";s:4:"text";s:3867:" That works out to be a bit more over the course of a season than … When factoring in inflation, a ratings bump of 20% on average since the last negotiation cycle and the general growth of the league that feels like a reasonable target. Click here for a full schedule of 2019-20 NHL on NBC matchups. Under the previous contract, NBC had paid the NHL $75 million a year with the NHL able to get a 166% increase per year. For cable networks, live sports are far more popular with viewers than studio shows.Lazarus is optimistic the league and players will come to an agreement. If they had opted out the league would have to not only work on a television extension but also had to work to get a new CBA in place. All rights reserved. This season, the two networks will televise 109 regular season games as well as 80+ Stanley Cup matchups (some early round playoff games will air on other Comcast owned networks including USA, CNBC and Golf Channel).The rights fees for live sports continue to escalate. NHL players also want to play in international tournaments including the Winter Olympics. Bill Allen provided the commentary. After playing in every Olympics since 1998, in 2018 NHL players did not participate in the games.The rights fees to televise or stream live sports have been escalating. After the revenue is calculated at the end of the season, the players can get a refund. But the NHL is an attractive property that will likely see many suitors. Sabres Need to Overhaul Their Goaltending2020 NHL Draft: 10 Underrated WHL Targetsfollowed them into the Stanley Cup Playoffs2011 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now?Bruins GM Sweeney Faces Most Challenging, and Important, Offseason to DateFounded in 2009, The Hockey Writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. While ESPN offered the NHL the accessibility to more households the NHL had run into various problems when its deal with the World Wide Leader ended six years prior. If you subscribe to NHL.TV on a monthly basis, you'll pay $24.99 per month. Under the current ten-year agreement begun in 2011, NBC and NBC SportsNet paid the NHL $2 billion, or $200 million per season. The question is if the league decides to diversify away from a one-broadcast company deal. You may opt-out by As a result, the NHL, despite lower ratings than other major sports, can expect a sizeable increase in rights fees when negotiations begin for a new contract. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)Despite its rosy economic status, there is some concern about a potential lockout.
Under the current agreement, a percentage of a player’s salary is withheld in escrow to safeguard against any revenue shortages. National Hockey League Main article: History of the National Hockey League on United States television On April 19, 2011, NBC Sports and the then-Versus channel announced they had reached a ten-year extension (through 2020–2021) to the television contract with the National Hockey League worth nearly 2 billion dollars over the life of the contract. … Welcome to the home of NHL on NBC and NBCSN.
The NHL’s current deal with NBC that was signed in 2011 will run it’s course following this upcoming season and should set the NHL up for a huge payday.