Rogers Communications today announced
multi-year sub-licensing agreements with CBC and TVA Sports for NHL
games, beginning with the 2014-15 season. This deal follows today's
earlier announcement in which Rogers Communications and the NHL secured
a long-term broadcast and multimedia agreement, providing Rogers with
all national rights on all platforms in all languages.
"We are proud to select CBC as our partner to carry on the Hockey Night
in Canada tradition for Canadians," said Nadir Mohamed, President and
CEO, Rogers Communications. "We are also excited about our
long-standing sports alliance with TVA Sports and Quebecor, which will
use its many channels and platforms to deliver French-language NHL
coverage."
As part of the multi-year agreement, CBC will continue to air
nationally-televised regular season games on Saturday night and playoff
games. In addition, the iconic Hockey Night in Canada brand will
continue on CBC and be used across all Rogers channels and platforms on
Saturday nights.
Today's announcement with CBC is part of an intent to create
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