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Originally Posted by SebC
Or, Sportsnet quality could stay Sportsnet quality (or at least not rise to CBC/TSN quality), and then our Wednesday and Saturday broadcasts have taken a hit.
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HNIC no longer generates revenue for CBC: loss.
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It is absolutely idiotic to assume Sportsnet production value stays the same on this. One it makes no business sense, two with out knowing the details, I'm sure some level of production value is baked into the contract. Sportnet becomes a representative of the NHL brand with their national coverage, they will likely be held to a standard.
People need to stop worrying about Rogers / Sportsnet current state of NHL programing. As it sits right now, they are nothing more than a regional provider for the NHL. This impacts everything they do NHL related. The regional contracts represent a much smaller audience, and therefore a much smaller revenue stream for Rogers on their broadcasts. This in turn, means less money to invest in production value, and less money to invest in On Air talent. That then in turns impacts the quality of all their other NHL programing. Because they aren't a National source, less people turn to them for their "other NHL news" (draft coverage, trade deadline day) and they also have less quality talent to pool from on their hockey staff to pool from on these shows. The end result is a very "local" and "low budget" feel to their hockey coverage at the NHL level. That isn't going to be the case whne they are the National Provider, the viewership numbers will go up, and so will the quality of the product. TSN's quality went up when they became a National network.
Also, on the HNIC no longer generates revenue front- how did you figure that. Based of the current ad rev rates? If so your calculation is like wrong, no reason to assume those don't grow, which would be the premise behind why the contracts are more expensive now, and why folks are willing to pay more for the opportunity.