February 12, 2003
The Globe and Mail
By Keith Damsell

“Leafs sale seen likely to affect TV rights…While a move from CBC isn’t a lock, the deal puts CTV into an enviable position for future bargaining”

 
SMC quote from the article

“It certainly helps ownership from a CTV standpoint,” said Bob Stellick, president of Toronto sports marketing firm Stellick Marketing Communications Inc. “From a profit centre point of view, it might be a challenge to look to moving their Leafs rights to a competitor of their parent company without good justification.”

 

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