92-623: MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball . It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball , with TNT Sports , Comcast 's NBC Sports Group , Charter Communications , and Cox Communications having minority ownership. The channel's headquarters and studios are located at their leased facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey , a building owned by Hartz Mountain Industries which formerly housed MSNBC 's studios. MLB Network's studios also house NHL Network , which came under
184-452: A Canadian film's best opportunity to attract an audience beyond the film festival circuit. The CRTC presently requires that at least 55% of all programming aired annually by broadcast television stations, and at least 50% of programming aired daily from 6:00 pm to midnight, must be Canadian content. In May 2011, the annual CanCon requirement for private television broadcasters was lowered from 60% to 55% yearly. The CBC remains subject to
276-411: A Canadian to qualify as Canadian content. Unlike music radio, the rules on talk radio are more ambiguous. The vast majority of Canadian commercial English-language talk radio stations operate with local talk for most of the daylight hours, with the exception of two nationally syndicated Canadian talk show hosts: news/talk personality Charles Adler and sports talk host Bob McCown . The lone restriction
368-489: A TPP negotiating participant. In order to enter into the TPP agreement, Canada had to accept the terms agreed upon by the nine original signatory countries: Brunei , Chile , New Zealand , Singapore , Australia , Malaysia , Peru , United States , and Vietnam . According to MP Don Davies , Canada had no veto power over these terms and accepted the "existing unbracketed text, sight unseen and without input." In September 2012,
460-474: A U.S. program's broadcast schedule, as regularly occurs in other foreign markets, to weed out failures or to otherwise accommodate homegrown programming. In English Canada, presently only the public network, CBC Television , devotes the vast majority of its prime time schedule to Canadian content, having dropped U.S. network series in the mid-1990s. The French-language industry , centered in Quebec , similarly places
552-511: A deal that was pioneered by other sports league owned channels, MLB tied carriage of MLB Network to the ability to carry the popular out of market MLB Extra Innings package. In return, cable and satellite providers were offered a minority share of the new network. On March 26, 2010, it was announced that satellite radio station MLB Home Plate will be rebranded to MLB Network Radio which will simulcast some MLB Network programs such as MLB Tonight and Hot Stove . The switchover began on April 4,
644-608: A fourth set, "Studio 21", named in honor of Roberto Clemente . The studio hosts the shows MLB Central , MLB Now , and Quick Pitch along with the presentation of the BBWAA Awards. The network had planned to launch permanent studios from a new tower in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood by 2011. However, because of the Great Recession , the building project was scaled back and later canceled in late November 2008, with MLB deciding on
736-470: A functioning manual scoreboard and a standings wall for each league and division. With the launch of Intentional Talk in 2011, it was one of the first regular programs on television to use a remote production home studio setup on a regular basis, well before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic necessitated it across the industry. If either host could not record in Secaucus, former host Chris Rose would record from
828-715: A further requirement that 75% of the PNI expenditure must fund productions by independent companies. The CRTC also added credits on CPE for the involvement of producers from Indigenous (50%) and official language minority communities (25%; French outside of Quebec, and English within Quebec). Historically, much of these requirements have been fulfilled by lower-cost non-scripted programming, including networked talk shows and entertainment news programs, local newscasts and public affairs programming, and reruns of Canadian-produced library programs. Further complicating matters for Canadian content
920-461: A group's individual services, and up to 25% of CPEs for local stations can be allocated from a discretionary service. All services must also invest 5% of their revenue towards the production of "programs of national interest" (PNI), which include comedy, drama, long-form documentaries, children's programming, and qualifying awards presentations honouring Canadian creative talent. In 2017, the CRTC instituted
1012-604: A home studio in Los Angeles (the same with current co-host Stephen Nelson ), while Kevin Millar records from his home studio in Austin, Texas , jocularly known as "Studio 1-5" for his uniform number. On November 12, 2012, MLB Network introduced a third set, "Studio K", for the new daily morning offseason show Hot Stove and guests analysts/insiders on High Heat . During the premiere episode, hosts Matt Vasgersian and Harold Reynolds said that
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#17328511933761104-597: A larger emphasis on original productions, as they have historically been more profitable than dubs of imported English-language programming, and to prioritize the province's insular "star system" of local talent. The English commercial networks ( CTV , Global and Citytv ), conversely, rely on news and information programs for the bulk of their Canadian content while running mostly American network series, but do still commission some domestic productions for prime time broadcasts. Some have suggested that Canadian content minimums be enacted for movie theatres, in order to improve
1196-472: A late night slot on NBC in the early 1980s. CBS aired Crimetime After Primetime , a late-night block of crime dramas in the late 1980s and early 1990s which included a number of Canadian series, including Night Heat , Hot Shots , Adderly , Forever Knight and Diamonds , and later aired The Kids in the Hall in a late-night slot as well. The Red Green Show was also a success, being imported into
1288-541: A limited audience to large production companies with a North American audience. SCTV notably lampooned the Cancon rules, as well a request by the CBC for a filler segment featuring distinctively Canadian content, by developing the characters of Bob and Doug McKenzie —a caricature of stereotypical Canadians played by cast members Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas , and their recurring sketch "The Great White North". Bob and Doug would become
1380-796: A limited number of Canadian recordings suitable for airplay, such as classical , jazz or oldies , may be allowed by the CRTC to meet Canadian content targets as low as 20 per cent. Stations in Windsor , Ontario , are also permitted to meet lower Canadian content targets, due to Windsor's proximity to the Metro Detroit media market in the United States. Community radio and campus-based community radio stations often choose to meet higher Canadian content levels than commercial broadcasters, because of their mandate to support independent and underground and provide content not readily available on commercial radio or
1472-626: A lucrative sale to one of the big four American networks—a revenue stream which is generally unavailable during the fall and winter television seasons. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States provided a major exception, with NBC importing the CTV medical drama Transplant (which premiered at midseason in Canada) for its fall primetime lineup, filling the timeslot normally filled by its own medical drama New Amsterdam (whose premiere
1564-543: A musical selection must generally fulfil at least two of the following conditions (one if recorded prior to January 1972): For the purposes of MAPL, a "Canadian" refers to a citizen, permanent resident, someone whose "ordinary place of residence" has been in Canada prior to their contribution to the musical selection, or someone who is a CRTC licensee. A musical selection may also qualify as Canadian content if it: Some stations – especially those playing formats where there may be
1656-451: A perennially difficult proposition for the broadcast industry, particularly dramatic programming in prime-time. It is much more economical for Canadian stations to buy the Canadian rights to an American prime-time series than to finance a new homemade production. Perhaps more importantly, given the reach of the major U.S. broadcast networks in Canada, it is virtually impossible to delay or modify
1748-598: A permanent setup in Secaucus instead. With the August 2015 announcement that MLB Advanced Media would take over the digital properties of the National Hockey League , it was announced that NHL Network would relocate its studios and operations to the facilities of MLB Network. The channel temporarily originated its studio programming from Studio K and Studio 21, until the completion of a dedicated studio in April 2016. In honor of
1840-422: A station to save all their Canadian content for off-peak hours. Artists who were active in the early CanCon era in the 1970s and 1980s have noted that their music was often dismissed by Canadian audiences as inferior product, propped up by quotas rather than quality, if they were unable to replicate their Canadian success internationally. Yet, at the same time, artists who did break through internationally also ran
1932-472: Is Canadian in nature. Current Canadian content percentages are as follows: radio airplay is 35% (with partial exceptions for some specialty formats such as classical). Some stations are required to air a higher percentage based on their "promise of performance" information during their license submission. Broadcast television is 55% cancon yearly or 50% daily (CBC has a 60% CanCon quota; some specialty or multicultural formats have lower percentages). The loss of
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#17328511933762024-467: Is carried nationwide in Canada on the DAZN streaming service. The 720p high-definition simulcast of MLB Network launched simultaneously to the regular channel. After much discussion, MLB Network decided to use the 720p format instead of 1080-line-interlace because it believes 720p shows the motion of baseball more accurately and will degrade less when recompressed by cable operators to save bandwidth (most of
2116-524: Is determined by either the CRTC, or the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) for film and television productions that are seeking its tax credit . The CRTC's requirements for a television program to be considered Canadian content include that: Early Canadian programming was often produced merely to fill content requirements, and featured exceedingly low budgets, rushed production schedules, poor writing and little in
2208-474: Is supplemented with an all-Canadian program; for instance, CKMX will broadcast Country Countdown USA and America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend along with the Canadian syndicated programs Canadian Country Spotlight and Hugh McLennan's Spirit of the West , the last of which is also carried by several U.S. stations. American syndicated series are usually played in "off peak" and weekend hours. A notable exception to
2300-507: Is that the station must have a working studio within the region it broadcasts, which prohibits the use of entirely satellite-operated stations (which are commonplace in the United States). Syndicated programming from the United States invariably airs after 7:00 pm local time in virtually all markets, and usually features non-political programs such as The Jim Rome Show and Coast to Coast AM . More political American shows , although
2392-491: Is the existence of simultaneous substitution , a regulation that allows over-the-air broadcasters to require the substitution of feeds from American broadcast channels on local multichannel television providers if they are airing the same programming in simulcast, thus protecting their exclusive rights to earn revenue off such programming whenever it is broadcast in Canada. Therefore, Canadian networks have made significant effort to import popular American series to take advantage of
2484-768: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requirements, derived from the Broadcasting Act of Canada, that radio and television broadcasters (including cable and satellite specialty channels , and since the passing of the Online Streaming Act , Internet-based video services) must produce and broadcast a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. CanCon also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that
2576-582: The Gaspé Manifesto as a call for at least one-half of the programming at publicly subsidized theatres to be Canadian content. The numerical goal was not achieved, but the following years saw an increase in Canadian content stage productions. University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist has criticized the current requirements for film and television production to qualify as Canadian content as being outdated, citing that its requirements being largely dependent on Canadian involvement in specific roles (such as
2668-826: The International Intellectual Property Alliance , a U.S. private sector coalition representing over 3,200 U.S. producers and distributors of copyright protected materials, sent a submission to the U.S. Trade Representative 's office requesting that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement "be comprehensive in scope, strictly avoiding any sectoral carveouts that preclude the application of free trade disciplines. We note that several market access barriers [in] Canada involve, for example, content quota requirements for television, radio, cable television, direct-to-home broadcast services, specialty television, and satellite radio services." After
2760-662: The NHL Stadium Series playing at the Colorado Rockies ' Coors Field , a scale hockey rink was built on Studio 42 in February 2016 for cross-promotional appearances on NHL Network and MLB Network. Sports channel Sports channels are television speciality channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite ) broadcast sporting events , usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming. The first sports channel
2852-552: The Toronto Raptors but uses much of the content of the league's U.S. channel NBA TV. It was reported initially that Rogers intended to pursue this approach to bring MLB Network to Canada. However, the licence was issued on the condition the channel launch by August 2011, which did not occur. Rogers ultimately agreed to sponsor MLB Network's request to be added to the CRTC's list of approved foreign television services, which would permit Canadian cable and satellite providers to import
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2944-537: The United States until 2007), and the NFL Network to 2003. However, MLB Network is carried in the most households of these four networks, as it is available on all of the top-ten video operators in the United States. MLB Network soft-launched on December 16, 2008, with a rolling automated loop of archival programming and promotions for the network for cable systems that carried the network's transmissions leading up to
3036-700: The World Baseball Classic and the Caribbean Series . The 2014 Sydney Cricket Ground opening series from Sydney between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks was a co-production between MLB Network and ESPN Australia , along with the Nine Network / GEM , which held the home rights for the broadcasts. Beginning with the 2015 season, MLB Network produces MLB International coverage of the MLB All-Star Game and
3128-580: The World Series , and provides the broadcasting panel for such in conjunction with other broadcasters. The channel also airs live and tape delayed spring training games, simulcasted from one of the team's local TV rightsholder's feed, or if not available, the spring training complex's internal scoreboard video feed with the team's radio network audio. These games are also subject to local blackouts. The channel also carries live development league games and occasionally broadcasts live college games , especially
3220-514: The 60% quota. As part of its current "group-based" approach to the licensing of broadcast and discretionary specialty channels owned by the largest private broadcasting groups (such as Bell Media , Corus , and Rogers ), the CRTC requires that at least 30% of a group's revenue (which is aggregated across all of a group's television services, based on their individual revenue and historical expenditure mandates) must be spent on Canadian programming expenditures (CPEs). CPEs can be reallocated between
3312-522: The American feed, as has occurred previously with similar niche-sports services such as Big Ten Network , NFL Network, and Golf Channel . The application was published for public comment on June 13, 2012 and was approved on November 21, 2012. In the interim, the Rogers-owned Sportsnet One aired selected programs from MLB Network, including Quick Pitch and Intentional Talk . MLB Network
3404-524: The CBC dramas Da Vinci's Inquest and Republic of Doyle completed long runs, buoyed by critical approval if not overwhelming viewer success (though they have since became mainstays of both Canadian and American syndication). As for CTV, after short-lived runs of planned "flagship" drama series such as The City , The Associates and The Eleventh Hour , the network later found ratings success with series such as Corner Gas (a sitcom set at an eponymous gas station in rural Saskatchewan , filmed in
3496-516: The CBC's main national networks ( CBC Radio One and Ici Radio-Canada Première ). All of these channels are incorporated into the overall lineup of the U.S. Sirius XM Radio service. The CBC also produced channels carried on the service, such as CBC Radio 3 , but these channels were quietly dropped from Sirius XM in 2022 in favour of making them exclusive to the CBC's internet radio platform CBC Music , which does not require any subscription. Following an extensive public hearing process organized by
3588-535: The CBC; however, this is a voluntary commitment made by these stations rather than a core CRTC requirement, and CanCon requirements may be lower for campus and community stations as they often air large quantities of category 3 music. On satellite radio services, Canadian content regulation is applied in aggregate over the whole subscription package. Sirius XM Canada produces channels focused on Canadian music, talk, and spoken word programming (such as Canada Talks , The Verge , and Just for Laughs Radio ), and carries
3680-658: The CRTC's Peter G. Fleming explained in 1985 that "perceiving AM as low brow and FM as high brow [the CRTC] wanted to ensure the status quo". Hit music was limited on FM radio by restricting a single song to 3 plays per day and a playlist to only 50% top-40 hits. FM stations had to commit to play a certain format and each of these FM formats had a different CanCon quotas (e.g. The "Pop And Rock Softer" stations required 10% for easy listening and 20% for adult contemporary , album-oriented rock stations were also at 20% and country at 30%). The 1991 half credit for music and lyrics provision
3772-628: The CRTC, the MAPL system, created by Stan Klees (co-creator of the Juno Award ), was adopted in 1971 to define and identify Canadian content in pieces of music for the purposes of increasing exposure of Canadian music on Canadian radio through content regulations governing a percentage (25%) of airplay to be devoted to Canadian music. The percentage was increased to 30% in the 1980s, and to 35% effective January 3, 1999. However, most new commercial radio stations licensed since 1999 have been licensed at 40%. Before
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3864-465: The January 1, 2009 launch. The channel fully launched at 6:00 p.m. EST with the premiere of Hot Stove . In April 2012, MLB Network's standard definition feed shifted to a 16:9 letterbox format. Both of the network's SD and HD feeds now show the same format. On April 4, 2016, MLB Network debuted a new on-air graphics package optimized for the 16:9 format, replacing the previous on-air look used since
3956-603: The MAPL system was established in 1971, Canadian music was regarded with indifference by Canadian radio, and during the 1960s, Canadian radio was dominated by British or American acts. This was a major hurdle for Canadian musicians, since they could not gain attention in their home country without having a hit single in the United States or Europe first. Even after MAPL was implemented in the early 1970s, some radio stations were criticized for ghettoizing their Canadian content to dedicated program blocks, in off-peak listening hours such as early mornings or after midnight, during which
4048-546: The U.S., while the Cancon regulations were conceived to apply to music only, and not to spoken-word programming. This became particularly controversial in 1998 when stations in Toronto and Montreal started airing The Howard Stern Show from New York City during prime daytime hours. Stern was forced off the air not because of Canadian content, but because the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council reprimanded
4140-400: The United States and United Kingdom, such as CTV's Saving Hope , Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye , Mysterious Ways , and Twice in a Lifetime , and Global's Wild Card and Rookie Blue . International co-productions such as Orphan Black ( Space and BBC America ), Copper (Showcase and BBC America), Killjoys (Space and Syfy ), The Tudors (CBC, Showtime , BBC and TV3 ), and
4232-420: The United States via PBS member stations. That show's cast often did pledge drive specials and received strong viewer support on PBS stations in the northern part of the United States, such as Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan , New Hampshire and New York. The CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek was co-produced with U.S. cable network Pop as its first original scripted series, but its later addition to
4324-2675: The ability for one person to see every single game their team plays over the course of the season. In the United States, these channels broadcast most regular season games of major pro sports league and many other sports as well, with over the air television networks stepping in during the weekends or special events (all-star games, championships, etc.). † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of news channels, only offers sports part-time National sports networks National sports networks † – Channel primarily televises others types of news or entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time Premium, streaming and ethnic sports networks National sports networks † – Channel primarily televises others types of news or entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time National sports networks † – Channel primarily televises others types of news or entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time Regional sports networks † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of programs, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time †† - Channel televises entertainment and also sports. † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV & news programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment TV programmes, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of movies channels, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time † – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time Canadian content Canadian content (abbreviated CanCon , cancon or can-con ; French : contenu canadien ) refers to
4416-474: The collaboration would have counted as Canadian content. As a result, under CRTC regulations of the time, none of the album's songs were considered Canadian content. In December 2022, the CRTC announced a proposal to update the MAPL system to account for changes in the music industry and reduce regulatory burden. The proposal would remove the "performance" condition entirely, and only require lyrics and music to be principally (at least 50%) written or composed by
4508-476: The creation and presentation of Canadian programming", and that every broadcast undertaking "[makes] maximum use, and in no case less than predominant use, of Canadian creative and other resources in the creation and presentation of programming". For music, the Canadian content requirements are referred to as the MAPL system , referring to the music , artist , performance and lyrics . To qualify as Canadian content
4600-481: The different requirements, American syndicated oldies programs are widely popular in Canada, such as American Gold , Wolfman Jack , and M. G. Kelly 's American Hit List . These shows usually do not substitute Canadian songs, due in part to a fairly large library of Canadian musicians already in rotation in the format (such as The Guess Who , Gordon Lightfoot , Paul Anka , Terry Jacks or R. Dean Taylor ). In other formats, an American syndicated program sometimes
4692-458: The domestic studio Nelvana has had interests in both children's television and publishing, and was acquired by Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment in 2000. In the 1990s, Nelvana made several major deals for educational programming with U.S. broadcasters such as CBS and PBS Kids (taking advantage of new U.S. mandates for educational programming), with many of them being adaptations of children's books. The Montreal-based studio CINAR
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#17328511933764784-568: The early seasons of the current incarnation of Doctor Who (which was partially funded by the CBC) are also common. A few Canadian drama series, including Due South , The Listener , Motive , Flashpoint , and Saving Hope , have also been picked up by American networks and aired in prime time, although the majority of Canadian TV series which have aired in the United States have done so either in syndication, on cable channels, or on minor networks such as The CW and Ion Television . SCTV aired in
4876-459: The first day of the 2010 MLB season. At launch, no announcement was made about MLB Network availability in Canada, home of the Toronto Blue Jays . Network officials had been in contact with Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications (owner of Rogers Cable , the largest cable provider in Canada) about making MLB Network available in Canada, but emphasized prior to the channel's launch that a deal
4968-599: The first time. In 2012, MLB Network took over the pre-game production responsibilities for the MLB on Fox package, producing Baseball Night in America and postseason pre-game shows from Secaucus and on-location. The show featured Matt Vasgersian or Greg Amsinger and two analysts from a rotating roster of MLB Network's personalities (Eric Byrnes, Kevin Millar, Dan Plesac, Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken, or Mitch Williams). The show used Fox's graphics and theme songs. Fox took back control of
5060-755: The game alongside analyst Jim Kaat. The second telecast took place on October 10 and featured the Washington Nationals hosting the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. , for game three of the 2012 NLDS ; this was the Nationals' first home postseason game since moving to Washington at the start of the 2005 season . Bob Costas provided the play-by-play commentary alongside analyst Jim Kaat. Starting in 2014, as part of Fox's new eight year rights agreement, MLB Network would air two Division Series games from
5152-577: The high rights fees top American hosts such as Rush Limbaugh charge their affiliates. As in the United States in the 1980s, the trend for AM stations in Canada in the 1990s was to apply for an FM broadcasting license or move away from music in favour of talk radio formats. (Since the late 2000s, AM radio in North America has been declining as stations have shut down and moved to FM.) The total amount of Canadian-produced content declined as broadcasters could license syndicated radio programs produced in
5244-489: The home for the majority of the studio programs, while "Studio 42", honoring Jackie Robinson, is a half-scale baseball field where demonstrations by the network's analysts take place, along with interview programs where an audience is needed for atmosphere. Studio 42 is also the home of the early rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft . The studio includes seating for over 125 people, along with elements such as
5336-414: The hours of 7 and 11 p.m.; priority programming included scripted programs, documentaries, entertainment news, and variety programs. This was replaced in 2010 with the current licensing framework, which places a larger focus on overall investments into Canadian content and the similar concept of "programs of national interest", as opposed to scheduling and quantity. What is considered Canadian content
5428-655: The league assigned to Fox for each postseason. This arrangement was originally announced as continuing with a new rights deal in 2022. However, starting with the 2022 postseason, MLB Network returned the English-language rights to these games to Fox, and then took the Spanish-language rights to whichever postseason series are carried by TBS instead (replacing CNN en Español ). In 2024, MLB sub-licensed these Spanish-language rights to TelevisaUnivision . International live-game coverage self-produced by MLB Network includes
5520-412: The majority-Canadian spoken word programming came in 2012 when Astral Media introduced CKSL and CHAM , two stations in southern Ontario, as full-time affiliates of 24/7 Comedy Radio , a service of the U.S.-based Cumulus Media Networks . CHAM meets its studio requirement by maintaining a locally based interstitial host. To an even greater extent than on radio, Canadian television programming has been
5612-486: The management of MLB Advanced Media in mid-2015 and transferred most operations from the network's former Toronto home base. Tony Petitti , former executive producer of CBS Sports , was named the network's first president. Petitti served as MLB Network's president until December 2014, when he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball. Rob McGlarry, who worked as Senior and later Executive Vice-president of Business Affairs at MLB Network since 2009,
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#17328511933765704-465: The music played would be almost entirely Canadian — thus having the effect of significantly reducing how many Canadian songs would actually have to be played during peak listening times. These program blocks became mockingly known as "beaver hours," featuring Canadian songs selected from the "beaver bin." This practice is now reduced by CRTC regulations stipulating that CanCon percentages must be met between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., rather than allowing
5796-401: The network's New Year's Day 2009 launch. On January 31, 2023, MLB Network was removed from YouTube TV 's channel lineup after they failed to reach a contract renewal agreement. The network has signed contracts with numerous cable and satellite carriers, including DirecTV , Dish Network , Verizon Fios , Cablevision , Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, and U-verse TV . In
5888-684: The now defunct CFBN aired Dennis Miller and the Glenn Beck Program on tape delay in the evenings for a few months, from April through November 2007, when CFBN stopped broadcasting over the air, and The Phil Hendrie Show aired for many years on CKTB , even during the period when it focused on political content. Miller also aired on CHAM for two years from 2008 to 2010. No rule prevents American political talk shows from being aired on Canadian radio stations; such programs are simply not carried because their focus on American politics limits their relevance to Canadian radio audiences, especially given
5980-571: The playoffs in 2012 and created the wild-card round, TBS won the broadcast rights for both games, and in exchange, two Division Series games shifted to MLB Network, the first postseason games in their history. The first telecast took place on October 7 and featured the Detroit Tigers hosting the Oakland Athletics at Comerica Park in Detroit for game two of the 2012 ALDS . Matt Vasgersian called
6072-724: The pregame show in 2014 when the Game of the Week package was eliminated. MLB Network produces promos for its current MLB Network original series which air on regular basis as well as for films that MLB Network broadcast. MLB Network also airs promos for special events that it airs and different games that it broadcast live. MLB Strike Zone is a channel launched on April 10, 2012, which allows viewers to see every game across MLB with up-to-the-minute highlights, live look-ins and updates, without commercials. The channel's format to similar to NFL RedZone and currently airs on Wednesday and Friday nights during
6164-549: The producer, lead actors, directors, screenwriters, and composers) has led to situations where productions filmed in Canada, using Canadian personnel and talent, or adapted from works by Canadians (such as The Handmaid's Tale ) may not necessarily qualify as "Canadian content"—instead being a "foreign location and service production" (FLSP) that uses Canadian resources. Geist noted in some cases that these productions were "frequently indistinguishable" from certified Canadian content, such as All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs ( which
6256-437: The program's most popular characters, and spawned spin-offs such as comedy albums, commercials, the feature film Strange Brew , and the animated series Bob & Doug . In the 1980s and early 1990s, distinctly Canadian drama series such as CBC's Street Legal or CTV 's E.N.G. consistently drew hundreds of thousands of viewers each week. In the latter part of the 1990s and the early 2000s, Global 's Traders and
6348-582: The protective Canadian content quota requirements is one of the concerns of those opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership . Canada entered into the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral free trade agreement, in October 2012. In enforcing the Broadcasting Act , the CRTC is obligated to ensure that "each element of the Canadian broadcasting system shall contribute in an appropriate manner to
6440-638: The regional Fox Sports Networks use the same format). As Mark Haden (VP of engineering and IT of MLB Network) says: "That's our best shot of maintaining quality to viewers." All studio programs and original shows are shot in HD, as well as all self-produced games such as those of the 2009 World Baseball Classic and Thursday Night Baseball , as well as simulcasted locally produced games and contracted game packages it handles such as YouTube and Apple TV+ 's Friday Night Baseball . The network also remastered 30 World Series films in high definition. On April 14, 2016, it
6532-553: The regular season. Though coverage often ends before most West Coast games start, those games are usually covered carousel-style on MLB Tonight on the main channel most evenings. Gregg Caserta is the current host of the show, which usually lasts about three hours. Strike Zone airs live in Canada on TSN , Australia on ESPN Australia , Latin America on Fox Sports , along with other countries. The Secaucus-based studios have four main sets, three of which are named after hall of famers. "Studio 3", named in honor of Babe Ruth , serves as
6624-459: The replacement of the TPP with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2018, it was reported that Canada had secured an exemption from a clause in the agreement that prohibits discriminatory rules on foreign audio-video services in order to ask services to financially support the creation of Canadian content. In 1971, a group of Canadian playwrights issued
6716-484: The risk of becoming dismissed by Canadian audiences as no longer truly Canadian. By the 1980s, there were a range CanCon requirements depending on the radio band (AM or FM) and music programming format. AM radio required 30% of the music broadcast in a day be Canadian, and that these selections be "reasonably distributed throughout the [6:00 am to midnight] broadcast day". Five percent of all records had to be two-count Canadian. FM radio had different requirements;
6808-452: The rule, which in turn crowds out Canadian programming to less-desirable time slots. Over the years the CRTC has tried a number of strategies intended to increase the success of Canadian programming, including expenditure requirements and time credits for productions with specific requirements. In 1999, the CRTC mandated that stations owned by the largest private groups air at least eight hours of Canadian "priority programming" per-week between
6900-407: The same year. Canadian commercial television networks schedule a large percentage of their Canadian productions to air in the summer season; although traditionally a season of low viewership, this practice has actually been beneficial for Canadian television productions, influenced by widespread viewer preference for new programming over off-season repeats, as well as an increased chance of gaining
6992-781: The season opening series in Arizona. In August 2009, they aired youth baseball championships, including the RBI World Series and the Cal Ripken World Series. It also airs some games of the Arizona Fall League including the All-Star game and the championship. In 2024 it expanded its offerings to add coverage from the collegiate summer leagues: it would be the year the West Coast League 's All Star Game would be aired on MLBN for
7084-410: The stations broadcasting Stern numerous times for Stern's comments, which prompted the two stations to drop him in short order. Stern would later move exclusively to satellite radio. American shows that combine talk and music, such as Blair Garner , Elvis Duran , Delilah and John Tesh , usually have special playlists for airing in Canada to assist in meeting Canadian content requirements. Because of
7176-450: The streaming service Netflix helped to bolster wider public awareness and critical acclaim of the series in the United States and worldwide. This culminated at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2020 following its final season, where Schitt's Creek became the first series to sweep all seven major awards in their respective genre in the same year, and Dan Levy became the first to win awards for acting, directing, producing, and writing in
7268-401: The studio was constructed from the building's mailroom, explaining its small size. After Rose left the network in 2020 and Stephen Nelson was named the new co-host of Intentional Talk in 2021, Nelson co-hosts the show from Studio K. In 2020 and again in 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , MLB Network Showcase games were called remotely from Studio K. In 2015, the network introduced
7360-1058: The town of Rouleau ), Flashpoint , and Motive . The CBC dramedy This Is Wonderland was a moderate success with a loyal fan base, but was nonetheless cancelled in 2006 after three seasons. Specialty channels also naturally produce Canadian content, some of which, most notably Showcase 's mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys , have been able to generate a strong mass appeal. To complement their airings of American or British versions, Canadian networks have also produced local versions of unscripted television formats , including reality television series such as The Amazing Race Canada , Canadian Idol , MasterChef Canada , and The Traitors Canada (CTV), The Great Canadian Baking Show (CBC), Big Brother Canada (Global), The Bachelor Canada and Canada's Got Talent (Citytv), and Canada's Drag Race ( Crave ). Canadian networks have sometimes fulfilled Cancon requirements by commissioning series filmed in Canada, but intended to be sold to broadcasters in larger foreign markets such as
7452-657: The visibility and commercial viability of Canadian film , although none have ever been put in place. Most film festivals in Canada devote at least a portion of their schedules to Canadian films, although this is by choice rather than government regulation; a few film festivals are devoted exclusively to Canadian films, although most screen a mix of Canadian and international films. However, as movie-based premium television services such as Crave , Super Channel , Hollywood Suite and Super Écran operate on television and thus must follow Canadian content regulations, they do acquire and program Canadian films; this often still represents
7544-416: The way of production values, and as a result did not attract much of an audience. One Canadian series, The Trouble with Tracy , is sometimes claimed as one of the worst television shows ever produced. However, even given these limitations, some productions managed to rise above the mediocre – both SCTV (originally on Global ) and Smith & Smith ( CHCH ) grew from local low-budget productions with
7636-464: Was added after Canadian Bryan Adams ' album Waking Up the Neighbours did not qualify as Canadian as Adams co-wrote both the music and the lyrics with South African producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange , and he did not primarily record the album in Canada, and therefore only fulfilled one of the criteria fully. It was noted that if Adams had written all the lyrics, and Lange all the music (or vice versa),
7728-543: Was added to Rogers Cable systems in Ontario on January 8, 2014, in both standard and high definition. On June 3, 2015, SaskTel announced that it would begin carrying MLB Network. As of 2017, it is also available on MTS and Vidéotron . On March 23, 2017, MLB Network launched on Bell Fibe TV and Bell Satellite TV . Shaw Cable , the dominant carrier in Western Canada, does not offer MLB Network. As of 2018, MLB Network
7820-401: Was announced that 25 MLB Network Showcase games would be broadcast in 4K ultra-high definition exclusively on DirecTV in the 2016 season, beginning April 15. MLB Network airs several live games a week. These games are blacked out in the participating markets of the two teams (unless listed otherwise). Blacked-out markets receive an alternate game or pre-taped programming. When MLB expanded
7912-459: Was deferred to 2021). NBC subsequently picked up another Canadian medical drama from Global, Nurses , and ordered the second season of Transplant for a mid-season premiere in 2022. The third season would also be picked up by NBC, with its U.S. premiere held back to fall due to the WGA and SAG–AFTRA strikes . Canadian studios have had a significant presence in the children's television market,
8004-419: Was filmed by Canadian crews, narrated by Canadian actor Will Arnett , and followed a Canadian sports franchise), and films such as The Decline and Turning Red (which both include a number of Canadian actors, personnel in prominent roles, and are set in Canadian locations). He also pointed out that Gotta Love Trump —a Canadian-produced documentary on former U.S. president Donald Trump —was able to receive
8096-485: Was from the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1977 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus ). ESPN began broadcasting in 1979. Since then, many channels have surfaced around the world, many focusing on one sport in particular, or one region of a country, showing only their local team's games. These networks have greatly improved the availability of sports broadcasts, generating opportunities such as
8188-579: Was later purchased in 2004 by former Nelvana executives, and renamed Cookie Jar Group. The company was in turn acquired by Halifax-based DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2012, which made it the largest independent owner of children's television content in the world. There is concern about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual Property Provisions of the TPP in terms of CanCon. In October 2012, Canada formally became
8280-534: Was named the network's second president. As of November 2023, MLB Network is available to approximately 31,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2013 peak of 71,000,000 households. Major League Baseball became the fourth major North American professional sports league to launch its own 24-hour cable network. NBA TV dates back to 1999, the NHL Network to 2001 (though not in
8372-409: Was not imminent. In August 2008, Rogers secured Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval for a Canadian digital channel tentatively called "Baseball TV". This license could have been used to launch a localized version of MLB Network with domestic advertising and additional Canadian content , along the lines of NBA TV Canada , which is owned by the parent company of
8464-462: Was well known for producing and distributing animated series with tie-ins for the educational market, such as Arthur — which was distributed on U.S. public television by Boston's PBS station WGBH . The company collapsed in 2001 following an accounting scandal , and had also faced allegations that it paid American writers to write for its shows under the names of Canadian citizens , while continuing to accept Canadian federal tax credits. The company
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