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] was the official ] provider of the ] from ]-]. Taking over for ], SportsChannel was offered ]51 million over three years, more than double what ESPN had paid ($24 million) for the previous three years. Unfortantely, SportsChannel America was only in a few major markets, and reached only a 1/3 of the households that ESPN did at the time. The when the SportsChannel deal ended in 1992, the league returned to ESPN for another contract that would pay $80 million over five years. | ] was the official ] provider of the ] from ]-]. Taking over for ], SportsChannel was offered ]51 million over three years, more than double what ESPN had paid ($24 million) for the previous three years. Unfortantely, SportsChannel America was only in a few major markets, and reached only a 1/3 of the households that ESPN did at the time. The when the SportsChannel deal ended in 1992, the league returned to ESPN for another contract that would pay $80 million over five years. | ||
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Revision as of 07:41, 3 December 2006
SportsChannel America was the official American television provider of the National Hockey League from 1988-1992. Taking over for ESPN, SportsChannel was offered $51 million over three years, more than double what ESPN had paid ($24 million) for the previous three years. Unfortantely, SportsChannel America was only in a few major markets, and reached only a 1/3 of the households that ESPN did at the time. The when the SportsChannel deal ended in 1992, the league returned to ESPN for another contract that would pay $80 million over five years.
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External links
- CBA: TV and the price of expansion
- Is the NHL better off?
- Google Groups - 1990
- Google Groups - 1991
- Google Groups - 1992
- Google Groups - 1993