The channel is owned by the TVA Group, a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media. The formation of TVA Sports was first announced at a press event in May 2011, where TVA announced its plans for the network, and some of its launch programming.
[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. RDS retains regional rights to Montreal Canadiens games not broadcast by TVA Sports.
Quebecor Media sub-licensed national French-language rights to the league for $110 million per season, making TVA Sports the official French-language broadcaster of the NHL. The CRTC stated that it was "ready to use the means at its disposal" to enforce its regulations. [34][35][24][36] A public hearing was held by the CRTC on April 17, 2019; Bell senior vice-president of regulatory affairs Robert Malcolmson stated that Quebecor's actions were illegal and "an affront to viewers, to the commission and the rest of the participants in the broadcasting system who play by the rules." [3], The channel was launched on September 12, 2011. [25][24] Quebecor subsequently accused Bell TV of displaying "undue preference" to its co-owned networks in the packaging of its services. "New TVA Sports channel takes a shot at RDS", "Rogers gears up for French sports channel", "New NHL TV deal a shot in the arm for TVA Sports", "Quebecor Media Wins Montreal Impact TV Rights", "CBC/Radio-Canada seals agreement with TVA Sports for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games", "Blanketing Canada with in-depth series coverage", "MLS reaches deals with TSN and TVA for Canadian television rights", "NHL signs 12-year TV, Internet deal with Rogers; CBC keeps 'Hockey Night in Canada, "Rogers reaches 12-year broadcast deal with NHL worth $5.2-billion", "What the new NHL broadcast deal means for hockey fans", "TVA to pay Rogers $120-million a year to be NHL's French-language broadcaster", "RDS, Canadiens announce 12-year regional rights deal", "Hickey on Hockey notebook: Habs fail to earn day off", "NHL, TVA Sports launch French-language agreement", "UFC reaches Canadian broadcast deal with TSN, RDS", "TSN, RDS, and Fight Network become new Canadian home for UFC", "TSN, RDS announce new media rights agreement for Champions League, Europa League", http://www.cartt.ca/news/PrinterFriendly.cfm?NewsNo=12299, "Quebecor, BCE settle spat over news channel,", "TVA Sports defies CRTC, cuts off Bell TV customers as part of carriage dispute", "Final offer arbitration request by Quebecor Media Inc. regarding the distribution of TVA Sports by Bell TV", "Bell vs. TVA Sports: Breaking down the arguments", "Quebecor wins battle with Bell over disagreement about TVA Sports", "Quebec's TVA Sports pulled its signal from Bell despite the CRTC warning it not to", "Quebecor takes fight with Bell over TVA Sports into public arena", "TVA Sports signal goes black for Bell TV subscribers, contravening CRTC orders", "Conflit entre Québecor et Bell : pas de trêve", "Quebecor proposes a truce in battle with Bell over TVA Sports channel", "TSN adding Montreal Impact's April 13th and 20th games", "Quebecor head Pierre Karl Péladeau says future of TVA Sports in jeopardy if Bell gets its way", "Judge orders Quebecor to stop scrambling TVA Sports signal for Bell TV subscribers", "TVA Sports: Québecor sommé de réactiver le signal pour les abonnés de Bell", "CRTC says Quebecor must maintain TVA Sports signal to Bell subscribers", "Court of Appeal to hear Quebecor case over TVA Sports/Bell dispute", "CRTC rules in favour of Quebecor in battle with Bell over TVA Sports", "TVA Sports to expand to three feeds during NHL playoffs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TVA_Sports&oldid=980682686, French-language television networks in Canada, Digital cable television networks in Canada, Television channels and stations established in 2011, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The channel was launched on September 12, 2011[4] in both standard definition and high definition. [31][24][32] The same day, TSN (the national English-language rightsholder of Major League Soccer) announced that it would add two additional Montreal Impact matches to its broadcast schedule in April, accompanied by a free preview of TSN, once again as an alternative to the French-language broadcasts on TVA Sports. [38] In June 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal agreed to hear the Quebecor case. [12][13][14][15][16] Former Montreal Canadiens goalie José Theodore joined the network as an analyst.[17]. [27], The dispute intensified prior to the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs: in a move reminiscent of carriage disputes in the United States,[28] Quebecor began an advertising campaign in April 2019 to attack Bell, including websites in English and French (fairvalue.ca and justevaleur.ca) that publicized its arguments. [29][24], Nonetheless, Quebecor followed through with its threat and pulled TVA Sports from Bell on April 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
[26], During the April 7, 2019 Montreal Canadiens game on TVA Sports (the final game of their season), and La Voix on TVA the following night, the channels ran on-screen snipes announcing that Quebecor would pull TVA Sports from Bell on April 10, 2019—the opening night of the playoffs, and that Bell was henceforth "punishing" its subscribers by not meeting its demands.
TVA Sports also airs the All-Star Game, Winter Classic, and Stanley Cup Playoffs. [18][19] TVA Sports also airs "regional" telecasts of Toronto Maple Leafs, with Sébastien Goulet handling the play-by-play and former NHL left winger Simon Gagné handling the color analysis. 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. TVA Sports' flagship Saturday night broadcast, La super soirée LNH, will air 22 Montreal Canadiens games per season, along with a second game on TVA Sports 2. [9] In 2013, again in tandem with Sportsnet, TVA Sports acquired French-language rights to the IndyCar Series. Bell argued that TVA Sports' ratings depended on "big ticket sports programming with high ratings volatility", while RDS had a stronger market share and larger rights portfolio (including regional French-language rights to the Canadiens and Senators). [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). 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 expansion club, the Montreal Impact), and also carries coverage of the Canadian Hockey League, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, and other events. [5], Event programming aired by TVA Sports includes the Montreal Impact (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. Its first broadcast took place on September 12, 2011 and is widely regarded as a major competitor to RDS, as both channels are the only French-language sports networks in the country. Bell has argued that this would increase the cost of the service. 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 expansion club, the Montreal Impact), and also carries coverage of the Canadian Hockey League, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, and other events. [5] To alleviate scheduling conflicts during the early rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a temporary feed known as TVA Sports 3 was added. Prior to its full NHL rights package, TVA Sports carried a package of Ottawa Senators hockey games (25 games during the 2011-12 season). [17][18], Prior to its full NHL rights package, TVA Sports carried a package of Ottawa Senators hockey games (25 games during the 2011-12 season). However, Bell would only accept this offer if it were enforced via court order. Bell issued a press release condemning Quebecor's "reckless campaign and illegal actions", and filed a request for another round of CRTC arbitration. ET, just as coverage of the playoffs began. The application TVA Sports, THE source for sports information francophone Quebec is an app that you can use to stay informed about news of your sports, favorite teams and leagues. [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). [1][23] Optik TV added TVA Sports on September 15, 2014 and Bell's FibreOP TV added it on September 24, 2014. [8] In 2013, again in tandem with Sportsnet, TVA Sports acquired French-language rights to the IndyCar Series. [8] TVA Sports aired French-language coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi through a sub-licensing deal with Radio-Canada. 16 of these "regional" telecasts are only available in most of Ontario, which is the designated region of the Maple Leafs, while 10 of these "regional" telecasts are available nationally as part of TVA's national NHL French-language rights sublicensing. As a Category C service, TVA Sports is permitted to operate multiple feeds. [2][1] Rights to both have since been acquired by Bell Media and RDS.[20][21][22]. [10], On January 10, 2017, TVA Sports acquired national French-language rights to Major League Soccer. [2] Rogers had obtained CRTC approval for its own French-language sports network prior to the announcement.
[24][33][24], On April 12, 2019, the Quebec Superior Court granted Bell a temporary injunction ordering Quebecor to restore Bell's access to the TVA Sports signals by 6:00 p.m. that day, through at least April 23. 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 ne…
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