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Group Licensing: Sports nets scheduling problems are their own fault, says The Score


GATINEAU – Don’t change regulations just to let the major sports broadcasters get out of scheduling problems they created themselves, Score Media told the CRTC this week.Earlier this week during the group based licensing proceeding, Score executives said that Rogers Media’s and Bell Media’s requests for more schedule flexibility for the likes of OLN and ESPN Classic Canada must be denied.The two big sports broadcasters said they need the freedom to add some of their sports TV overflow to OLN and ESPN Classic Canada if needed because despite their many channels – Sportsnet, Sportsnet One and the regional channels at...