Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "NHL Network was a Canadian English language Category B specialty television channel broadcasting ice hockey programming. The channel's primary focus was on the National Hockey League (NHL), although it occasionally aired games from other leagues, such as minor league and international circuits, to fill its schedule.The channel was owned by the NHL Network Inc., a venture consisting of the National Hockey League and two of its Canadian member franchises, CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a division of Bell Media and ESPN Inc.), and Insight Sports Ltd. The network's ownership structure, which gives the league only an 11.6% interest, is due in part to foreign ownership restrictions for Canadian broadcasters, which prevents the NHL (owned by 30 member franchises of which 23 are based in the United States) from exercising majority ownership directly.The network was wound down in July 2015, and shut down in September 2015, following Rogers Communications' acquisition of sole national media rights to the NHL in Canada (Bell Media was the previous cable rightsholder) and the planned takeover of the U.S. version by MLB Advanced Media."@en }
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- NHL_Network_(Canada) abstract "NHL Network was a Canadian English language Category B specialty television channel broadcasting ice hockey programming. The channel's primary focus was on the National Hockey League (NHL), although it occasionally aired games from other leagues, such as minor league and international circuits, to fill its schedule.The channel was owned by the NHL Network Inc., a venture consisting of the National Hockey League and two of its Canadian member franchises, CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a division of Bell Media and ESPN Inc.), and Insight Sports Ltd. The network's ownership structure, which gives the league only an 11.6% interest, is due in part to foreign ownership restrictions for Canadian broadcasters, which prevents the NHL (owned by 30 member franchises of which 23 are based in the United States) from exercising majority ownership directly.The network was wound down in July 2015, and shut down in September 2015, following Rogers Communications' acquisition of sole national media rights to the NHL in Canada (Bell Media was the previous cable rightsholder) and the planned takeover of the U.S. version by MLB Advanced Media.".