Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Rogers Communications, and the National
Hockey League (NHL) today announced a milestone two-year agreement
in Canada to bring hockey fans Monday night NHL hockey exclusively
on Prime Video.
Prime Monday Night Hockey will stream
all national regular season Monday night NHL games in English for
the 2024/25 and 2025/26 NHL seasons. The deal is the NHL’s first
exclusive national broadcast package with a digital-only streaming
service in Canada. The Prime Monday Night Hockey
package, produced by Prime Video, will feature a new broadcast team
offering in-depth analysis and play-by-play coverage, and stream
live exclusively to Prime members in Canada.
“Rogers' partnership with the NHL has been
incredibly successful and integral to Sportsnet’s leadership as the
number one sports media brand in Canada,” said Colette Watson,
President, Rogers Sports & Media. “Today’s content ecosystem is
evolving, and we’re really pleased to work with Amazon to continue
to grow the game and help hockey fans watch games when and where
they want.”
“With Prime Monday Night Hockey, we’re
offering our customers even more from their Prime membership,” said
Magda Grace, head of Prime Video, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand. “We’re committed to driving more innovation for fans as we
bring the NHL into more Canadian homes and across more devices on
Monday nights than ever before. We’re thrilled to be offering
Prime Monday Night Hockey as part of our one-stop
entertainment destination, which includes add-on channels like
Sportsnet for even more hockey and sports content, the latest
movies to rent or buy, popular and award-winning Amazon Originals
to stream with Prime, and so much more.”
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Amazon and
Rogers on this project. Amazon has a strong track record of
presenting sports on Prime Video in a highly innovative and
viewer-friendly manner,” said David Proper, NHL Senior Executive
Vice President, Media & International Strategy. “We are
committed to serving hockey fans and reaching new audiences with
our robust content distribution strategy that brings viewers
exciting NHL content to a multitude of streaming services. With
this groundbreaking partnership, we are continuing to stay true to
that goal.”
At the beginning of the 2023/24 hockey season,
Sportsnet launched on Prime Video Channels in Canada. Today’s
announcement builds on the 12-year landmark agreement between
Rogers and the NHL that was announced in November 2013. Since 2021,
the NHL has worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver new
in-game analytics and video highlights to enhance fan
experiences.
More information, including talent and
production details, will be announced at a later date. Prime
Monday Night Hockey will join the thousands of TV shows and
movies in the Prime Video catalogue, Amazon Original series such as
Saving Sakic, All or Nothing: Toronto Maple
Leafs, Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle, other live
events including ONE Championship and the NWSL, and award-winning
and critically acclaimed global Amazon Original series including
Reacher, The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, and
The Boys, all on Prime Video, which is available at no
extra cost for Prime members.
About Rogers
Rogers is Canada’s leading wireless, cable and
media company that provides connectivity and entertainment to
Canadian consumers and businesses across the country. Rogers shares
are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and
RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For more
information, please visit rogers.com.
About Prime Video Sports
Prime Video supports a growing lineup of live sports globally,
including Thursday Night Football, NASCAR, the New York Yankees,
Overtime Elite, and Premier Boxing Champions in the United States;
the NWSL, the WNBA, and ONE Championship in the United States and
Canada; UEFA Champions League football in the United Kingdom,
Germany and Italy; Roland-Garros and Ligue 1 in France; New Zealand
Cricket in India; as well as Copa do Brasil football and the NBA in
Brazil; and boxing and the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Japan.
While availability varies by marketplace, fans can also subscribe
to streaming services such as Sportsnet, Eurosport, FOX Sports
(Mexico), Viaplay Sport, MLB.TV, NBA League Pass, NBA TV, DAZN
(Germany and Spain), and Premiere FC (Brazil) through Prime Video
Channels. This is in addition to a selection of Amazon Original
sports documentaries including Kelce, Bye Bye Barry,
Coach Prime, Giannis, and the Amazon Original
All or Nothing franchise.
About the NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL®), founded in 1917, consists of 32
Member Clubs. Each team roster reflects the League’s international
makeup with players from more than 20 countries represented, all
vying for the most cherished and historic trophy in professional
sports – the Stanley Cup®. Every year, the NHL entertains more than
670 million fans in-arena and through its partners on national
television and radio; more than 191 million followers - league,
team and player accounts combined - across Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube; and more than 100 million
fans online at NHL.com. The League broadcasts games in more than
160 countries and territories through its rightsholders including
ESPN, TNT Sports and NHL Network in the U.S.; Sportsnet and TVA
Sports in Canada; Viaplay in the Nordics, Baltics, Poland and the
UK; MTV3 in Finland; Nova in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Sky
Sports and ProSieben in Germany; MySports in Switzerland; and
CCTV5+ in China; and reaches fans worldwide with games available to
stream in every country. Fans are engaged across the League’s
digital assets on mobile devices via the free NHL® App; across nine
social media platforms; on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™; and on
NHL.com, available in eight languages and featuring unprecedented
access to player and team statistics as well as every
regular-season and playoff game box score dating back to the
League’s inception, powered by SAP. NHL Productions develops
compelling original programming featuring unprecedented access to
players, coaches and League and team personnel for distribution
across the NHL’s social and digital platforms.
The NHL is committed to building healthy and
vibrant communities using the sport of hockey to celebrate fans of
every race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, age,
sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. The NHL’s Hockey Is
For Everyone® initiative reinforces that the official policy of the
sport is one of inclusion on the ice, in locker rooms, boardrooms
and stands. The NHL is expanding access and opportunity for people
of all backgrounds and abilities to play hockey, fostering more
inclusive environments and growing the game through a greater
diversity of participants. To date, the NHL has invested more than
$100 million in youth hockey and grassroots programs, with a
commitment to invest an additional $5 million for diversity and
inclusion programs over the next year.
Media Contact:
Rogers, media@rci.rogers.com, 1-844-226-1338
Owen McCorquodale, Prime Video, owenmcc@amazon.com
Nirva Milord, NHL, nmilord@nhl.com
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