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The National Hockey League (NHL) has made an agreement with Spectrum that will allow Spectrum TV customers in the Minnesota Wild local broadcast territory to watch Wild games this season.
The following article "News: NHL, Pistons-DAZN, UFL and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The NHL reaches a multiyear carriage agreement with Charter; the Detroit Pistons ink a streaming deal with DAZN; and the UFL is preparing to expand to 10 teams in 2028. Plus news on Chris…
For a brief moment on a sheet of ice in Las Vegas, some of the NHL’s biggest stars skated into an environment that felt more like a celebration than a
Disney+ and the NHL have announced a five-year agreement bringing NHL coverage to Disney+ customers in Sweden and Finland beginning with the 2026-27 season. Games will stream live on ESPN
Disney+ and the National Hockey League have announced a five-year broadcasting agreement, bringing professional ice hockey to subscribers in Sweden and Finland beginning with the 2026/27 season.
Sportsnet is set to deliver its biggest hockey season ever with a national schedule of 550+ games, including 150 regional blackouts lifted. ”Sportsnet will showcase more games than ever before with 35% more
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and Scripps Sports have announced a national broadcast rights agreement for the 2026-27 season, a landmark partnership that represents the league’s first season-long national
Rogers Communications and Quebecor have announced a 12-year sublicensing agreement for French-language national NHL games beginning with the 2026-27 season. TVA Sports, TVA Sports Direct, and the illico+ platform will
Facility becomes permanent home of NFL Live on Sept. 9; centerpiece studio for college football, NHL In what the network is calling its “most technologically advanced studio ever built,” Studio
Prime Video is making another significant move into the local-sports business, striking a multi-year agreement with the NHL that will make the service an exclusive local streaming home for six
Amazon Prime Video announced Wednesday it will be the exclusive local streaming home for six NHL teams beginning this season as sports media titans engage in a new round of rights competition. The Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis…
The Nashville Predators are taking greater control of their local-media distribution, partnering with ViewLift to launch a team-owned direct-to-consumer streaming service ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season. The multi-year agreement
With an emphasis on local, the league is looking beyond the initial four teams to the rest of the league, even other sports When the RSN business model started collapsing,
The following article "News: NFL Network, LeBron James, Prime Video and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. NFL Network is now available to view through the ESPN App; a representative for LeBron James denies “Last Dance”-style doc; and Prime Video inks a sublicensing deal with Rogers…
The Columbus Blue Jackets will simulcast all game broadcasts across television and radio beginning with the 2026-27 NHL season. Under the new format, the television broadcast audio feed will carry
Global sports streaming platform DAZN has entered a landmark agreement to become the exclusive digital home for MSG Networks and YES Network during the 2026-27 NBA, NHL, and MLB seasons.
Prime Video and Rogers Communications have announced a 12-year agreement for Prime Video in Canada to exclusively broadcast Wednesday night regular-season national NHL games in English and French, beginning with
In a time of disarray in regional sports broadcasting, the league will provide clubs with programming, technical, and infrastructure support The NHL and its in-house media/content arm, NHL Productions, are
FloSports has acquired the exclusive U.S. media rights to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Championship under a new four-year agreement that begins with the 2027 tournament. Brokered
Presidio and the National Hockey League have announced a multiyear renewal of their North American partnership. Presidio will remain an Official Technology Innovation Partner of the NHL, continuing to support
