Rogers, Quebecor agree to 12-year NHL French-language sub-licensing agreement

The NHL has announced a new 12-year French-language broadcast arrangement in Canada, with TVA Sports securing the rights through a sub-licensing agreement between Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. TVA Sports and TVA Sports Direct will air up to 350 regular-season games per season, including 32 Montreal Canadiens contests, while Bell Media’s RDS will handle the remaining 45 games. The agreement also sees Amazon’s Prime Video stream seven Canadiens regular-season games in French next season.

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