OT: Rogers and NHL sign 12 year deal

[Lafleurs Guy]

Hope you like games on Sportsnet 'cause...

The NHL and Rogers Announce Monumental 12-Year National Media Rights Deal - About Rogers

Renews highly coveted and valuable hockey rights long term Will deliver more national games and fewer blackouts to hockey fans Rogers is proud to remain the home of NHL hockey TORONTO, ON (April 2, 2025) – Rogers Communications and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced a 12-year...

about.rogers.com

 

[OldCraig71]

Yay! 12 more years of Figs Net!

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

Suspicious

 

[ahmedou]

HFBoards >>> Rogers

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yay! 12 more years of Figs Net!

Fewer blackouts sounds good.

I don't get why they just go exclusively here though. Why not just give some games to TSN?

 

[MarkJ]

I watch games in French but for you guy's sanity, does this get rid of Garry Galley?

 

[badfish]

I had a laugh when they asked about what new features/bells and whistles they could add over the next 12 years and they talked about how they said:
- They added cable cams and on ice cameras during the 4 Nations
- Their innovation strategy over the last 5 years has been focusing on how to get the games on as many screens as possible
- They think the app is pretty good (also said they launched North Americas first live streaming service for hockey... which I think is a lie? The NHL preceded them).

Awful.

Other than that they said they would continue to sublicense.

 

[Scintillating10]

Hope you like games on Sportsnet 'cause...

The NHL and Rogers Announce Monumental 12-Year National Media Rights Deal - About Rogers

Renews highly coveted and valuable hockey rights long term Will deliver more national games and fewer blackouts to hockey fans Rogers is proud to remain the home of NHL hockey TORONTO, ON (April 2, 2025) – Rogers Communications and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced a 12-year...

about.rogers.com

I have subscription to Sportsnet. Because of Blue Jays. They showing Thursday game against the Bruins. But Habs games on there are few and far in between

 

[Seb]

I hope RDS gets the french rights this time

 

[sampollock]

TSN and Kenzie better get hab games

SN will need a new load of depends when cut throat and Simpson and the desk to fig games

 

[River Meadow]

Rogers sucks.

Woulda been cool if Amazon got this deal.

 

[OldCraig71]

Fewer blackouts sounds good.

I don't get why they just go exclusively here though. Why not just give some games to TSN?

I'm unfamiliar with the new deal. Do you know if we are losing regional TSN broadcasts? Is it Rogers only? If it is, it would not be great for us in Atlantic Canada, 90 percent of our Habs games are only available on TSN.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I'm unfamiliar with the new deal. Do you know if we are losing regional TSN broadcasts? Is it Rogers only? If it is, it would not be great for us in Atlantic Canada, 90 percent of our Habs games are only available on TSN.

I only know what’s in the article. They didn’t give much.

 

[OnTheRun]

I'm unfamiliar with the new deal. Do you know if we are losing regional TSN broadcasts? Is it Rogers only? If it is, it would not be great for us in Atlantic Canada, 90 percent of our Habs games are only available on TSN.

The 2 regional deals (RDS/TSN) end after the 2025-26 season.

 

[StCaufield]

It’s too bad that TSN took a nose dive. Was anyone else even interested?

 

[JadedRandom]

It’s too bad that TSN took a nose dive. Was anyone else even interested?

ESPN kicked the tires on this I'm sure, but they just didn't want it enough compared to Sportsnet.

Bell Media/TSN didn't want to/couldn't sink the kind of money it would have taken to get national rights.

And the rest, as they say, is history. Or rather, the coming 12 years after 2026.

 

[OnTheRun]

It’s too bad that TSN took a nose dive. Was anyone else even interested?

/Shrug. The game was rigged from the get go... As part of the previous deal, Rogers had one year of exclusive negotiation right with the NHL to come up with a new deal. Interested or not, no one else was allowed to sit at the table.

 

[Adriatic]

Not sure why nhl only wants one group to hold all the tv rights in Canada. Seems other sports split the national rights between more than one group.

 

[Nicko999]

I hope RDS gets the french rights this time

Pierre Houde not calling the Habs Cup winning goal would be a travesty.

 

[sampollock]

Pierre Houde not calling the Habs Cup winning goal would be a travesty.

I dont watch RDS but I get what you are saying