Hockey Media & Business Thread

[GGpX]

TVA Sports is still losing (a lot of) money, RDS is still making money.

http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economi...5129271-tva-sports-loin-de-la-rentabilite.php

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

TVA needs a good playoff run by us.

 

[GGpX]

Close to two years later, TVA Sports seems to be on the verge of dying.

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/me...538-peladeau-evoque-la-mort-de-tva-sports.php

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Close to two years later, TVA Sports seems to be on the verge of dying.

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/me...538-peladeau-evoque-la-mort-de-tva-sports.php

that is what happens when we miss the playoffs two years in a row.

If TVA goes away, I am sure RDS can pick up the remaining 22 Canadiens' games and become the national broadcaster again. That could then allow those of us outside our viewing region to dump Centre Ice.

 

[GGpX]

that is what happens when we miss the playoffs two years in a row.

If TVA goes away, I am sure RDS can pick up the remaining 22 Canadiens' games and become the national broadcaster again. That could then allow those of us outside our viewing region to dump Centre Ice.

Nah, that's what happens when you overpay for TV rights for national broadcasts on Wednesday & Saturday when less and less people watch TV. RDS could afford not to overpay as they already have a lot of other content, while TVA Sports didn't have much of anything. And even then, RDS was able to acquire the regional games as TVA Sports probably didn't have the money to spend for those. It simply wasn't a sustainable business model.

 

[lecoqsportif]

They were counting on the Nordiques to grab a revenue stream.

 

[GGpX]

Nick Kypreos & Doug MacLean are both out from Sportsnet.

That's one way to save some money.

 

[Habs4Life]

Nick Kypreos & Doug MacLean are both out from Sportsnet.

That's one way to save some money.

Thank Goooooooooooooooooooooood

I HATE Kypreos.

 

[east coast]

I didn't really mind either of those guys,despite their flaws. Then again, I don't really mind any of them too much, never did. Familiarity I guess....I guess I get used to whomever and have a tougher time with change.

Sportsnet seems to be changing personnel a lot since becoming a player.

 

[hairnova]

Let's just give TSN the national coverage back and call it a day.

 

[GGpX]

Bell came out looking real smart after that deal. TVA Sports is bleeding money and while I don't think Rogers is going to sweat the TV deal they signed, I'm not convinced they ended up making a real profit out of it.

 

[GEEMAN]

Bell came out looking real smart after that deal. TVA Sports is bleeding money and while I don't think Rogers is going to sweat the TV deal they signed, I'm not convinced they ended up making a real profit out of it.

My buddy works at Rogers and says they are bleeding money from this deal , the reason why they are hacking and slashing in many departments

 

[GGpX]

Pretty noteworthy. Dany Dubé is going to be on RDS this year.

Dany Dubé se joint au Réseau des sports

Il participera sur une base régulière au « 5 à 7 » et aux entractes des matchs du Canadien.

www.rds.ca

 

[Krustchev]

McGuire apparently out at NBC.

 

[GGpX]

Apparently he'll still be at NBC, just not part of the main broadcasting team.

 

[Krustchev]

Apparently he'll still be at NBC, just not part of the main broadcasting team.

Still a surprising demotion. Not sure why NBC did this.

 

[worm]

Probably because he is awful.

 

[jeffbear]

Still a surprising demotion. Not sure why NBC did this.

Get on Twitter and search #pierremcguiresucks sometime. He's NOT popular.

 

[GGpX]

Twitter is not real life. I don't take any trend on Twitter seriously.

Plenty of people dislike him, but there are plenty (like me) who do like him a lot.

 

[GGpX]

Still a surprising demotion. Not sure why NBC did this.

I get the feeling that it might be mutual. He had cancer not too long ago and he's been traveling like a maniac for close to two decades to do all of the hockey-related things he's involved in. I think it just might be mutual.