{"id":128885,"date":"2025-04-02T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/04\/02\/rogers-nhl-agree-to-new-monumental-12-year-11-billion-media-rights-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:09:00","slug":"rogers-nhl-agree-to-new-monumental-12-year-11-billion-media-rights-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/04\/02\/rogers-nhl-agree-to-new-monumental-12-year-11-billion-media-rights-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers, NHL agree to new &#8216;monumental&#8217; 12-year, $11 billion media rights deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future of national media coverage for the National Hockey League (NHL) is remaining in the hands of Rogers Communications.<\/p>\n<p>After a new deal was reported for a couple days, the NHL and Rogers officially announced the&nbsp;deal on Wednesday, April 2, which is 12 years and valued at $11 billion Canadian.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rogers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Rogers<\/a> announce monumental 12-year national media rights deal.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new agreement, fans in Canada will have access to more live national games than ever before and fewer regional blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRynsCyWtL\">https:\/\/t.co\/SRynsCyWtL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RtD4mGDqJ6\">pic.twitter.com\/RtD4mGDqJ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPR\/status\/1907390124863713545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The NHL has been a terrific partner for over a decade, and we&rsquo;re proud to continue our partnership and bring more great fan experiences and best-in-class broadcasts to Canadians,&rdquo; said Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri in a press release. &ldquo;Hockey is Canada&rsquo;s game and we&rsquo;re proud to be the home of hockey. Sports are core to our company, and these rights are the most valuable sports rights in Canada.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the previous deal between the NHL and Rogers have a year remained, this new contract will start at the beginning of the 2026-27 season, meaning it will run until the conclusion of the 2037-38 season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For more than a decade, Rogers has done an incredible job of conveying what NHL hockey, our players and our teams mean to hockey fans and their communities from coast to coast to coast,&rdquo; said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re thrilled to continue our landmark partnership for an additional 12 years. The NHL and Rogers have a shared commitment to best serving Canadian fans and the unmatched passion that they have for our game, and we are particularly excited that through this agreement, we&rsquo;ll bring more live games to more fans across Canada.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the new agreement, fans across the country are to expect more national games and less regional blackouts. It will also include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">National rights across all platforms, including TV, digital, and streaming, for all national regular season games, in all languages;<\/li>\n<li>National rights to all playoff games, the Stanley Cup Final and all special events, and tentpole events, in all languages;<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-market rights for all regional games;<\/li>\n<li>The exclusive category sponsor for the NHL and all NHL tentpole events held in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Hockey is part of the fabric of Canadian culture and our long-term relationship with the NHL helped make Sportsnet Canada&rsquo;s #1 sports media brand,&rdquo; said Rogers Sports and Media president Colette Watson. &ldquo;Canadians overwhelmingly choose Sportsnet, and we are investing in this partnership, so fans have access to more games, more content and more choice from their favourite teams across the league.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deal will begin for the 2026-27 season, after the last deal expires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":128890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-regional-news","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rogers, NHL agree to new &#039;monumental&#039; 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