Breakaway PPV
Breakaway PPV is a Canadian English language regional pay-per-view television provider in Western Canada and the territories. Breakaway is jointly owned by the parent companies of the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Edmonton Oilers at 33.33% each.
Licensed in 2000,[1] its sole offerings have been regional pay-per-view broadcasts of National Hockey League games involving the aforementioned teams which are not available through other broadcast or cable channels. Although Breakaway is the corporate and licensee name, it is never used on air, only the individual service names including Canucks TV, Oilers PPV and Flames PPV.
The service has not operated since the end of the 2009–10 NHL season – beginning with the 2010-11 NHL season, Sportsnet One secured long-term deals for the packages of Canucks, Oilers, and Flames regional broadcasts previously allocated to Breakaway.[2][3] Despite its dormancy, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has not yet revoked Breakaway's licence, and indeed has issued two administrative (interim) renewals for the service's licence during this period; the licence currently expires in August 2013, though it is not expected to resume operations prior to that date.[4][5]
Breakaway was not affiliated with a similar pay-per-view package of Ottawa Senators games, branded as "Sens TV", which was offered over roughly the same timeframe. (Indeed, Breakaway's service area is completely outside the Senators' NHL territory.) Instead, the Senators distributed these games through the main incumbent PPV provider serving each cable or satellite provider (namely Viewers Choice, Vu!, or Shaw PPV). It too was deprecated in favor of a deal with Sportsnet One in 2010.
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Canucks TV: TV logo
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Oilers PPV: TV logo
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Flames PPV: TV logo
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- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-738, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 2000-12-14. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ ROGERS SPORTSNET ANNOUNCES LANDMARK 10-YEAR BROADCAST AGREEMENT FOR NHL HOCKEY, Rogers Sportsnet press release, August 10, 2010
- ^ CANUCKS ANNOUNCE NEW TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP WITH ROGERS SPORTSNET ONE, Rogers Sportsnet press release, July 28, 2010
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-562, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-417, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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