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WILL FOX-BACKED CTV SPORTS NET LURE HOCKEY AWAY FROM TSN?

          TSN "is locked in a restless set of negotiations" with
     the NHL to replace its contract which expires at the end of
     the season, according to Rob Longley of the TORONTO SUN. 
     The "looming presence of CTV's yet-to-be launched all-sports
     channel, CTV Sports Net, is the big reason for concern." 
     One Canadian TV exec: "It may not happen, but TSN is in some
     danger of losing (the NHL)."  One-fifth of CTV Sports Net is
     owned by Fox Sports Net, and Longley writes that "it isn't
     difficult to see why [NHL Commissioner Gary] Bettman would
     be attracted to a symbiotic relationship that would see Fox
     as its national broadcaster in the U.S. and have cable
     interests in both Canada and the U.S."  This season, TSN
     will cover 35 regular-season games and the first round of
     the Stanley Cup playoffs (TORONTO SUN, 11/21).    
          NAMING RIGHTS: In Toronto, William Houston reports that
     sources say Molson will make the moniker "Hockey Night in
     Canada" available to Labatt Breweries for "a price."  Molson
     "would probably allow" Labatt to use the name "Hockey Night
     in Canada," but only if Labatt agreed "not to attach its
     name to the title."  The show has been called Molson's
     "Hockey Night in Canada" (GLOBE & MAIL, 11/21). 

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