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Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by ascagnel_ on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:14AM (#31682248)
> Heck Rogers and Bell even have stakes in professional sports!

Rogers and Bell own two of the most popular (if not the two most popular) teams in Canada -- Rogers owns the Leafs, Bell owns the Canadiens.

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Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by JTon on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:30AM (#31682486)
Might be a quibble but Rogers doesn't own the leafs. They own the jays. MLSE owns the leafs. Rogers has a partial ownership of the MLSE. Not sure stake but its not large
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Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by ascagnel_ on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:40PM (#31683430)
True, Rogers indirectly owns part of the Leafs. But, when it's time for the team to make a decision on media, that'll generally be enough to swap that decision.
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Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by JTon on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:03PM (#31683796)
Was curious about ownership stake and it's much larger than I remember. So I stand corrected on that aspect. Looks like BCE and RCI basically co-own the leafs at 37.5% respectively [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Sports_%26_Entertai...

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