It's saying if the Oilers front office can figure out what they're doing and get the team into the playoffs, McDavid + playoffs = high ratings growth. People want to see the best players play in the post-season.
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It's saying if the Oilers front office can figure out what they're doing and get the team into the playoffs, McDavid + playoffs = high ratings growth. People want to see the best players play in the post-season.
deca guard
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the fewer games that hack outfit does the better off the nhl is . theyve not one good play by play guy besides k quinn and he only does oil . then sn wrecks the oil road games with their hideous studio when we should be seeing gene p like happens for the oil home games . how the excellent TSN isnt doing most nhl games is a crime . back when they had gord miller or chris cuthbert calling games constantly was the best nhl broadcast have been in ages
They own the Oilers playoff rights regardless through the national TV deal. Rogers controls the distribution of every single teams playoff games. For example, the Leafs local rights are split 50/50 between Rogers and Bell. But, there is a certain percentage of national games a year, which skews the total amount of regular-season Leafs games in Rogers favor (every HNIC broadcast is Rogers). During the playoffs, every single Leafs playoff game is on CBC through Rogers.
So, it has nothing to do with the playoffs. For some reason, Rogers sees more potential for growth in local broadcasts with Edmonton than they do with Calgary.
Channelcat
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Might be a negotiation ploy. There might have been a clause in the agreement that allowed Rogers to extend the contract at a set price, but after having the rights, Rogers does not feel that the price to extend is worth it, thus the rights will go back out to market. See what TSN values the rights at.
I think Soundwave is using playoffs as a barometer of team success / relevancy. Not actually talking about playoff ratings. Or at least that's how I understood his comment.
If I were a betting man, I'm guessing Rogers saw a significant uptick in regular season regional ratings for oil games after their last playoff run back in 2016-17.
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It'd be an absolute blessing if TSN could pick up Calgary's rights.
Yukon Joe
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I'm going to make a bold prediction here:
If TSN picks up Calgary Flames broadcasting rights (which is a big if, and is not my prediction), look for Bell Media-owned Funny AM 1060 (which easily has the worst ratings in Calgary) to get rebranded as TSN 1060 Calgary, and also pick up the radio broadcast rights. Calgary does have an existing all-sports station in Sportsnet 960 the Fan, but there would seem to be synergies in owning a sports station and owning the broadcast rights, and the value of the radio rights is only a small fraction of the TV rights and thus can be an easy "throw in" if the overall price is right.
It does so happen the radio rights are also up at the end of the year: Sportsnet 960 The FAN and Calgary Flames Announce 7-Year Broadcast Rights Extension Through 2020 - Sportsnet.ca
Last fall's radio ratings (and look where Funny 1060 is last in every single category): Fall 2019 PPM Ratings for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, & Montreal - Broadcast Dialogue
Listing of Bell Media's radio stations (which includes Funny): https://www.bellmedia.ca/radio/
If TSN picks up Calgary Flames broadcasting rights (which is a big if, and is not my prediction), look for Bell Media-owned Funny AM 1060 (which easily has the worst ratings in Calgary) to get rebranded as TSN 1060 Calgary, and also pick up the radio broadcast rights. Calgary does have an existing all-sports station in Sportsnet 960 the Fan, but there would seem to be synergies in owning a sports station and owning the broadcast rights, and the value of the radio rights is only a small fraction of the TV rights and thus can be an easy "throw in" if the overall price is right.
It does so happen the radio rights are also up at the end of the year: Sportsnet 960 The FAN and Calgary Flames Announce 7-Year Broadcast Rights Extension Through 2020 - Sportsnet.ca
Last fall's radio ratings (and look where Funny 1060 is last in every single category): Fall 2019 PPM Ratings for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, & Montreal - Broadcast Dialogue
Listing of Bell Media's radio stations (which includes Funny): https://www.bellmedia.ca/radio/
Maybe we see the return of a true local package on a local OTA channel? What was the last local package in Canada not on either TSN or Sportsnet?
donghabs98
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It'll depend but when Bell picked up the Canadiens regional games they just used their existing talent at TSN. I'd imagine TSN will do the same if they get the rights to Calgary's games.
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Duke Silver
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Every time you complain about Leafs coverage, you're complaining about how many fans the Leafs have.
donghabs98
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My post was a bit misleading. I meant TSN used their existing talent already under contract. They didn't bring anyone over from SN.
I was worried there for a minute - I thought TSN would be stuck with Hrudey and he's someone that needs to stay with the sinking SN ship.
Anisimovs AK
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I believe they are saying that if Edmonton ever makes the playoffs consistently their ratings would be higher than a consistently in the playoffs Flames
Sportsnet is complete garbage I would kill for my games to be on TSN. Their lack of local programming and blacking out rival teams games makes enjoying Canadian hockey out west absolutely brutal.
Pyrophorus
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Regional games and blacking out out-of-market regional games has nothing to do with Sportsnet (other than following the NHL's rules for them just as TSN does). It is an NHL team thing. Money from regional games goes directly to the team rather than to a central fund which is split. And teams don't want the competition from teams in other markets.
And you seem to imply that TSN provides some kind of local programming that Sportsnet does not. Perhaps you can enlighten me, because I cannot think of any.
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