Lame pun headline aside …
The Globe and Mail:
News of the deal comes the same week as Rogers and Bell closed the deal that will see them become joint owners of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which means the three largest English sports broadcasters in the country – Bell’s TSN , Rogers’ Sportsnet and The Score – would be held by the two companies.
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Rogers, which has filed an intervention opposing the [Bell takeover of] Astral deal, said media consolidation is good for the Canadian broadcast industry because “significant benefits accrue to Canadian consumers as a result of having larger and financially stable broadcasting companies operating.”
The best part about The Score was that it was independent of the two giants.
Then this: Concentration Of Media Ownership In Canada Worst In G8 For TV Industry
