How Rogers is Faring
Apr 18, 2016 18:44:56 GMT -5
Post by franko on Apr 18, 2016 18:44:56 GMT -5
let's start off with the fact that regarding the old CBC Hockey Night in Canada, Viewers ripped the CBC’s approach to the show, which was heavy on interviews and panel discussions, disparaged MacLean’s folksy approach and called Cherry old and out of touch.
Fairly typical of the complaints was this online comment on a Globe and Mail story on March 9, 2014, about Stroumboulopoulos replacing MacLean as the host of Hockey Night: “Cherry is clueless … He hasn’t been knowledgeable about hockey since the 70’s. Looking forward to Rogers makeover.”
An Angus Reid Institute poll released at the start of the 2012 NHL playoffs found that only 40 per cent of the 1,506 adult Canadians questioned had a favourable opinion of Cherry. This did not compare well with other top names in hockey like Wayne Gretzky (87 per cent), Sidney Crosby (80 per cent) or even Ken Dryden (61 per cent).
But the article is about Rogers and the viewer:
Of all the headaches the NHL broadcast contract has given Rogers Media, one stands out: the constant stream of complaints from viewers.
On Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media, along with the comments following online stories, the majority of gripes fall into two broad categories. The first can be summed up as get rid of Hockey Night In Canada host George Stroumboulopoulos and bring back his predecessor, Ron MacLean. The second is hate for the new look and new faces Rogers brought to the broadcasts, with the bulk of the complaints about Hockey Night, which was a CBC institution for 62 years.
The belly-aching makes some Hockey Night staffers, who go back to the days when the CBC produced the show, shake their heads. They find the non-stop complaining ironic, considering that in the final CBC years, which ended in 2014, viewers complained a lot about that version of Hockey Night on the same forums.
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Fairly typical of the complaints was this online comment on a Globe and Mail story on March 9, 2014, about Stroumboulopoulos replacing MacLean as the host of Hockey Night: “Cherry is clueless … He hasn’t been knowledgeable about hockey since the 70’s. Looking forward to Rogers makeover.”
An Angus Reid Institute poll released at the start of the 2012 NHL playoffs found that only 40 per cent of the 1,506 adult Canadians questioned had a favourable opinion of Cherry. This did not compare well with other top names in hockey like Wayne Gretzky (87 per cent), Sidney Crosby (80 per cent) or even Ken Dryden (61 per cent).
But the article is about Rogers and the viewer:
Of all the headaches the NHL broadcast contract has given Rogers Media, one stands out: the constant stream of complaints from viewers.
On Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media, along with the comments following online stories, the majority of gripes fall into two broad categories. The first can be summed up as get rid of Hockey Night In Canada host George Stroumboulopoulos and bring back his predecessor, Ron MacLean. The second is hate for the new look and new faces Rogers brought to the broadcasts, with the bulk of the complaints about Hockey Night, which was a CBC institution for 62 years.
The belly-aching makes some Hockey Night staffers, who go back to the days when the CBC produced the show, shake their heads. They find the non-stop complaining ironic, considering that in the final CBC years, which ended in 2014, viewers complained a lot about that version of Hockey Night on the same forums.
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