CTV “Saves” the Hockey Theme Songs - Reports CTV’s TSN.ca, most unbiasedly of course
So, recently we find out that the famous dun-dun-dun-dun-da opening theme to CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada will no longer be used on the program, due to a negotiation dispute with the song’s copyright holders.
Today we find out that it’s been snapped up by CTV, to be used on TSN’s Wednesday night NHL hockey broadcasts.
I don’t know who to feel worse for here. CBC, for being too damn broke to buy back the iconic theme song it made famous, or CTV/TSN, who somehow think buying the song is going to garner them anything but contempt for stooping so low in a vain attempt to take the NHL hockey crown from the public broadcaster.
What do you think? Isn’t CTV throwing salt in the wounds of CBC for something that is now instantly devoid of its meaning?
It’s not as if it contains uniquely special notes that make it perfect for hockey, and whoever plays the song before games is going to automatically become the ultimate in live hockey broadcasts.
The true value of the jingle lies in its link to HNIC’s history, its culture and its place in contemporary Canadiana.
Only if it were possible for CTV to purchase the entire show and its legacy, Bob Cole, Don Cherry, Ron McLean and the late Foster Hewitt included, would the purchase of this song make any sense. If you take the song out of its home, it becomes just another meaningless jingle.
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