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24 minutes ago, narduch said:

Wow. That is massive news.

Not sure how I feel about that as a fan of 3 of those teams owned by MLSE.

Don't be surprised if TSN does not broadcast MLS next season

I am not familiar with Canadian broadcast mega-conglomerates, what are the all the different potential ramifications of this for sport and soccer?

Will TSN be more likely to air the CPL now?

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42 minutes ago, Sonny Heung-min said:

I am not familiar with Canadian broadcast mega-conglomerates, what are the all the different potential ramifications of this for sport and soccer?

Will TSN be more likely to air the CPL now?

It looks to be status quo for now in terms of TSN. 

Bell says it has secured content rights for the Leafs and Raptors on TSN for the next 20 years through a long-term agreement with Rogers, subject to league approval. TSN will also continue to broadcast Argos and TFC through independent agreements with the respective leagues.

Bell remains official telecom sponsor of the Raptors and will continue sponsorships of the Argonauts and TFC. Deal doesn't close till mid-2025.

BCE has a relatively high debt load which has made investors nervous about a possible dividend cut. So, this will help to pay down the debt. It also said it will use the proceeds to continue it's transformation from telco to techco with a focus on core growth drivers.

Their media division which includes TSN isn't a growth driver as seen by the continuous budget cuts and layoffs in the past 5 years. And now, it seems they don't consider owning Toronto sports teams a growth driver. 

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Not sure what this means for soccer but with the World Cup co-hosting just around the corner I doubt there will any sudden changes. Where this leaves the Argos will be interesting to watch unfold. Bell were the ones that would have been keen on propping them up for TSN CFL coverage reasons. In contrast, Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum have always been gung ho about the NFL entering the Toronto market.

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8 hours ago, BearcatSA said:

Too bad the Vees Cup final is not a freebie on One Soccer.

It did get some airtime on Sportsnet Central last night. I don't know if they have been doing this segment for a while or not, but they had James Sharman on to talk about Canadian players weekends for their club teams. He also talked about the final coming up. The whole segment I think was like 5 to 7 minutes long, which was great to see. They made it sound like a weekly thing, so I guess tune in on Monday's for anyone that wants to see Canada Soccer content on one of the mainstream networks. Who knows, maybe he will give some shout outs to the CPL on occasion.

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9 minutes ago, Kent said:

It did get some airtime on Sportsnet Central last night. I don't know if they have been doing this segment for a while or not, but they had James Sharman on to talk about Canadian players weekends for their club teams. He also talked about the final coming up. The whole segment I think was like 5 to 7 minutes long, which was great to see. They made it sound like a weekly thing, so I guess tune in on Monday's for anyone that wants to see Canada Soccer content on one of the mainstream networks. Who knows, maybe he will give some shout outs to the CPL on occasion.

Hmm. 

I wonder if now that Rogers will own all of MLSE if they will start to have that weekly MLS game that TSN currently dose.

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4 hours ago, Kent said:

It did get some airtime on Sportsnet Central last night. I don't know if they have been doing this segment for a while or not, but they had James Sharman on to talk about Canadian players weekends for their club teams. He also talked about the final coming up. The whole segment I think was like 5 to 7 minutes long, which was great to see. They made it sound like a weekly thing, so I guess tune in on Monday's for anyone that wants to see Canada Soccer content on one of the mainstream networks. Who knows, maybe he will give some shout outs to the CPL on occasion.

Interesting. I'll keep an eye out for that. We know from Footy Prime that Sharman rates the CPL pretty highly in terms of entertainment value, so presumably he would talk about it unless his marching orders are otherwise (which would be infuriating, but not surprising).

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31 minutes ago, jdheid said:

Curious why you think so? (Not necessariy disagreeing).

I just think it's a small commitment. They could probably get it for basically free because it's a win win win for everyone involved and you get MLS teams as well and 99% likely lifting a trophy at the end. I personally believe  TFC Valour game does better ratings than just say TFC v Earthquake or Whitecaps v Philadelphia Union anyways. Just common sense tells you 2 Canadian markets is better than one. You can tell your audience a fun story. Canadians Championship, Canadiana, David v Goliath and then at the end you get a big game

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4 minutes ago, MtlMario said:

I ass umed you were subscribed.😁

 

2 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

I just think it's a small commitment. They could probably get it for basically free because it's a win win win for everyone involved and you get MLS teams as well and 99% likely lifting a trophy at the end. I personally believe  TFC Valour game does better ratings than just say TFC v Earthquake or Whitecaps v Philadelphia Union anyways. Just common sense tells you 2 Canadian markets is better than one. You can tell your audience a fun story. Canadians Championship, Canadiana, David v Goliath and then at the end you get a big game

Why not just have selected matches on for free on One Soccer itself?

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5 minutes ago, Mihairokov said:

We'll see what the YouTube numbers look like for the final CPL matches but I'm hard-pressed to imagine V Cup matches on SN/TSN drawing any sort of eye-raising audience. These networks have MLB Bloopers of 2022 to re-run, afterall. 

Let's be real.. people watch what's on TSN or Sportsnet because it's on TV. I'll watch a college football game because im tinkering around the house or because the kids are gone to sleep and I've got 45 minutes to vegitate. 80% of what's on those channels, if it wasn't on TV nobody would go looking for it

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3 minutes ago, Mihairokov said:

We'll see what the YouTube numbers look like for the final CPL matches but I'm hard-pressed to imagine V Cup matches on SN/TSN drawing any sort of eye-raising audience. These networks have MLB Bloopers of 2022 to re-run, afterall. 

It's often remarked how after 6 years, some people still haven't even heard about the CPL. The Canadian Championship is 16 years old and I wonder what percentage of Canadians know it exists. Marketiing all aroind needs to be so much better fro all stakeholders. 

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Let's also remember what on TSN does eye raising eyebrows? MLS sure the hell doesn't 

I bet if they built up the competition. A V Cup final between Whitecaps TFC or Whitecaps Forge would do better rating on TSN than 95% of MLS games

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I think back sometimes to the Stanley Cup being cancelled in 2005, fans fury about, and the demand from some that AHL teams should get to compete for it. And I think - "a league being out on strike wouldn't cancel the VCup because no single league controls it." It's exactly what some sports fans want, but that narrative has never translated over to the casual fan.  You can "count the blue dots" for the final this year and see that attendance is set to be abysmal for the final. Higher league teams routinely draw poor crowds for lower league teams or even teams within their own league. We all love it, but it's not reflected by the general population and I don't think the TV numbers for a final would be good. Not to mention that OneSoccer has shown no inclination so far to sell any games for cheap.

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