As has been rumoured/reported for some time now, the CHL has signed "multi-year broadcast partnerships" with TSN, RDS and CBC.
From the CHL:
Beginning with the 2021-22 season, the new partnerships include approximately 30 regular-season games each year delivered by TSN, in addition to select playoff coverage and the comprehensive suite of CHL national events. Additionally, the agreement includes approximately 20 French-language broadcasted games on RDS, early-season weekend games broadcasted by CBC Sports, as well as digital streaming rights featuring a CHL TV broadcast each week during the regular season on TSN, RDS, and the free CBC Gem streaming service.
The thought of TSN's world junior-like coverage coming to CHL events is certainly an exciting thought. It'll be interesting to see what the broadcast plan looks like - and also how CBC fits into all of this. CBC getting in on the rights deal had not come up in previous rumblings.
The CHL & TSN have announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership, so who better to join the show than one of the OHL’s biggest stars, projected 2022 1st overall pick Shane Wright. pic.twitter.com/RY9l6HX1P2
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 21, 2021
The streaming rights situation is also interesting. How does this all impact CHL TV - and in particular will the QMJHL finally be moving away from Neulion?
CHL hames have been airing on Sportsnet since 1998. Sportsnet signed a 12-year deal with the CHL in 2014 which has, obviously, come to an end early.
Sportsnet/Rogers wanting to get out of its CHL contract is not a huge surprise given the amount of financial cuts the network has made in recent years. Its $5.2 billion NHL rights deal has yet to deliver the expected return.
Sportsnet's national rights deal with the NHL comes to an end in 2025-26 - and that will likely have some sort of impact on the future of the CHL's TV rights as well. First though, we'll see how the next few seasons go.
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