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The Score: From upstart to contender

GRANT ROBERTSON

From Monday's Globe and Mail

The financial stakes are being raised this week in one of the most lucrative corners of Canadian television - the half-billion-dollar cable sports business - and John Levy knows this may only be the beginning. Mr. Levy, chief executive of Score Media Inc., has just made a substantial bet on his small cable network, The Score, investing in a $15-million makeover designed to bolster the channel against bigger rivals TSN, Rogers Sportsnet and an expanding CBC.

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