I am more than pleased at this decision and will watch this year just because I can watch the US feed without the stupidity of watching the same superimposed CTV programming ads, the same repeat commercials 7-8 times back to back, or in the case of the east coast, the repetitive ads on contraband cigarettes.
The mindless overdubbing of nauseatingly repetitive ads just because they can is stupidity, and in my case, caused me to stop watching the live broadcast, tune into anything else (preferably without canadian content) and get the after game highlights somewhere else.
I prefer to have the choice to watch what I like, but as CTV/BCE think its up to them to tell me what I should like, I resist any way I can. If I could get cable without CTV...I would do that in a heartbeat.