Amazon will get unique rights to Wednesday NHL video games, three playoff sequence in each languages

Amazon Prime Video and Rogers announced Tuesday that the streaming service has secured unique rights to Wednesday night time National Hockey League video games, two first-round playoff sequence and one second-round playoff sequence by way of a sublicensing settlement.

The 12-year deal matches the one Rogers introduced with the NHL that begins this coming season and can embody not less than 26 regular-season NHL video games, with a number of Canadiens video games amongst them.

The Canadiens are scheduled to play seven Wednesday night video games subsequent season with 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. begins, plus an extra three Wednesday late-night video games in opposition to western opponents. La Presse reported last week that seven Canadiens regular-season video games could be a part of Amazon’s deal.

Financial phrases of the deal between Rogers and Amazon weren’t disclosed.

It’s unlikely any Canadiens playoff video games will probably be unique to Amazon. According to a supply inside Rogers, who spoke on situation they not be named, the settlement will give Sportsnet the primary three picks of first-round playoff sequence and Amazon the fourth and fifth selections, whereas within the second spherical Sportsnet will get the primary two picks and Amazon the third. Only a handful of instances has greater than three first-round playoff sequence or two second-round playoff sequence featured not less than one Canadian crew, although each occurred within the 2025 playoffs.

Amazon stated particulars on the way it will produce the video games will probably be introduced at a later date.

With the 45 regional video games broadcast on RDS below a multi-year deal introduced final 12 months, this leaves 32 Canadiens video games unaccounted for in French subsequent season, the primary with an 84-game schedule. La Presse reported TVA would carry all 32 of them and that announcement of a deal was imminent.

Amazon carried Monday night video games in English for the previous two seasons by way of a earlier sublicensing take care of Rogers.

Canadiens English-language regional TV rights are held by TSN, with 50 regular-season video games per season. The remaining 34 nationwide video games will probably be break up between Rogers and Amazon, as will the playoffs. Rogers introduced final month it has ended its partnership with CBC to air Saturday night time and playoff video games on the nationwide broadcaster.

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