Bell Globemedia is willing to pay $1.4 Billion for HNIC

[discostu]

No doubt they would. Fox, CBS, ESPN, NBC and ABC all lose(or lost) tons on their NFL deals, but it its a prestige thing so they put up with the losses.

I think the main value from this deal from Bell's perspective is the prospect of taking CBC out of the sports broadcasting business. If the can eliminate a major competitor like that, it gives them a tighter stranglehold on the business in general. I think this will turn out to be very profitable move for Bell.

EDIT:

Also, if CBC has been able to make money on their deal, at $65M per year for just the Saturday night broadcasts, then, there's a lot of room for further profitability for a private broadcaster. When you factor in that this is a 10 year deal, and that inflation alone would be pushing up the price a fair bit, it's not that ludicrous of a price for Bell to pay.

 

[Emerald City Bruin]

Greater Buffalo area as well.

I watch HNIC every week, and CBC is available on Buffalo cable systems.

I live about 40 minutes south of the city, and I can pick it up with an antenna at home.

I'd be extremely upset if CBC doesn't get the deal.

Add Seattle to the list, as well. It would be a shame to see this happen but would I would also lost my last excuse not to get Centre Ice lol

 

[ti-vite]

So the cap may increase by (140/30) 4.6M$...hmmmm

 

[discostu]

So the cap may increase by (140/30) 4.6M$...hmmmm

The existing Canadian national TV deals currently adds up to $92M per year, so, this deal would represent an average of about $1.5M per year per team, of which just under $1 M will be added to the cap amount.

 

[Alan Jackson]

I have some complaints about HNIC (the Toronto-centric nature of the broadcasts can be annoying), but really, the CBC does an excellent job with hockey.

I've grown up with Hockey Night in Canada on CBC, and I would be saddened to see that tradition ended.

All about the money, I suppose.

 

[canada_habs2006]

i don't really get why both networks can't show hockey?

like sure right now CBC is #1 and TSN comes second... but what if they switched it around.

CBC shows 1 or two games every Saturday night during regular season

CTV shows the Playoffs similar to NBC, adn TSN has #1 in playoffs coverage.

i personally would love to see hockey on both CTV and CBC, since i'm living on OTA HD only in toronto, the more free hockey coverage, the better

 

[dem]

After the crap playoff coverage last year by the cbc.. im about ready for them to lose the rights..

 

[Hawker14]

canada likes hockey ? bring back the jets !

 

[mr gib]

great news - the public broadcaster should not be in the for profit game - they lost the olympics too remember -

 

[The List Of Jericho]

There goes tradition

 

[Schenn02]

I'll be happy...no more hearing Bob Cole's voice

 

[mr gib]

There goes tradition

cherry will be gone by then - they'll just hire mcclean - won't miss a beat

 

[Trizent]

I imagine that this deal, like all national TV deals will be evenly split among the 30 teams?

I've always had a problem with that, as, the Canadian deal has always been very restrictive to Canadian teams (who lose the ability to sell local broadcast rights to Saturday night games) yet, no additional compensation is provided to the Canadian teams to compensate for that loss.

I'd like to see that changed, but, I doubt that Bell Globemedia is going to pay that kind of money without having exclusive coverage rights.

Actually the more a Canadian team appears on CBC and TSN, the more they get.

For example, TSN has rights to 2 games per Canadian team, anymore than that and they have to pony up some money to that team.

 

[19nazzy]

cherry will be gone by then - they'll just hire mcclean - won't miss a beat

I'd hope they hire McLean.

They got Williams for the Olympics so you'd figure they'd take McLean for hockey.

McLean > Duthie

 

[Hank19]

I'll be happy...no more hearing Bob Cole's voice

I wouldn't be surprised if they hired the entire crew to broadcast for them as well. Just like Fox did with Madden and Summeral.

 

[19nazzy]

I wouldn't be surprised if they hired the entire crew to broadcast for them as well.

So we could get the dreaded Healy/Millen/McGuire combination?

 

[SedinFan*]

Aslong as Cherry's not around...same goes for Cole and Neale.

 

[vbet*]

Thank god, lets get rid of CBC after this year also.

 

[OpinionatedMike]

I take it, that few people have any idea the kind of monopoly that Bell Globemedia is working on here, overall it's a bad idea. 10 years from now, you'll see lockouts, strikes galore, you'll be stuck with only TSN/CTV showing Sports......

CBC losing HNIC will be a sad sad day.

I'd even venture to guess that the hockey people at TSN would be disappointed with CBC losing HNIC, they don't compete with anyone for sports.......

 

[Kitsune]

CTV has already stated somewhere that if they get HNIC, it will stay on CTV and would no goto TSN or any cable station.....

 

[vbet*]

I take it, that few people have any idea the kind of monopoly that Bell Globemedia is working on here, overall it's a bad idea. 10 years from now, you'll see lockouts, strikes galore, you'll be stuck with only TSN/CTV showing Sports......

CBC losing HNIC will be a sad sad day.

I'd even venture to guess that the hockey people at TSN would be disappointed with CBC losing HNIC, they don't compete with anyone for sports.......

Don't watch Sportsnet do you?

 

[19nazzy]

Word is that Bettman would not want McLean going over to CTV/TSN if they get the rights...

 

[Stephen]

It's weird that another station can come in and buy up HNIC away from the broadcast company that created it. The concept of divorcing HNIC from the CBC just seems weird.

 

[da_pope*]

Word is that Bettman would not want McLean going over to CTV/TSN if they get the rights...

Word on the street eh?
lol. Why wouldn't he?

 

[Danny__K]

Wow, that would be the big contract the NHL is looking for. If that happens it would be pretty remarkable for Canadian sports teams in general as it would mean that other leagues may look to Canada since this display that TV money is indeed there.

moneys not really there when compared to the billions the NFL recieved EVERY year.