In addition, both services broadcast programs of a similar format, such as sports commentary and news programs. The company estimated that it would receive at least $500,000 per-month in additional revenue if Bell carried TVA Sports on the same service tier as it does for RDS, and called upon the company to respect the "fair value" of its specialty channels. [25] [26], Bell, however, felt that the fee increase was unjustified, as TVA Sports' expenses had remained roughly "constant" since 2015, and the network had "not materially increased" its value since its last carriage renewal (which did see an increase in carriage fees justified by its acquisition of national NHL rights). ET, just as coverage of the playoffs began. In turn, Quebecor noted that TVA Sports makes an important contribution to Canadian programming, whether in Canadian programming expenditures or by broadcasting Canadian content. Since TVA Sports took away the national rights to NHL games from RDS in 2014, the two have been in a much tighter ratings battle. The Commission notes that both services offer similar content. However, Bell would only accept this offer if it were enforced via court order. Le Québécois Alex Anthopoulos a de quoi être fier. [40] [27]. In a complaint with the CRTC, and a lawsuit in a Quebec court, Quebecor noted that TVA Sports was carried by Bell TV on its "Meilleur" ("Better") package, but that the Bell-owned RDS was carried on the entry-level "Bon" ("Good") package, which has a wider subscriber base. A carriage dispute is a disagreement over the right to "carry", that is, retransmit, a broadcaster's signal. Sportsnet gets $17 a year per subscriber (for the regional channels, which doesn’t include Sportsnet One, Sportsnet World or Sportsnet 360), plus about $10 a year from its 6 million Sportsnet One subscribers. According to Quebecor, the evolution of viewership to the two services shows that both are must haves for francophone sports fans and that subscribers to Bon are deprived of access to TVA Sports, to the benefit of RDS. In light of all of the above, the Commission finds that Bell has subjected TVA Sports to an undue disadvantage and has conferred an undue preference upon RDS. Further, Quebecor indicated that the subscribers to pre-assembled packages do not necessarily want to access all the services offered in those packages. The Commission considers that it is not necessary, in this case, to take into consideration these two factors, as it is clear from the record for this complaint that TVA Sports and RDS are comparable. Its studios and offices are located on René Lévesque Boulevard East in Downtown Montreal. BCE submitted that TVA Sports has very little programming that is unique to the station, does not hold exclusive rights to the big-ticket events it broadcasts and that the majority of its big-ticket programs are available on widely penetrated English-language channels. To this effect, the Commission is of the view that the undue disadvantage prevents TVA Sports from fully contributing to the objectives of the Act relating to the development and broadcast of Canadian programming. Le 5 à 7. Bell has argued that this would increase the cost of the service. [2] Rogers had obtained CRTC approval for its own French-language sports network prior to the announcement. In light of the above, the Commission finds that Bell has subjected TVA Sports to a disadvantage, while conferring a preference upon its own service, RDS. In regard to the previous agreement regarding the packaging of TVA Sports with RDS2, Quebecor submitted that it made sense in 2011, when both services were launched. 2,414 talking about this. Quebecor added that this packaging decision has a negative impact on TVA Sports. MLS on TSN is the branding used for TSN's telecasts of Major League Soccer matches. As of the 2014–15 season, TVA Sports is the national French-language broadcaster of the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer in Canada (the latter including the league's CF Montreal), and also carries coverage of the Canadian Hockey League, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, and other events. For broadcasting rights lists of other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts. As evidenced in the Commission’s remarks above, it appears in the record of this proceeding that TVA Sports meets the needs of sports fans by broadcasting diverse Canadian programming of interest to Canadians. Formerly an affiliate of sports radio network "The Team," it was one of three stations to retain the sports radio format after the network folded in 2002 until it switched to the TSN Radio branding as in October 2011. Quebecor considers that by excluding TVA Sports from Bon, Bell deprived TVA Sports of a significant number of subscribers and several millions of dollars per year of subscription and advertising revenues, resulting in a significant loss of income. BCE further indicated that many big-ticket events broadcast by TVA Sports are also broadcast by English-language services, such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Citytv, which proves, according to BCE, that English-speaking subscribers in Quebec do not need to subscribe to TVA Sports. However, most of the data filed by the parties on the record of this proceeding cannot be disclosed in the decision since it is confidential. [38] In June 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal agreed to hear the Quebecor case. Since 2017, Bell has been in a carriage dispute with Quebecor over TVA Sports, which has included several instigations of the CRTC's "Final offer arbitration" (FOA) process; Quebecor attempted to negotiate a higher wholesale carriage fee for the channel (from $3.59 to $5.02 per-subscriber, which other providers, including Videotron, have agreed to), [24] arguing that its recent content acquisitions and increasing viewership made TVA Sports roughly equivalent or better in value to television subscribers than RDS (which is owned by Bell through its broadcasting division Bell Media). The CRTC stated that it was "ready to use the means at its disposal" to enforce its regulations. [29] [24] [26] Quebecor also noted that Bell-owned channels (including former Astral networks) had a roughly 49% market share of subscriber revenue out of all Francophone specialty channels. BCE Inc. (BCE) is the parent company for the broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDU) of Bell Canada and Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner) as well as Bell Canada (the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership (Bell). Bell issued a press release condemning Quebecor's "reckless campaign and illegal actions", and filed a request for another round of CRTC arbitration. Having concluded that Bell has subjected TVA Sports to a disadvantage and conferred a preference on RDS, the Commission must determine whether the preference and disadvantage are undue. This article refers to Sports broadcasting contracts in Canada. It submitted that this disadvantages TVA Sports. [2] From its launch until 2015, TVA Sports carried French-language coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Ultimate Fighting Championship events. These are Le 5 à 7, L'Antichambre, Sports 30, ... JiC and the TVA Sports news bulletin broadcasts. La page Facebook officielle de la chaîne TVA Sports. BCE controls Bell Media Inc. (Bell Media), which controls Le Réseau des sports (RDS) inc., licensee of the discretionary services Le Réseau des sports (RDS) and RDS2. CKGM has been an all-sports station since May 2001. TSN Hockey is the blanket title used by TSN's broadcasts of the National Hockey League. Has the matter raised by Quebecor already been resolved? Established by the Labatt Brewing Company in 1984 as part of the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels, since 2001, TSN has been majority-owned by communications conglomerate BCE Inc. with a minority stake held by ESPN Inc. via a 20% share in the Bell Media subsidiary CTV Specialty Television. The show used "The Hockey Theme" as its theme song, like its English language cousin. Further, TVA Sports and RDS are discretionary services subject to the same standard conditions of licence applicable for mainstream sports services. Accordingly, having concluded that the two services are comparable, the Commission considers that, given significant differences in packaging, the treatment of TVA Sports by Bell is dissimilar from that of RDS. The Commission finds that Bell Canada and Bell ExpressVu Inc. (the general partner) as well as Bell Canada (the limited partner), carrying on business as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership, has conferred an undue preference upon RDS, its discretionary sports service, and has subjected the service TVA Sports to an undue disadvantage by packaging the two services in a different manner. On 27 February 2019, Quebecor filed a complaint against Bell, alleging that Bell had subjected TVA Sports to an undue disadvantage and conferred an undue preference upon RDS, in violation of section 9 of the Regulations. In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region. Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty service owned by Rogers Sports & Media. Only Départ, Bell’s small basic service, and Bon were displayed, neither of which included TVA Sports. TVA Sports also airs the All-Star Game, Winter Classic, and Stanley Cup Playoffs. A caveat of the deal limits CBC to the number of games per Canadian team it can show so that the seven Canadian-based teams, particularly the Toronto Maple Leafs, can distribute more games to regional carriers, thereby increasing the value of their local packages. Further, TVA Sports and RDS are discretionary services subject to the same standard conditions of licence applicable for mainstream sports services. TVA Nouvelles. Djurgardens page) and competitions pages (nhl, shl and more than 5000 competitions from 30+ sports around the world). It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. [34], On April 18, 2019, the CRTC issued a mandatory order directing Quebecor not to pull TVA Sports' signals from Bell again, threatening that the channel's license would be suspended "for the duration of time that the signal is not provided", and that Quebecor could be held in contempt of court, if it illegally pulled the signal again. RDS, for which a broadcasting licence was granted in 1987, is a national, French-language discretionary service devoted to sports. It must also examine the impact that the preference and disadvantage have had, or are likely to have, on the achievement of the objectives set out in the Act. See more of RDS on Facebook. BCE added that the packaging is compliant with the Wholesale Code, set out in the appendix to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy. As a Category C service, TVA Sports is permitted to operate multiple feeds. La Presse. [2] [1] Rights to both have since been acquired by Bell Media and RDS. The channel is a general-interest sports network, and the first major competitor to RDS, the only other French-language sports channel in the country. The CPSC added that the same disadvantage does not apply in English-language markets, where Good (the equivalent to Bon) includes both TSN and Sportsnet. Despite the rumours, it always seemed that CTV was unlikely to be interested in the nightly playoff coverage currently provided by the CBC, since weeknight games in April and May would conflict with new episodes of CTV's slate of American programming. Setting rates was the key issue of that final offer arbitration process. BCE added that subscribers already have several options for accessing TVA Sports: they can add the service. Quebecor says it will follow through with its threat to scramble the signal of its TVA Sports channel for television subscribers of its competitor, Bell. Le sport sans limites! RDS retains regional rights to Montreal Canadiens games not broadcast by TVA Sports. Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre thinks it's a tough job in the U.S. for the LH to attract the African-American community, which is more inclined to move to other sports. Further, the Commission notes that, in its intervention, the CPSC stated that it had examined the distribution offerings of other BDUs serving the Quebec market, including Cogeco Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., Telus Communications Inc. and Videotron. [8] In 2013, again in tandem with Sportsnet, TVA Sports acquired French-language rights to the IndyCar Series. […] the burden of establishing that any preference or disadvantage is not undue is on the licensee that gives the preference or subjects the person to the disadvantage. [24], In a FOA case completed on January 17, 2018, the CRTC ruled in favour of Bell. [26] Bell also noted that much of TVA Sports' carriage was in bilingual or Anglophone markets, where the value of its programming is diluted by audience preferences towards English-language broadcasts (due to the smaller Francophone audience, French-language specialty channels are usually sold with lower per-subscriber rates outside of Quebec). There are no such criteria for analyzing undue preference allegations. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was required to divest its stake in the network following its 2001 acquisition of competing network TSN. He called for the CRTC to suspend TVA Sports' broadcast licenses through the end of June (ensuring that it would not be able to broadcast the remainder of the playoffs), if not revoke the license entirely. In its answer to Quebecor’s application, BCE stated that the Commission has already examined the issues raised by Quebecor and made determinations on the matter in the last two final offer arbitration processes between the two parties. or. TV Show. [16], NHL games occupy a significant portion of TVA Sports' programming during the season, with a particular emphasis on the Canadiens and other teams popular in Quebec, such as the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Toronto Maple Leafs. Quebecor Media Inc. (Quebecor) owns and controls TVA Group Inc. (TVA), the licensee of television programming undertakings and discretionary services, including TVA Sports and its multiplex services TVA Sports 2 and TVA Sports 3. TVA Sports. The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language sports specialty channel. 398K likes. Quebecor indicated that even if, because of its size, Bell has five times the buying power of TVA, TVA Sports allows francophone sports enthusiasts to follow several major sporting events in their own language, and that this serves the public interest. Pursuant to section 9(2) of the Regulations, in the present case, the onus is on BCE to demonstrate that the preference and disadvantage have not been undue. The Commission notes that BCE had an obligation to demonstrate that the preference and disadvantage have not been undue. Nonetheless, the Commission notes that the gap between viewership to and market share of the two services, although favourable to RDS at the moment, seems to have narrowed considerably. Further, TVA Sports is included in Mieux and Meilleur, which are more expensive and have a penetration which is much lower than that of Bon. Not Now. It was the French language Radio-Canada equivalent of the English Canadian CBC show Hockey Night in Canada. In its answer on 8 April 2019, BCE stated that the initial affiliation agreement between TVA and Bell obligated Bell to package TVA Sports with RDS2, not RDS. [5], Event programming aired by TVA Sports includes the CF Montreal (24 games during the 2012 season), [6] Toronto Blue Jays baseball (60 games during the 2012 season [2] ), the Canadian Hockey League, [4] as well as Toronto Raptors basketball games, plus other NBA matches, including the playoffs and Finals. NHL on Sportsnet is the blanket title for presentations of the National Hockey League broadcast held by a Canadian media corporation, Rogers Communications showing on its television channel Sportsnet and other networks owned by or affiliated with its Rogers Media division as well as the Sportsnet Radio chain. In its reply on 18 April 2019, Quebecor disagreed with BCE’s arguments that the two services are not similar. If so, is the preference or disadvantage undue? Such a package, which would have left CBC without NHL hockey, would have increased TSN's previously existing coverage of NHL games; the attempt also came at a time when CTVglobemedia had outbid the CBC for Canadian television rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics, as well as the major television package for curling. RDS, Montreal, QC. Jacob josefson blog run by fuckyeahzachparise and myself. Create New Account. While BCE asserted that Bell’s practice is in compliance with the Wholesale Code, the increased packaging flexibility does not absolve Bell of its responsibilities under section 9 of the Regulations. The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre pense que la tâche est ardue aux États-Unis pour que la LNH puisse attirer la communauté afro-américaine, qui est plus encline à se diriger vers d'autres sports. BCE submitted that the initial affiliation agreement between the parties obligated Bell to package TVA Sports with RDS2, and that subsequent agreements had no requirement to package TVA Sports with RDS. La page Facebook de RDS. [7] TVA Sports aired French-language coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi through a sub-licensing deal with Radio-Canada. The preference and disadvantage are undue since they have caused a material adverse impact on TVA Group Inc. and on the achievement of objectives of the Broadcasting Act. In its reply on 5 June 2019, BCE acknowledged that changes were made to Bell’s website, but stated that these changes were intended to focus marketing efforts on the Départ plus 10 Channels package and were not related to the carriage of TVA Sports. The Commission notes that both services are marketed to the same target audiences, namely, sports fans in general. Forgot account? Réseau des sports (RDS), is a Canadian specialty channel oriented towards sports and sport-related shows. To support its view that the two services are not comparable, BCE submitted that the viewership to and market share of the services are substantially different. Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau argued that they needed to be "equitably compensated" to ensure the survival of their networks, that current policies unfairly benefited the dominant Bell, and that the channel may be forced to cease operations entirely if it is unable to receive "reasonable" carriage fees that can cover its operating losses. BCE requested that the Commission not reopen the public record and not consider Quebecor’s additional filing. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (Bell Media 80% and ESPN 20%).Its full name (usually prefaced in speech by the French article "le") translates as "The Sports Network", the name of its English-language sister network, TSN. Finally, Quebecor indicated that section 3(1)(t)(iii) of the. Quebecor confirmed there is no longer an obligation to package TVA Sports with RDS2. [4], Concurrently with the announcement that TVA would obtain French-language rights to the NHL through Rogers' 12-year deal with the league, a multiplex channel known as TVA Sports 2 was announced. Since 2015, the packaging of TVA Sports is at the discretion of Bell. The deal includes airings of games on the conventional over-the-air CBC Television network as well as carriage of those broadcasts through digital media, including CBCSports.ca. Log In. If TVA Sports goes through with its threat to pull its signal, it would be violating this rule. Quebecor expressed the view that TVA Sports is more comparable to RDS than RDS2, which is now comparable to TVA Sports 2. LNH à RDS is a French Canadian television program that broadcasts National Hockey League games on the cable speciality channel Réseau des sports (RDS). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC). As mentioned above, RDS is included in all of Bell’s discretionary packages, including Bon, Bell’s most popular package with the highest penetration. The World Series is on RDS. Sports Club. Accordingly, the Commission finds that it has not already addressed the issue raised by Quebecor in its present application. The deal came after controversy and discussion before and during the 2006-07 NHL season, when private broadcaster CTVglobemedia attempted to acquire exclusive Canadian distribution rights to the NHL for its own networks, including broadcast network CTV and cable channels TSN and RDS. TVA made numerous efforts to acquire content for the network in the years prior to the launch; including Quebecor's failed attempt to purchase a stake in the Montreal Canadiens, and the company's backing of a proposed National Hockey League expansion franchise in Quebec City—which included acquiring naming and management rights to a new arena in Quebec City built to potentially house a new or relocated NHL team. The Commission notes that sports services rely on revenues resulting from broad distribution to be able to acquire costly sports rights. The Commission notes that since the introduction of Bon in March 2016, its subscriber numbers have continued to grow to the point where it is Bell’s most highly penetrated package, whereas Mieux and Meilleur are more costly and have extremely low penetration.
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