National Hockey League, Disney Strike 7-Year Pact

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

National Hockey League, Disney Strike 7-Year Pact

Hockey will return in a big way to Walt Disney's ESPN in a new seven-year deal that breaks NBCUniversal's dominance of the sport's TV rights

variety.com

Hockey will return in a big way to Walt Disney’s ESPN in a new seven-year deal that breaks NBCUniversal’s dominance of the sport’s TV rights and makes some National Hockey League games available for streaming in broader fashion.

ESPN’s new deal with the NHL will last from the 2021-2022 season through the 2027-2028 season, the network announced Wednesday. Under terms of the pact, Disney’s ABC broadcast network will get to present exclusive coverage of the Stanley Cup Final n four of the seven years of the agreement, with the ability to simulcast it on streaming-video outlet ESPN+ and additional ESPN networks. ABC or ESPN will also present 25 national regular-season games exclusively.

ESPN will get to stream 75 national regular-season games on ESPN+ and Hulu .Additionally, more than 1,000 games previously streamed by the NHL on its own outlet will now be available for fans to stream only as part of an ESPN+ subscription. The pact also includes rights to broadcast several special league events, and Disney said international media rights in Latin America, the Caribbean and parts of Europe were also part of the agreement.

ESPN and Hulu to get broadcast rights to the NHL.

 

[Mgomrjsurf]

Steve Levy would be lead Play by Play guy.
Got to hire more Insiders maybe LeBron back or even Al Morganti.

 

[Don CT]

Does Gary Thorne come back.

 

[TheBigA]

Additionally, more than 1,000 games previously streamed by the NHL on its own outlet will now be available for fans to stream only as part of an ESPN+ subscription.

So that makes me wonder what will we now see on the NHL Channel?

 

[Mgomrjsurf]

Also get to cover Draft maybe all rounds in USA besides NHL Network.
NHL Network has also Canada Hockey Night on Saturdays.

 

[CTListener]

So that makes me wonder what will we now see on the NHL Channel?

"Game Night"-style whip-around coverage? Old games and Stanley Cup champions' season wrap-up films? Talk shows? Blooper reels? Top 50 and Top 100 lists of biggest hits, greatest saves, slickest passes? Maybe the live games on NHL Network (not "Channel") weren't being watched by many more viewers than the filler programming.

 

[TheBigA]

"Game Night"-style whip-around coverage?

They do that now with "NHL Tonight." It's like Red Zone and a lot of similar shows. I guess the Disney Dollars exceeded what they were making with their own coverage.

 

[Mgomrjsurf]

MLB Tonight does the same thing.