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http://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke..._rogers_cbc_keeps_hockey_night_in_canada.html
The deal gives Rogers national rights to all NHL games, including the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Stanley Cup Final, on all of its platforms in all languages.
In a blockbuster deal, Rogers Sportsnet has seized control of CBCs flagship Hockey Night in Canada and the majority of hockey media rights across the country.
The 12-year, $5.2 billion deal, the largest in NHL history, will bring to an end Hockey Night in Canada as we have known it on the CBC for the past 61 years.
Rogers, not the CBC, will oversee its every aspect as of the beginning of the next NHL season.
The deal also leaves TSN on the outside looking in.
And while CBC retains its Saturday time slot, but will no longer make any money off of the show. Rogers assumes control over content, on-air talent and the creative direction of Hockey Night in Canada when the deal kicks in.
The branding of the show wont change for at least the next four seasons under a sub-licensing deal the public broadcaster signed with Rogers. All of this came together in a deal between Rogers and CBC in less than a week, after the CBC was informed last Thursday by the NHL that it had lost the rights to hockey to the Rogers media empire, according to CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson.
The deal gives Rogers national rights to all NHL games, including the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Stanley Cup Final, on all of its platforms in all languages.
In a blockbuster deal, Rogers Sportsnet has seized control of CBCs flagship Hockey Night in Canada and the majority of hockey media rights across the country.
The 12-year, $5.2 billion deal, the largest in NHL history, will bring to an end Hockey Night in Canada as we have known it on the CBC for the past 61 years.
Rogers, not the CBC, will oversee its every aspect as of the beginning of the next NHL season.
The deal also leaves TSN on the outside looking in.
And while CBC retains its Saturday time slot, but will no longer make any money off of the show. Rogers assumes control over content, on-air talent and the creative direction of Hockey Night in Canada when the deal kicks in.
The branding of the show wont change for at least the next four seasons under a sub-licensing deal the public broadcaster signed with Rogers. All of this came together in a deal between Rogers and CBC in less than a week, after the CBC was informed last Thursday by the NHL that it had lost the rights to hockey to the Rogers media empire, according to CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson.
