[NefCanuck]

torradan,May 4 2007, 03:58 PM Wrote:Don't know how they lost 5 million on the marlies.. i figured they were moved to toronto to have another cash cow so that the peasants could maybe afford to see.

If the dumbasses would get rid of their high and mighty leaf tv bullcrap, they'd probably be ok.  Or do what the Yankees do with their YES network, and just show it on the normal TV lineup without having to "subscribe" to it.Maybe they'll realize that they lost that money because not many people are going to pay for a channel to watch them lose.  Not counting on subscribers to pay for it obviously didn't work, so maybe selling it to whatever cable/satellite companies you have up there may work.

Which, by the way, do you have things like Center Ice like we have down here on Directv?  I'm gonna need it when I'm up there.
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The reason they lost $5M on the Marlies is that the Marlies were playing to a bunch of empty seats masquerading as fans <_<

AHL hockey was tried once before in the GTA (Newmarket Saints) and it crashed and burned back then too... People just don't want to pay to see what they perceive as "minor league hockey" in this area (you should see how poorly the junior hockey teams do in Toronto & surrounding areas :ph34r:)

The problem is that they emulated the US teams in taking the broadcasting in house to save $ and keep the revenue from the broadcast rights, but didn't figure on such crappy subscriber numbers. There was in fact a story, several months old now, in one local paper about MLSEL trying to get Leafs TV on Rogers Cable as a "must carry" but I haven't heard any more about that and figured that MLSEL greed scotched that deal.

Yeah we have Center Ice up here. Depending if you're on cable or satillite, you can get it as part of a "Sports Bundle" with Rogers Cable for example that includes:

NHL Centre Ice
MLB Extra Innings
NASCAR Hot Pass
NFL Sunday Ticket
NBA League Pass
OHL Hockey

For $26.95 per month

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