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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
By Greg O’BrienAS 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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
