In-studio sports shows shut down

By Steve Faguy MONTREAL — A week after Canada's all-sports channels said they hoped to continue with news and analysis programming through the Covid-19 outbreak, Montreal-based RDS and TVA Sports said Monday they had to suspend all original programming to meet the Quebec government's new requirement to shut down all non-essential businesses until April 13. Bell Media’s RDS said it would suspend, after Tuesday, its talk shows 5 à 7, L'Antichambre, Max et Bruno, Blitz and D'un autre angle, plus its news show Sports 30. Quebecor’s TVA Sports, meanwhile, has shut down daily talk shows Dave Morissette en direct and...