{
  "id": 5416718,
  "title": "Rogers, Quebecor agree to 12-year NHL French-language sub-licensing agreement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/rogers-quebecor-agree-to-12-year-nhl-french-language-sub-licensing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T21:15:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/2026/09/03/rogers-quebecor-agree-to-12-year-nhl-french-language-sub-licensing-agreement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}