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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
US TV is weird. Can you even imagine a local channel, or a channel with regional Flames coverage, only being available on Telus or Shaw or Bell? Or worse, that it was only available on Rogers cable which isn't available in Western Canada?
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I can, because it happened. When Rogers launched Sportsnet One, they had a hell of a fight getting other cable companies to pick the channel up because of their carriage fee demands. Most of Canada missed a number of Jays games (as Jose Bautista was chasing 50 HRs) as a result. The channel was on the air for several months before Rogers reached agreements with Shaw and Telus, just in time for that year's NHL season. Luckily for us, as a number of Flames and Oilers games would have otherwise been completely unavailable in Calgary and Edmonton.