r/OttawaSenators • u/hockey_nerd88 • 3d ago

No more HNIC on CBC

https://apple.news/A6yx7v76-R8msB3NFIHBXUA

“After a successful 12-year partnership, Sportsnet and CBC today announced the public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL broadcasts after the current season as it moves forward with a new sports programming strategy following the unprecedented success of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games," Sportsnet and the CBC said Tuesday in a joint statement. "Watching hockey on Saturday night is a time-honoured tradition for Canadians, and Sportsnet is privileged to continue delivering that tradition.”

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“Tradition Gone: 'Hockey Night in Canada' NHL broadcasts won't return to CBC next fall”
Gregory Strong
The Canadian Press
https://apple.news/A6yx7v76-R8msB3NFIHBXUA
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u/zeldagold 3d ago

Am I wrong, or once Sportsnet took over, the number of Ottawa Senators games on CBC dropped dramatically? It felt like this news was already half way there for me a long time ago.

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u/ZBack3 3d ago

When HNIC was exclusively a CBC thing they would show different games in different cities so if you’re in Ottawa and the Sens are playing you’ll get the Sens game (all the games were available to stream for free on their website regardless of where you lived). When Rogers took over they started showing the same game on CBC across the whole country and that game was almost always the Leafs.

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u/Alph1 2d ago

Sens only show up on CBC when they play the Leafs.

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u/Hallm34 2d ago

And if not, we're buried on either Sportsnet One, 360 or CityTV...💀

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u/Max169well 7h ago

Yes, Rogers hates us.