As heard on the DJ Joe D Show, Sunday November 14, 2010
Once upon a time in Canada, we only had a handful of television stations to choose from. Of course, NHL hockey was the television sport of choice for many Canadians during the long, dark and cold winter months.
The CBC, or the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was the place Canadians went for NHL hockey, especially on a Saturday night and during the playoffs. Everyone in Canada could get the CBC on their TV and all the hockey shown was free.
Over a number of years, cable television spawned many more TV stations, including specialized sports channels that needed a big sport to fill the time in between shows about dart competitions and poker.
NHL Hockey was that sport and then the CBC had to compete against these specialized sport channels for both regular season and playoff games…especially since many Canadians have cable TV
Fast forward to today…now those specialized cable TV channels compete amongst themselves to bring you more NHL hockey. And you can pay lots of money to get all the NHL games through the specialty sports packages offered.
The CBC is still there, but doesn’t rule the playing surface any more and must compete to get the marquee games and playoff series each season. Once a sports leader in Canada, it has slowly evolved into just another choice of the many available.
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