NHL, ESPN reach seven-year U.S. broadcast deal
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Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Zee said:
That will get you two nose bleed seats, 1.5 beers and a day old hot dog.
L K
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I'll be interested to see what money the league got out of this deal. TV dollars are still insane for a lot of things.
Prominent "sports" TV contracts
WWE Raw - 265M/year from USA
WWE Smackdown - 205M/year from Fox
Nascar 8.2B over 10 years from Fox/NBC
NBA - 24B over 9 years from ESPN/Turner
NFL Monday Night Football - 1.9B/year (signed in 2011)
NFL - ~1B per network for Sunday coverage
MLB - 3.85B over 7 years
Prominent "sports" TV contracts
WWE Raw - 265M/year from USA
WWE Smackdown - 205M/year from Fox
Nascar 8.2B over 10 years from Fox/NBC
NBA - 24B over 9 years from ESPN/Turner
NFL Monday Night Football - 1.9B/year (signed in 2011)
NFL - ~1B per network for Sunday coverage
MLB - 3.85B over 7 years
I remember when the NBC deal was first made, it seemed like such a massive success for the league. Now though $200mil annually seems like chicken scratch.
L K
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https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2021/espn-nhl-on-verge-of-new-media-rights-deal-1234624492/
That's a pretty solid deal for non-exclusive national broadcasting rights.
That's a pretty solid deal for non-exclusive national broadcasting rights.
https://twitter.com/CraigCustance/status/1369710631520268290
NHL.tv being folded into ESPN+ (in the States at least) is pretty interesting. I was really hoping this agreement might make some changes into blackout restrictions but the language about "out of market" games makes me think that's not happening. Too bad.
NHL.tv being folded into ESPN+ (in the States at least) is pretty interesting. I was really hoping this agreement might make some changes into blackout restrictions but the language about "out of market" games makes me think that's not happening. Too bad.
L K
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Peter D. said:
Not just that but it's only a partial deal. The NHL still has 3 stanley cup finals and split broadcast rights for the playoffs and regular season available. Whether they can find a second network for that package or not is the question or they may just go back to ESPN/ABC/Disney and offer them the full thing.
bustaheims
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L K said:
Also, this:
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1369745491538419720
I wonder if maybe they're also looking at some sort of deal with DAZN for international streaming rights.
Arn
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The first time we had streaming hockey in the UK was on the ESPN Player. It was pretty much exclusively set up for NHL hockey over here as far as I?m aware. That service still exists but really only seems to show the espn documentaries and some college sports.
I wonder if that?s where they?ll go with streaming here again or if NHL TV will continue to exists for overseas streaming rights.
I wonder if that?s where they?ll go with streaming here again or if NHL TV will continue to exists for overseas streaming rights.
https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1391812602523787272
I believe this was mentioned before, but finally official now. It'll be sad to see Ferraro go, but I'm glad ESPN was smart enough to realize how good he is at this.
I believe this was mentioned before, but finally official now. It'll be sad to see Ferraro go, but I'm glad ESPN was smart enough to realize how good he is at this.
Peter D.
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Is Ferraro's deal exclusive to ABC/ESPN? Not even part time on TSN?
I know he suggested a couple years back he had something like 8 years left on his TSN deal, which I believe aligned with the amount of years left on the Rogers deal. So they must have given a substantial pay raise, and the blessings of TSN to pursue such an opportunity.
I'm not much of a fan of Ferraro to be honest, but he's one of the best this country has, so it's a huge loss for the coverages up here.
I know he suggested a couple years back he had something like 8 years left on his TSN deal, which I believe aligned with the amount of years left on the Rogers deal. So they must have given a substantial pay raise, and the blessings of TSN to pursue such an opportunity.
I'm not much of a fan of Ferraro to be honest, but he's one of the best this country has, so it's a huge loss for the coverages up here.
dappleganger
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Arn said:
Maybe: "International rights in Latin America, the Caribbean and parts of Europe are also part of the deal, as are extensive highlight rights for ESPN's digital platforms."
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31039351/nhl-back-espn-7-year-multiplatform-deal