CBC stellt nach 74 Jahren die Ausstrahlung von NHL-Spielen ein und markiert damit das Ende des Free Hockey im kanadischen Fernsehen
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-cbc-to-no-longer-air-nhl-hockey-ending-74-year-run-on-public-network/
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Surprised it lasted as long as it did once rogers took over.
People who wonder why we don’t have much of a national identity, it’s this kind of stuff right here. If it doesn’t make rich people even richer we just throw it out with the garbage.
Between Bettman, Rogers, and the Leafs being trash it was already hard to be motivated to watch NHL but now I will be surprised if people even bother.
In 25 years, we’ll be reading think pieces on the decline of hockey’s popularity and what happened to Canada’s culturally iconic sport.
IIRC they went all in on the Olympics that year and got that contract, but as a result lost Hockey to Rogers/Sportsnet.
And it’s been downhill ever since.
IIRC this happened decades ago with Radio-Canada and the French broadcasts.
Anyhow, I guess the anti-CBC people must be happy. After all, isn’t free hockey on a public broadcaster a socialist policy straight out of the USSR?
So the NHL is choosing a smaller, more devoted audience over a larger but less devoted one.
Can’t see as others note below how that is a good deal.
Boxing did this, and it basically killed it in America.
Honestly think hockey on cbc was one of our core cultural traditions.
Perhaps the most inclusive way for most Canadians to have something in common.
Shame. I think viewership will ultimately be down.
And with that I won’t be watching the NHL any time soon. I have no interest in paying for *even more* streaming services, and I was only a casual NHL viewer at the best of times. I’ll be happy watching PWHL games from time to time, instead.
But this also means that *viewer adoption* is at risk. Rogers will need to put effort into convincing new viewers to become NHL fans and subscribe to their service, or they’ll slowly lose viewers to attrition. Given how awful they’ve operated their other streaming services, I don’t expect much in the way of success here.
This *could be* the beginning end of the NHL being integral to the Canadian identity. If that hasn’t started already.
Hopefully they get the CHL license and show an eastern game at the early time slot and a western game for the later time slot to help grow the junior leagues like they did the NHL. The CHL at least is truly a canadian enterprise and will align with CBC’s grassroots mandate.
Just imagine if they give it the attention and exposure they did with the NHL.
Sitting down and watching a game of hockey has been a great way for Canadians to come together over a shared experience regardless of beliefs, background, class or race. The greed of Rogers has ruined that experience. Hockey night in Canada brought us all together even if we disagree on other things. It’s sad to see a lifeline to some semblance of unity being stripped away during such polarizing times.
Well. It’s been fun.
The CBC has even less of what I would like to watch, and that pool was very shallow already.
You know. That one thing that many, many, many Canadians, from all cultures, seem to like.
Oh well. I’m off.
I think I’ll go sailing, on the high seas!
CBC prioritized funding a „prank“ show targetting retired police officers and pushing political activism rather than pay to keep a non-partisan, cross-Canada cultural institution like Hockey Night in Canada. Based on their „excellent“ leadership, CBC execs will yet again award themselves millions in bonuses.
The government puts so much effort into trying to force foreign companies to produce CanCon, yet it’s our public broadcaster’s inept leadership destroying a Canadian cultural institution while the government turns a blind eye and continues to reward them with increased taxpayer funding. The faux outrage against Rogers behaving like the corporation it is needs to be redirected to the public broadcaster behaving like a left-wing Fox News that prioritizes political activism over the public interest.
Pretty hard to not see this as a pretty strong indicator of, and contributor to, our cultural decline.
And like people are pointing out, don’t be surprised if viewership and enrolment in hockey take a huge hit here. I know Rogers has financial incentive to make this work, but I don’t trust their ability to do it.
Honestly, I wouldn’t be opposed to the government giving CBC broadcasting rights via legislation, combined with better funding for CBC so they can broadcast and stream without ads.
Frankly it should also mark the beginning of the biggest exodus of rogers subscribers too. Fuck Rogers and monetizing cultural traditions.
I guess I just hope they all go bankrupt at this point. What else is there to say? These are all bad people that like hurting us
There’s a peculiar attitude among the “defund the CBC” crowd, who seem to be upset that CBC wasn’t able to outbid the largest sports/telecom empire in Canada for rights they haven’t had in over a decade. Isn’t this what you want?
Anyway, since CBC still owns the HNIC branding, I am extremely hopeful the PWHL jumps all over this opportunity. Being the only free-to-air hockey product in Canada would be huge for them. In twenty years I want my kids to hear old people complaining about how they only ever see the Sceptres on Saturday nights.
If you go by what service is the most subscribed to by people who aren’t already hardcore sports fans, I think Amazon Prime is the most accessible source of hockey games. 8 million subscribers in Canada, of people who aren’t getting it for hockey. Probably aren’t getting it for streaming either. But its there and is the only legal way for a lot of households to watch.
I’ll be curious to see what the league’s popularity is in 20 years.