Rogers, Quebecor agree to 12-year NHL French-language deal

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The Globe and Mail · collected 2026-09-06 · by Simon Houpt

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The National Hockey League has agreed to a new 12-year deal for French-language broadcasts in Canada, with TVA Sports securing rights through a sub-licensing agreement between Rogers Communications and Quebecor Inc. The agreement will allow TVA Sports to air up to 350 regular-season games per season, including 32 Montreal Canadiens contests, while retaining exclusive playoff broadcast rights. The NHL has also announced that Amazon's Prime Video will stream seven Canadiens regular-season games in French next season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes after Rogers signed a 12-year, $11-billion contract to extend its national broadcast rights last year.

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Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. have agreed to a 12-year sub-licensing deal with the NHL for French-language broadcast rights in Canada. The deal was announced on Thursday, just under a month before the start of the 2025-26 season. Under this agreement, TVA Sports will air up to 350 regular-season games per season, including 32 Montreal Canadiens' contests, while retaining exclusive French-language rights for Habs playoff games. Additionally, Amazon's Prime Video will stream seven Canadiens regular-season games in French next season, and Bell Media's RDS will air the remaining 45 regular-season contests. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This agreement comes after Rogers signed a separate 12-year contract to extend its national broadcast rights for $11 billion last year, which allowed it to sub-license certain portions of its package.

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🔮 Under the agreement, TVA Sports and TVA Sports Direct will air up to 350 regular-season games per season including 32 of the Montreal Canadiens’ contests, up from 22 last season, while retaining the exclusive French-language rights for Habs playoff games.

2026-09-06 · assertive framing · Rogers, Quebecor agree to 12-year NHL French-language deal

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Amazon Canada NHL Rogers TVA Sports

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NHL ORG · 4× TVA Sports ORG · 3× Amazon ORG · 2× Canada GPE · 2× Rogers PERSON · 2× QBR-B-T ORG · 1× Quebecor Inc. ORG · 1× Rogers Communications Inc. ORG · 1× TVA Sports Direct ORG · 1× the Montreal Canadiens’ ORG · 1×

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The NHL announced a new 12-year French-language broadcast arrangement in Canada, with TVA Sports securing rights through a sub-licensing agreement between Rogers Communications Inc. RCI-B-T and Quebecor Inc. QBR-B-T The agreement was announced on Thursday, less than a month before the 2025-26 season begins.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07

2026-09-07 · The Globe and Mail

Rogers, Quebecor agree to 12-year NHL French-language deal · assertive framing

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season → announce → Thursday

Under the agreement, TVA Sports and TVA Sports Direct will air up to 350 regular-season games per season including 32 of the Montreal Canadiens’ contests, up from 22 last season, while retaining the exclusive French-language rights for Habs playoff games. asserted

Sports → air → games

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. asserted

terms → disclose → deal

Amazon’s Prime Video will stream seven Canadiens regular-season games in French next season, Amazon and the NHL announced Wednesday. asserted

Amazon → stream → French

Bell Media’s RDS will air the remaining 45 regular-season contests, down from 60 last season, as the NHL shifts to an 84-game calendar. asserted

NHL → air → calendar

The agreement comes after Rogers signed a 12-year, $11-billion contract to extend its national broadcast rights last year. asserted

Rogers → come → rights

The deal allowed the telecommunications giant to sub-license portions of its package, including national French-language broadcast rights. asserted

giant → allow → rights

The Rogers-NHL agreement is worth more than double the original rights deal between the two sides, which cost $5.2-billion over 12 years and expired last season. asserted

which → cost → years

Quebecor at the time paid more than $700-million over 12 years to become the NHL’s official French-language broadcaster in Canada through TVA Sports. asserted

Quebecor → pay → Sports

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