Bob Canuck

Paul G.,

With respect to your suggestion of an Edit Feature, I agreed. 🙂

Ryan Marks,

My comments above were in response to Gary M’s remarks regarding Sportsnet and the Rogers-NHL deal. In fact, I questioned the timing of McCown’s dismissal in a comment on a previous post (Sportsnet […]

Gary M,

Thank you for the kind words.

With respect to the increase in the remuneration per employee, I can only guess. I doubt that there was an upward market pressure on TV salaries during that period that […]

Sorry for the typos noted below.

It should read “… according to the latest CRTC filing (September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018), Sportsnet had an operating …”.

Also, it should read “between 2014 and 2018, […]

Gary M,

Mike V and I have hashed this topic out on a previous post.

In Year 5 of the Rogers-NHL deal, according to the latest CRTC filing (September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018), Sportsnet had an operating […]

Mike V,

I did not say that Rogers had to let McCown go because of the financial challenges of the Rogers-NHL deal. I don’t understand why they did not just let his contract expire at its conclusion in 18 months […]

Mike V,

Your projection of Rogers commitment is consistent with what I have written. Using your starting point of $310 million and escalating it by 5.09% per year, the average commitment in Years 6 through to and […]

Mike V,

What I have shown is the total of Rogers commitment under its NHL deal. However, based on the public comments and my analysis, Rogers commitments under the NHL deal were back-loaded. TVA’s annual c […]

Mike V,

I think the issue on the horizon for Sportsnet is that the payments to the NHL under the broadcast rights deal were back-loaded. I base this on public comments from Rogers at the time of the deal. Also, I […]

Bob,

TSN is renovating the radio studio; currently, Over Drive is also not being simulcasted. I believe the simulcasts will commence once the renovations are completed, which is expected to occur next week.

Gary M.,

Thanks for the kind words. I am sure that there will be a swing and a miss in the future. 🙂

It is difficult for me to find the words to describe how I felt listening to the Kraft discussion on the PTS round table. Uneasy, disappointed, angry, and impressed come to mind. Perhaps all are accurate […]

Gary M,

Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it.

My sense is that the newspaper industry is, generally speaking, in financial distress primarily because of the change in technology. Their business model could not withstand those changes and accordingly, any […]

Chris,

I get it. You do not like Michael Landsberg. However, your invented reason as to why Landsberg remains on TSN Radio is disgraceful. To claim that someone’s mental health is a job-protection shield is r […]

@Tim,

Are you sure Damien Cox had numerous Twitter battles with James Mirtle? I recall Twitter clashes between Mirtle and Steve Simmons. Mirtle addressed his relationship with Simmons on an episode of Toronto […]

On Twitter, Wyatt Arndt said “Burkie looks like a pharmacist demanding to know why you need birth control”.

@Mike V,

Thanks for the input regarding TVA. It does affect my computation but still raises questions about the figures. Per the CRTC document, TVA’s acquisition rights were approximately $70 million per year […]

@Mike V,

Let me first say that I know very little about the media business. Given that admission, the Sportsnet financials provided to the CRTC look incomplete to me. I am not accusing Rogers of improper […]

@Yaz,

After he appeared on PTS, Dubas was the special guest at TSN 1050’s Up-Close & Unfiltered event that was held that evening at the Hockey Hall of Fame. All of the hosts (Landsberg, Petrillo, MacArthur, Hayes […]