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GATINEAU – Among the 2,704 official filings to the CRTC for its Let’s Talk TV formal policy review coming in September is an 11-page warning from over-the-top video behemoth Netflix which said, essentially: Don’t slap any new regs on us, thanks. While the CBC, Canadian Media Producers Association and others

GATINEAU – The press release headlines sound pretty good, but it’s in the conditions, the details, where all this talk of consumer choice and flexibility gets bogged down. The three largest Canadian vertically integrated media and carriage companies (Bell, Shaw and Rogers) each issued press releases Friday – the day

By Greg O’Brien AS A YOUNG CANADIAN growing up in Timmins (hometown of NHL legends Frank and Peter Mahovlich, among several others) Saturday night hockey on TV was as regular, or normal, or expected, as church on Sunday. As reliable and loved as our family’s dog. Hockey Night in Canada

TORONTO and NEW YORK – TSN and RDS have extended their long-term, multi-year programming agreement with ESPN International, the sports networks announced Tuesday. The new deal allows TSN and RDS platforms to retain exclusive Canadian access to original ESPN programming, including ESPN Films and thousands of hours of live sports

ROGERS COMMUNUCATIONS' BLOCKBUSTER NHL deal puts a direct focus on the sheer costs of sports programming for distributors and their customers, the Canadian consumer. Cartt.ca interviewed several executives across the Canadian television industry (including some distributors who spoke to us on the condition they not be identified) to discuss the

NFL – $39.6 billion, 2014 -2022 (ESPN, CBS, NBC, FOX) MLB – $12.4 billion, 2013-2021 (ESPN, FOX, Turner) NCAA March Madness – $10.8 billion, 2010 – 2014(CBS Sports and Turner Sports) NASCAR – $8.2 billion, 2015-2024 (FOX, NBC) NBA – $7.44 billion, 2009 -2016 (ESPN/ABC, TNT) College Football Playoff –

LEONARD ASPER HAS ABSOLUTELY no concerns about the explosion of technology that many broadcasters perceive as a possible “death star.” In fact, he embraces it and sees it as the provider of great opportunities as he works to expand his broadcasting company. So, Asper isn't one of the big players

ONLY A FEW WEEKS after losing its National Hockey League national package to Rogers, Bell Media struck back on Monday by cornering the market on National Football League games. Bell announced Monday it has secured Canadian broadcast, digital and mobile rights to NFL games in a “multi-year” deal starting next

WHILE THAT LOGIC HAS BEEN applied to real estate, sports networks are using it when it comes to insulating themselves from ever-increasing rights fees. Buoyed by the success it has achieved since the late Ted Rogers bought the Toronto Blue Jays basically as programming for Sportsnet back in 2000 (not

Will its popularity save the bundle or will its rising costs help kill it? An exclusive Cartt.ca investigation into how the sports fan supports the whole system. IT’S RATHER UNLIKELY the typical member of Leafs Nation has any idea that his devotion to the blue-and-white leads to the making of