Muller93 wrote:

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These TSN guys are really something. I almost spit my Alaxander Keiths when I heard that little gem of a story. Anyone else watch that?

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I'm not saying that CBC isn't much better, but I'll take Cherry and company over the TSN crews that now have strengthened the Toronto connection with Domi on board the panel. This is what we have to look forward to if it comes to be that CBC loses out.

English Hockey Night in Canada Threatened

Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot 
06 October 2006

The Habs commence their season this evening in Buffalo against the Sabres. Just like the other 29 teams in the league, Guy Carbonneau has one objective: The Stanley Cup.

But the toughest game in the country will not be played in the Bell Centre or on any of the other 5 Canadian Team’s rinks.

It will be played in the NHL Offices in downtown Toronto. The teams present will be CBC versus Bell Globemedia with CTV, TSN and RDS on its flanks.

The Prize:  The television rights to all games in Canada.  And the survival of the most prestigious television show in the country, Hockey Night in Canada.

This is the second round between Public Television and Private TV. The first was won by Bell Globemedia, who obtained exclusive rights to telecast all Montreal Canadian games over Radio-Canada.

The oldest television show in the country, La Soiree du Hockey, televised for the first time on 11 October 1952, disappeared from the TV screen.

And since the 30th of August when it came under the control of the Thompson family (Woodbrige), Bell Globemedia has been juggling the idea of getting control of all Television rights for all 6 Canadian teams.

All Saturday games would be televised on CTV and the rest on TSN.

According to the Globe and Mail, Bell Globemedia may offer 1.4 billion dollars over 10 years, which is 140 million a year to eliminate CBC and Hockey Night in Canada.