Television
In Canada, the series was televised in English on the CBC and in French on SRC. In the United States, the series was broadcast ESPN. However, ESPN was blacked out in the New York City market because of the MSG Network's local rights to the Rangers games. ESPN also sent its broadcasts to a record 120 countries, for a potential audience of 285 million. MSG Network broadcaster Al Trautwig said that the Rangers themselves contributed to those numbers in putting the first Russian names on the Stanley Cup—Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov, and Sergei Zubov—giving a huge European audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.
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Famous quotes containing the word television:
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