They don’t have anything here though.
I meant in the sense of Paramount are still investing in their FTA arms rather than looking at selling them off
Yeah in the UK, not neccessarily in Australia.
Saving money to keep Olympics?
CBC hasn’t paid a rights fee over the last 12 years to show the NHL. They’ve been able to air games for free in exchange for Sportsnet having complete editorial control over the broadcasts and Rogers retaining all advertising revenue.
The only benefits for the CBC were not having to fill the massive programming gap not having the NHL now leaves them and having their programs promoted during NHL broadcasts.
They were always looking to it as a transition - they knew this day was coming.
The BBC has extended its rights agreement with UEFA for a further two years, ensuring every Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland senior men’s international football match remains live and free-to-air until June 2028.
The new agreement will see the BBC broadcast around 60 live matches across the next two years, including this autumn’s UEFA Nations League fixtures and every European Qualifier to EURO 2028 involving the three nations.
BBC Sport and The All England Lawn Tennis Club have today announced a major new agreement that will see The Championships, Wimbledon remain free-to-air for audiences across the UK through to and including 2033.
Should also be noted that the Rogers owned networks, Citytv and Omni also lose NHL hockey. It’s now cable exclusive.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nhl-cbc-rogers-money-9.7238778
The commercial broadcaster has also bought live rights for every game of the 2026 and 2028 editions of the new Nations Championship.
Television contracts in other large markets (for RWC 2027) were agreed some time ago, with CBS and Paramount+ securing live rights in the United States, which will stage the men’s World Cup in 2031 and the women’s edition two years later.
The longstanding broadcaster partner Channel Nine has bought the rights in Australia, while TF1 has done so in France.