Once again, Bell gets exclusive rights to something else.  Because of this, I will no longer be following the WJHC or any Hockey Canada event that is part of Bell's rights deal. Screw Hockey Canada and most importantly, screw Bell.

Forward Power wrote:

Once again, Bell gets exclusive rights to something else. Because of this, I will no longer be following the WJHC or any Hockey Canada event that is part of Bell's rights deal. Screw Hockey Canada and most importantly, screw Bell.

So you haven't watch the World Juniors in years??

Forward Power wrote:

As long as Bell has owned TSN and RDS, I have not watched the World Juniors, and I am urging my wife and her father to stop watching the tournament until somebody other than Bell or Rogers gets the rights.

So why the big snit about Bell and Rogers regarding hockey? Somebody has to do it. Would you be happier with CBC? And why would that be better?

3 people not watching Bell won't hurt them.  Has to be some major underlying cause.
 

Saul wrote:

Why take it out on the young athletes? Have you otherwise fully scrubbed Bell and Rogers from your life?
 

Because those young athletes are partnering with a greedy, selfish, heartless, good for nothing conglomerate (Bell) that expects everything to be an exclusive deal in their (Bell's) favour.

As a matter of fact, I have fully scrubbed Bell and Rogers from my life - I have removed all Bell and Rogers channels from my Cogeco cable box's guide (and nobody can access those channels without the "parental controls" code), our Internet and home phone are also with Cogeco, and our cell phones are with Videotron.

I would be more than happy to see the CBC partnering with Hockey Canada, or with streaming taking over, even having DAZN pick up Hockey Canada stuff would be nice.

Forward Power wrote:

Saul wrote:

Why take it out on the young athletes? Have you otherwise fully scrubbed Bell and Rogers from your life?
 

Because those young athletes are partnering with a greedy, selfish, heartless, good for nothing conglomerate (Bell) that expects everything to be an exclusive deal in their (Bell's) favour.

As a matter of fact, I have fully scrubbed Bell and Rogers from my life - I have removed all Bell and Rogers channels from my Cogeco cable box's guide (and nobody can access those channels without the "parental controls" code), our Internet and home phone are also with Cogeco, and our cell phones are with Videotron.

I would be more than happy to see the CBC partnering with Hockey Canada, or with streaming taking over, even having DAZN pick up Hockey Canada stuff would be nice.

I don't think the young athletes are partnering with anyone, they are playing hockey. The players are not the ones who negotiate the broadcast rights.  Streaming taking over is unlikely, and if CBC had negotiated the rights they would probably want an exclusive deal too, and certainly would for the World Junior Tournament.  So not really sure what difference it makes. As cash mentioned, TSN does a good job of the World Juniors, and the final was a great, exciting game.

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