CBC/Rogers NHL Deal: "CBCmegedon"

[dwd5150]

Opinionated weblog take on CBC's deal with Rogers for NHL 2014:

http://the-legion-of-decency.blogspo...ive-proof.html

320 hours of Prime time programming that won’t earn a dime will be annexed from the CBC schedule to fill the pockets of a major competitor while simultaneously handing over audiences Rogers does not currently reach on its own.

Rogers licensed CBC to continue to broadcast games on Saturday nights (and only Saturday nights) for a term of four years. But even those are not “exclusive” rights.

That means Rogers can place competing games on as many platforms as it damn well pleases on those same Saturday nights.

Meaning, on the positive side, an end to the cross-country belly-aching from markets who don’t see their home team with any regularity because the dog-a$$ Toronto Maple Leafs or more culturally significant Montreal Canadiens have a Saturday night game (which they almost always do) in a larger TV market.

Because Rogers will serve those smaller markets on other channels, in the process significantly depleting the audience which used to belong to the CBC alone.

Or Rogers will pick up the Leafs or Habs or Canucks if those games have more appeal and CBC will get smaller market games.

Full PDF Of CBC documents referenced in the above blog posting:
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_file...ith-rogers.pdf


His take as to why Rogers let the CBC continue to produce HNIC for the next several years:

How else do you earn back $5.2 Billion?

And how does a cash flush company keep more of it’s cash? By getting the CBC to agree to “providing a production subsidy” and “production resources”.

Yeah, that’s right. In addition to relinquishing airtime to Rogers, you and me will continue to pay for the production of the show. With nobody in management at CBC (who we’re also continuing to pay) having any say over the content or receiving one dime from Rogers to cover the costs of production.

But how do you really feel?

It’s over. CBC TV is done. It’s not coming back from this. It simply can’t.

You don’t give up 320 hours of Prime Time and the revenue it earns and stay in the game. Not with the slim profit margins that exist in television these days.

[Jason14h]

It’s over. CBC TV is done. It’s not coming back from this. It simply can’t.

You don’t give up 320 hours of Prime Time and the revenue it earns and stay in the game. Not with the slim profit margins that exist in television these days.

Ding Dong the witch is dead

[RedCoffee]

I heard hockey runs at a loss anyways.

This way CBC gets free advertising on Saturday night for their shows.

[Erick Estrada]

CBC being done isn't the worst thing ever but this deal is kind of a bummer for people like me that want less Rogers involvement in their televised NHL hockey not more.

[Caged Great]

This is all Harper wanting to privatize the CBC.

I'm sure he's trying to do the same thing with the post office (They've nearly doubled their rates)

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

This is all Harper wanting to privatize the CBC.

I'm sure he's trying to do the same thing with the post office (They've nearly doubled their rates)

[FireGilbert]

Thanks. I was really wondering why CBC agreed to this deal, there was nothing in it for them. It just seemed like a move to save face by "keeping" HNIC. The only benefit to CBC I can think of is that drunk hockey fans may forget to turn off the TV resulting in increased ratings for their late Saturday/early Sunday programming.

[cal_guy]

CBC has actually lost money on HNIC since the last contract renewal. What CBC has been getting from hockey was the ability to promote their programming to the wide audience that hockey brought in. As an example Murdoch Mysteries which previously aired on Roger's City doubled it's audience when moved to CBC.
CBC get's the ability to advertise on Roger's hockey programs at a fraction of the cost before.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I'm one of the few liberals on here. I can have my gripes.

[Tyler]

Long Live Stephen Harper (and not Glenn Healy)

[Teroy]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Long Live Stephen Harper (and not Glenn Healy)

Boooooo!

[northcrunk]

CBC needs to shift focus to more of a BBC style station. BBC is great tv and should be a model for how CBCs programming should be run.

[Igster]

I don't know...mixed feelings here. End of an era coming. I'll miss CBC for hockey for sure. I say boourns to SN for this.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

CBC needs to shift focus to more of a BBC style station. BBC is great tv and should be a model for how CBCs programming should be run.

Do you support Canadian taxpayers giving the CBC per capita funding comparable to what the BBC receives?

[Teroy]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Do you support Canadian taxpayers giving the CBC per capita funding comparable to what the BBC receives?

At least restore some of the cuts.

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

CBC needs to shift focus to more of a BBC style station. BBC is great tv and should be a model for how CBCs programming should be run.

The BBC is awesome, but heavily funded by the public. To get the needed funding for its various programs on TV & radio the British public have to pay a TV licence fee. I can't imagine the population of Canada going for that, really.

[ae118]

Didn't we just have a CBC support/bash thread?


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[Racki]

I just hate the Rogers broadcasts. If TSN had orchestrated this gigantic deal and was prepared to bombard us with NHL hockey on their 11 new channels I'd be much more comfortable.

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Do you support Canadian taxpayers giving the CBC per capita funding comparable to what the BBC receives?

Yes I would. Canada pays $33 per capita while the UK pays $97 per capita. For the quality difference between the CBC and the BBC it is worth it IMO. Right now the $33 is basicly wasted whereas there are a s^#% ton of great shows on the BBC to watch (although I do stream with vpn, bbc iplayer is sweeeet).

It would be nice to have some Canadian shows that are not absolute crap or boring as hell.

EDIT: Norway pays the most at $180.

[RedCoffee]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

The BBC is awesome, but heavily funded by the public. To get the needed funding for its various programs on TV & radio the British public have to pay a TV licence fee. I can't imagine the population of Canada going for that, really.

The BBC just spent the last 2 weeks showing a bajillion hours of snooker, not sure we would want that.