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Amazon's Prime Video in Canada has signed a deal to exclusively broadcast National Hockey League games on Monday nights, as the entertainment industry's sports arms race crosses the U.S.-Canada border.
Terms of the two-year deal were not disclosed, but the U.S.-based streamer has reached a deal with Rogers Communications, the long-time rights holder for the NHL and league play in Canada. prime monday night hockey will stream every Monday night NHL game of the NHL domestic regular season for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons exclusively for Prime members north of the border.
Rogers Communications signed a 12-year deal with the NHL to broadcast league games for the first time in late 2013. And at the beginning of the 2023-24 hockey season, Rodgers' Sportsnet sports channel launched on Canada's Prime Video Channel. But after years of cord-cutting, the NHL is making the leap to Prime Video in Canada as more Canadians choose streaming platforms over traditional terrestrial TV channels to watch TV. did.
Live sports, the glue that held Canada's cable bundles together, is proving to be less of the force it once was. “Today's content ecosystem is evolving, and we're really excited to work with Amazon to continue growing the game and helping hockey fans watch the game whenever and wherever they want,” said Rogers Media Department. said Collette Watson, president of Sports & Media. Cable and communications giant Rogers Communications said in a statement:
In the United States, NHL games are already being streamed on the Max online platform as the relationship between live sports and streaming video continues to expand.
Magda Grace, head of Prime Video for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, added in her statement: prime monday night hockey Our one-stop entertainment offering includes add-on channels like Sportsnet for even more hockey and sports content, the latest movies to rent or buy, popular award-winning Amazon Originals available to stream on Prime, and more. ”
Canada's Prime Video, where the NHL represents popular television viewing, has already launched Amazon Original series, including: save sakic, All or nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs and The Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle About that service.
