Sportsnet, NHL sign new 12-year, $7.7b deal for Canadian broadcast rights
Sportsnet will retain most national Canadian NHL broadcasts for 12 more seasons.
Sportsnet will retain most national Canadian NHL broadcasts for 12 more seasons.
The 81-year-old Raftery remains a fan favorite for little quips like that.
"You got them fools up in Canada giving The Great One a hard time"
"That day is today. Fire him."
"Kind of sucks that it's in the terrible country of Canada, which booed our national anthem to start this entire thing."
"I am therefore making him a 'free agent,' because I don’t want anyone in Canada to say anything bad about him."
"You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game."
Can the 4 Nations Face-Off put up a truly gaudy number?
Canada's overtime win was good for the most-watched hockey telecast on TNT this season.
TSN's Rick Westhead reported on former CanWNT coach John Herdman showing drone footage to CanMNT players in 2021 while he was coaching them.
A Canadian analyst and assistant coach have been sent home, with the former also receiving an eight-month suspended sentence from French authorities.
"Not like us, not with us."
"Did they throw Jeff out?"
Silver, of "Sudbury/Thunder Bay" infamy, mixed up how "college" is used in Canada.
"I'm pretty pissed off about what just happened."
Both the U.S. and Australian feeds of this match hit issues, with FS2 not returning to the match for 20-plus minutes.
Jesse Bell's "NOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOO!!!" call of Queen's last-second loss to Western drew wide attention.
Bell Media's CTV/TSN/RDS broadcasts of Super Bowl LVII averaged 8.6 million viewers.
The Canadian men's tennis team won the Davis Cup for the first time Sunday, but viewers in Canada couldn't see it live thanks to Sportsnet losing their feed.
Canadian manager John Herdman's post-match "F*** Croatia" has led to a lot of discussion, and now an unflattering Croatian tabloid cover.
"And when you're asked a question, 'What did you say in that huddle?', it's what I said. ...I mean no disrespect to the Croatian team and Croatian people, but at the end of the day, it's a mindset Canada's got to have if we're going to have three points against one of the top teams in the world."
"There’s a huge appetite for soccer coverage in this country right now."
A notable part of this deal sees Thursday Night Football and the Oct. 30 international game set for linear TV in Canada, even though they'll be streaming-only on the U.S. side of the border.
"We believe our collaboration with Prime Video will allow us to reach a wider North American audience that is hungry for an authentic and differentiated product you simply can’t get with any other organization."