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Sportsnet gets court order to enforce NHL blackouts on Star Choice

CALGARY – Shaw Communications-owned Star Choice issued a press release this morning entitled " Star Choice Customers Denied NHL Hockey" and said that due to a Rogers Sportsnet court order, the DTH company had to now black out certain hockey games on the sports channel's regional networks. "Star Choice had stopped conducting blackouts in an effort to address subscriber frustration and confusion resulting from Sportsnet's frequent blackouts of NHL games," reads the press release from Star Choice. "Sportsnet blackouts make it impossible for Star Choice subscribers to see games of the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers...