NHL and Rogers in agreement on new Canadian TV deal, 12 years worth $11 billion CAD

[swiftwin]

No on wins with Rogers...

The Leafs win. Rogers gets to keep pushing propaganda about the team they also conveniently own.

 

[eojsmada]

Please say this is an early april fool's joke

 

[Greatzsky 99]

NHL, Rogers reach TV deal in Canada, report says

The NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications on a 12-year, $7.7 US billion media rights agreement in Canada, according to a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday, a new source of revenue as the salary cap rises.

www.espn.com

 

[eviohh26]

Sportsnet Now is f***ing garbage as f*** .

 

[zenator]

I think that's $155 million CDN per team per year.

How much was the old deal worth?

 

[Voight]

Does this at least come with the resignation of one Ron Maclean and one Kelly Hrudey ?

That would at least be a small consolation prize in this shitty deal

Botterill too. She sucks.

 

[Voight]

I think that's $155 million CDN per team per year.

How much was the old deal worth?

12 years, $5.2 billion

 

[Greatzsky 99]

My Lord how negative this thread is, but supporting organized crime seems positive.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

I think that's $155 million CDN per team per year.

How much was the old deal worth?

5.2 billion CDN for 12 years, the CDN was pretty equal with USD then.

 

[Voight]

Wasn't this obvious? Like, who could have put up a competitive bid against that?

It was `100% obvious, I don't know why people are surprised.

The NHL could care less if fans hate the presentation of their product. Their goal is to make money so the rights go to the highest bidder. Given Canada has a media duopoly, it was either Rogers or Bell and the latter is in bad shape financially. Plus the incumbent is usually favored in situations like this.

 

[zenator]

12 years, $5.2 billion

Wow, so it's more than doubled. Each Canadian team has another $80 million CDN in yearly revenue. Or about $56 mil US.

I imagine this will increase the cap for 2026-7 a good amount. And make Canadian teams quite a bit more profitable.

Hopefully, this gets the NHL to finally consider Quebec for expansion. And Toronto 2, IMO best located in Mississauga off the 403.

 

[habdynasty]

Bell is too cheap.

12 more years of Ron McLean...dear lord...end the world now

He’s done soon.

 

[habdynasty]

Wow, so it's more than doubled. Each Canadian team has another $80 million CDN in yearly revenue. Or about $56 mil US.

I imagine this will increase the cap for 2026-7 a good amount. And make Canadian teams quite a bit more profitable.

Hopefully, this gets the NHL to finally consider Quebec for expansion. And Toronto 2, IMO best located in Mississauga off the 403.

Conner Mcdavid will be smiling today. He’s almost due for a big raise.

 

[eojsmada]

Bell is too cheap.

He’s done soon.

We can only hope

 

[nickp91]

ESPN should spend a bit more and sign Gord Miller for Stanley cup finals in 2026 and 2028

 

[Scotianhab]

TSN should be broadcasting games from the CHL. Promote the top draft picks etc that are playing. I think it would do well.

 

[Gjman2019]

CBC always the gold standard when i was a little kid...

Sportsnet has done a nice job of carrying the torch from them in recent years...Not perefect but still pretty good.......

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Isn't that how all TV deals technically work?

Sure. Other programming just doesn’t have the perceived localized impact like pro sports. Past reaction has focused on what it does for my team’s cap.

These Telcos and streaming providers are consumer representatives in a roundabout way. We should be asking what the justification for rights to increase like this?

 

[Gjman2019]

My Lord how negative this thread is, but supporting organized crime seems positive.

Read a lot of True Crime Mafia books when i was a teenager just before the internet.......

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Sportsnet or TSN could never compete with the production of CBC back in the day... too bad all those guys who produced it are long retired.

 

[red devil]

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Always funny that TSN took "The Hockey Theme" away from Rogers, so Rogers took hockey away from TSN.

Anyways, I mostly tune out all things not game related. Death to regional broadcasting.

 

[Donnie740]

Some of the replies are kind of funny. The caliber of SportsNet's coverage is irrelevant to the NHL, and there isn't any *giving* the rights to TSN or the CBC. This was a bidding process, not an audition.

Rogers thinks it can make money off the NHL, either with its own broadcasts, branching out into other terrestrial radio and online media types, and/or selling some of those rights to other entities. So it bid a higher number than anyone else. The NHL likes money. If Bell had wanted to bid more, the NHL would have liked TSN too (or instead). Same with Amazon (though I suspect they'll get some of the rights via Rogers, in the end).

Growth is literally Gary's job, and so this is a home run for Bettman. It'll be the last substantive achievement he racks up before his retirement in the next couple of years. Then we'll have 20 years of Bill Daly doing the same.

It’s comical to see people reacting like it’s a life altering event for Sportsnet to have the NHL rights.

Almost as bad as the hf boards media experts who insisted Rogers was going to lose a ton of money on their last contract of $5B.

 

[Booker T]

Rogers is shit

Unrelated, but given your username and avatar, I was curious if you purchased the new HoME box set? They're gorgeous; got them this past Christmas

 

[BlackFrancis]

Works out to an additional $10M in cap per team, given a 32 team league.