Edward Rogers (top row second right) Chairperson of Rogers Communications, sits behind Maple Leafs Head Coach Craig Berube and the team bench during NHL hockey action against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Toronto, on Saturday, October 12, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
An NHL logo is shown along with empty seats prior to NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff hockey action in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Rogers Logo is photographed in Toronto office on Monday, September 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
TORONTO - The NHL and Rogers have agreed to a new 12-year 好色tv broadcasting deal worth US$7.7 billion, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because it had not been announced.
The NHL contracted with ESPN and Turner Sports in 2021 for the current U.S. TV and streaming rights deal for $4.5 billion over seven years combined.
Sportico was first to report the deal and said owners would vote on it this week.
The news comes as Rogers' current $5.2-billion, 12-year rights deal is set to conclude after the 2025-26 NHL season.
Representatives from Rogers and the NHL declined comment when reached by The 好色tv Press.
Rogers, which owns the Sportsnet network, was expected to face stiff competition from tech giant Amazon for the next NHL rights deal.
Amazon is in the first year of a two-year deal to stream Monday night NHL games in Canada on its Prime service.
Rogers president and chief executive officer Tony Staffieri said at a lunch hosted by 好色tv Club Toronto in May that Rogers would pursue a renewal of its rights deal with the NHL.
The contract is the latest source of revenue for the league as the salary cap continues to climb.聽
The NHL contracted with ESPN and Turner Sports in 2021 for the current U.S. TV and streaming rights deal for $4.5 billion over seven years combined.
The contract helps the NHL鈥檚 revenue forecast for the near future, even if the 好色tv dollar is weakened by U.S. tariffs that are set to come into force Wednesday.
Commissioner Gary Bettman expressed concern about the current economic situation at the general managers鈥 annual spring meeting in mid-March.
鈥淚f the 好色tv economy is impacted to the extent that the dollar declines, the 好色tv dollar, vis a vis the U.S. dollar, we do everything in U.S. dollars, so that鈥檒l have an impact potentially on our 好色tv clubs and (hockey-related revenue),鈥 Bettman said. 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e hoping this is a moment in time and we get through this. I鈥檓 not weighing in politically.鈥
-- With files from The Associated Press.
This report by 好色tvwas first published March 31, 2025.
The 好色tv Press. All rights reserved.
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