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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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.
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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.
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Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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terms → disclose → deal
Amazon’s Prime Video will stream seven Canadiens regular-season games in French next season, Amazon and the NHL announced Wednesday.
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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.
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NHL → air → calendar
The agreement comes after Rogers signed a 12-year, $11-billion contract to extend its national broadcast rights last year.
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Rogers → come → rights
The deal allowed the telecommunications giant to sub-license portions of its package, including national French-language broadcast rights.
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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.
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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.
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Quebecor → pay → Sports
