Hockey Night In Canada theme is a rip-off

Canceling the Hockey Night In Canada theme song is probably the best thing the CBC has ever done in a long time. The second best thing is offering a $100,000 prize for a replacement.

Get real people. The previous $500 per game contract was a colossal rip-off and never should have happened. The artist is just trying to milk the tax-payer further. With this contest, the CBC is telling how much they are willing to pay the artist of the current theme. No more and no less. Have no fear. I like to call this whole thing a game of poker or chicken. My guess is that we will get the old theme back. My bet is that the CBC is this artist’s biggest source of income.

I recommend that the owners of the current Hockey Night In Canada theme submit their old theme to this contest and take the prize money. Since the winner will be chosen by the listeners, I figure it would be a shoe-in. Anything the CBC offers is a cash cow.

This entry was written by Charles Anthony and posted on Mon Jun 9, 2008 at 7:23 am and filed under Culture, Economy & Industry, History & Cultural, Media & Communication, Nationalism. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

Comments (6) to “Hockey Night In Canada theme is a rip-off”

  1. Nicola Timmerman wrote:

    I don’t know, Paul Anka used to make money every time the Tonight Show theme that he wrote aired.

    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 7:41 am | Permalink

  2. Brendan Kane wrote:

    This is not about the $500 per game, this is about the lawsuit & the CBC thinking they can get away with not compensating the composer for ringtones.

    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 10:11 am | Permalink

  3. Hockey Night in Canada « voice from the pack wrote:

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    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 11:40 am | Permalink

  4. Charles Anthony wrote:

    Thanks for that Brendan. That makes sense. This is just a tit-for-tat at the expense of the tax-payer.

    I did not know about the ringtone dispute. Now, that I do, I still think the CBC made the right decision.

    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 12:04 pm | Permalink

  5. Lord Kitchener's Own wrote:

    Well, I guess everybody wins then, ’cause CTV just bought the rights to the song in perpetuity. They’ll use it for TSN broadcasts, of course, and for the Winter Olympics (which the CBC also let get away from them).

    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 2:02 pm | Permalink

  6. glacialgal wrote:

    I am devastated to see such a cherished tradition go by the wayside. If they ever decide to replace Don Cherry I’m kicking someone’s ass but good.

    Posted on 09-Jun-08 at 6:41 pm | Permalink

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