantees that there will be no further regionalization of games or local blackouts"
I would assume this means that whenever regional contracts are up (TSN for Jets for example) it would revert to the national Rogers agreement. Given that, one would think it would be up to Rogers if they want to have the properties they currently have on a regional feed (such as Flames on Snet West) go national, or be blacked out.
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All of the quotes are in the context of the national broadcast games though. This deal is for national broadcast rights. Regional broadcast rights, or per team broadcast rights, are still a thing.
In your example, once the Jets regional contract expires (8 more years I believe), the Jets could then sell their regional contract rights to whomever. Same as when the Flames/Oilers regional rights expire in 2020.
When the quotes talk about "No more regionalization of games or local blackouts, they're talking about HNIC "national" broadcast scenarios where (depending on the schedule) Canadiens fans would see the Habs/Bruins on CBC, english East of Manitoba would see the Leafs/Sens, and fans Manitoba and West would see Flames/Jets in the early slot. while CBC coast to coast would show the Oilers/Canucks game.
Under this new agreement, for the early games, french of Habs/Bruins would be on TVA. English of Habs/Bruins might be on CBC. English of Leafs/Sens might be on Sportsnet One SN-Ont. Flames/Jets might be on SN-E, SN-W, and SN-P. Late game for Oilers/Canucks would be on CBC.
For all of those games on Saturday night, viewers could pick the channel for the game they want to watch and watch it, regardless of their location. All broadcasts on the designated nights (Wed, Sat, Sun) will be truly national. The only catch could be if the viewers TV subscription carries all of the necessary TV channels.
Does that clear it up?