Multiple outlets report that CBC will not broadcast “Hockey Night in Canada” next season. Rogers Sportsnet and CBC issue a joint statement saying the public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL game broadcasts after the current agreement ends. “Hockey Night in Canada” has aired on CBC television for nearly 75 years, and the change marks the first time since the early 1950s that the program will not air on CBC. Several reports attribute the shift to the expiration of a sublicensing arrangement that allowed Rogers, which holds NHL broadcasting rights, to provide games to CBC for over-the-air viewers. The sub-licensing agreement between Rogers Communications and CBC is described as ending after the Stanley Cup playoffs, with the parties not reaching an extension for the 2026–27 season. Yahoo Sports and other accounts also link the timing to Rogers’ broader NHL broadcast-rights arrangement, which begins with the 2026–27 season. Overall coverage characterizes the development as a break in the long-running CBC–Sportsnet partnership for NHL broadcasts rather than a program cancellation.
CBC stops airing Hockey Night in Canada next season as Rogers NHL sublicensing ends
Multiple outlets report that CBC will not broadcast “Hockey Night in Canada” next season. Rogers Sportsnet and CBC issue a joint statement saying the public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL game b...
- CBC will not carry “Hockey Night in Canada” next season.
- The change follows the end of a Rogers–CBC NHL sublicensing/sub-agreement.
- Rogers Sportsnet holds the NHL broadcasting rights and no extension is reported for 2026–27.
- The current sublicensing arrangement ends after the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- The broadcast is described as ending on CBC after nearly 75 years on over-the-air television.
"Hockey Night in Canada" is ending after 75 years as CBC and Sportsnet announce the public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL games after this season.
2 months agoTORONTO (AP) — “Hockey Night in Canada,” a program featuring NHL games that has been part of the national fabric for nearly 75 years on CBC television, will not return to the public broadcaster next season. A sublicensing agreement between Rogers Communications and the CBC that allowed the show to air on the network expired at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The two sides did not extend the partnership for the 2026-27 season, the first year of Rogers’ 12 year, $11 billion broadcast rights deal with the NHL.
2 months agoThe move coincides with the end of CBC and Rogers Communications' 12-year sublicensing agreement for NHL games.
2 months agoThe longtime over-the-air telecast will no longer be free after the national broadcaster, and Rogers Sportsnet, the N.H.L. rights-holder, could not agree on a sub-licensing deal.
2 months agoFor the first time since 1952, Hockey Night in Canada will not be broadcast on CBC as partnership with Rogers Sportsnet ends.
2 months agoRogers Sportsnet and the CBC say that the public broadcaster will not carry NHL broadcasts next season.
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