They are not only colluding to monopolize and overprice TV, internet and phone services, but they are bound to destroy the sports market in Canada too. It used to be that you could catch the odd Jays game on CTV or CBC. Then you would catch the fever and get emotionally attached to the team. Now , you have to already be a subscriber to the pay sports channels to get any games at all. That is fine, because thanks to their policies, I am no longer emotionally involved with the team , so I don't know what I'm missing and I don't care. I refuse to pay for tv and only watch the free over the air signals in HD. The same is true of basketball and CFL football, and will be true for hockey in a few years when the greedy fools outbid CBC for hockey and put it on pay tv only. Goodbye to attracting new fans, or renewing the interest of lapsed fans!
The American networks are not this shortsighted. They still show some games of all sports ( including championship series) on free TV. Even a drug dealer knows it is good business to give some away to get people hooked, but Rogers and Bell haven't figured it out yet. Hell, they won't even sell you access to streaming of a game unless you are an existing customer with a pricey package already. Unfortunately the government's attempt to diversify the telecom markets is half assed and will be ineffective. Rogers and Bell have no doubt paid somebody off.
A significant portion of the next generation will grow up blissfully unaware of pro sports ( and that is not such a bad thing now that I think of it from a perspective other than that of the networks or the leagues).
The American networks are not this shortsighted. They still show some games of all sports ( including championship series) on free TV. Even a drug dealer knows it is good business to give some away to get people hooked, but Rogers and Bell haven't figured it out yet. Hell, they won't even sell you access to streaming of a game unless you are an existing customer with a pricey package already. Unfortunately the government's attempt to diversify the telecom markets is half assed and will be ineffective. Rogers and Bell have no doubt paid somebody off.
A significant portion of the next generation will grow up blissfully unaware of pro sports ( and that is not such a bad thing now that I think of it from a perspective other than that of the networks or the leagues).
" hehe.. i actually don't watch tv anymore.. internet is more than enough.. just like you, i'm not attached to sports anymore!! i remember the good old days when i used to shout and scream and jump up and down cheering for my fav teams.. i kinda lost that joy.. thanks rogers, and bell..
