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NP says Rogers, Bell team up and stick it to the fans

2017-03-22 06:57 ET - In the News

See In the News (C-RCI) Rogers Communications Inc

The National Post reports in its Wednesday edition that kids these days do not pay for cable. The Post's Scott Stinson writes that the logic is simple enough: You live on your computer, and for those occasions when one must watch an event live -- a sporting contest, for example -- you can put on your best cap and go to a bar and watch it while drinking a hoppy beer. Mr. Stinson warns, however, that the bar might soon have second thoughts about showing that game. Bell and Rogers, the twin oligarchs of the sports-media landscape in this country, have decided to remove their main sports channels from the bundled packages available to businesses that have a liquor licence. They will then offer TSN and Sportsnet as stand-alone packages at significantly increased fees. So, where they previously had those channels available at a cost not unlike a typical residential subscription, now bars and restaurants will have to pay specifically for the right to have TSN and Sportsnet in their lineups. Smaller bars will be charged about $120 monthly for both channels on top of existing fees, and the cost increases according to seating capacity. Sports is big business, we are often told, and there it is -- another reminder.

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