CBC Loses Its NHL Window as Rogers Ends Sublicense

CBC is set to stop showing NHL games once its sublicense with rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet ends. That sounds like paperwork, but everybody in the league knows these deals are where the real power lives. A sublicense can keep a familiar brand on the air while the actual control sits somewhere else, and those arrangements do not usually fade quietly. For Canadian hockey fans, it means another familiar doorway to the NHL is closing.