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NHL BROADCAST DEAL WITH

Overview In November 2013, the and announced a landmark 12-year, $5.2-billion national broadcast rights and multimedia agreement in . The deal, beginning with the 2014-15 season, includes all national rights to NHL games on all platforms in all languages. This marks the first time in history a North American professional sports league has granted all of its national rights to one company long-term. In addition to regular-season games, Rogers has exclusive broadcast rights to the Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final, NHL All-Star Game, NHL Lottery, NHL Draft and NHL Awards.

Sub-Licensees As part of this agreement, Rogers announced that CBC has been granted a sub-license for English-language broadcasts of and that TVA has been granted a sub-license to carry all national French-language multimedia rights.

About the NHL and Rogers  Wednesday Night Hockey: At least one Canadian team will be featured in 35 Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey games, including nine all-Canadian matchups and nine doubleheaders throughout the season.

 Hockey Night in Canada: Hockey Night in Canada will feature a minimum of four games each Saturday night, delivering more than 150 Saturday games throughout the regular season. The schedule features more than 20 all-Canadian matchups featuring all seven Canadian teams.

/ Hometown Hockey: The newest national night on the NHL schedule, 25 games will be broadcast on Sundays from a different community rink in various towns across Canada. The broadcast will feature local NHL player profiles, grassroots stories and local entertainment features.

 Rogers NHL GameCenter LIVE™: Canadians will receive more than 1,000 NHL games, including, for the first time, live streams of national games on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Beginning in early 2015, fans with a RNGCL and TVA subscription can watch live French broadcasts of 189 national games. (English Canada) and Luc Robitaille (French Canada) are spokesmen.

 Regional Broadcast Rights: is the official regional television broadcast rightsholder for the Flames (including rights on Sportsnet 960 THE FAN); Oilers; Maple Leafs (including radio rights on Sportsnet 590 THE FAN; rights are shared 50/50 with TSN); and Canucks.

Talent Lineup Rogers’ broadcast team features 39 personalities, including hosts, play-by-play announcers, analysts and reporters:

 Hosts: (Hockey Night in Canada, NHL on Sportsnet), Ron MacLean (Rogers Hometown Hockey, NHL on Sportsnet), Leah Hextall, , Daren Millard

 Play-by-Play Announcers, National: , , Dave Randorf, Paul Romanuk

 Play-by-Play Announcers, Regional: (Calgary), Kevin Quinn (Edmonton), Paul Romanuk / Dave Randorf (Toronto), (Vancouver)

 Game Analysts, National: , , Mike Johnson,

 Game Analysts, Regional: John Garrett (), (), (), ()

 Studio Analysts and Insiders: (Coach’s Corner), Damien Cox, , Glenn Healy, Kelly Hrudey, Billy Jaffe, Mike Johnson, Chris Johnston, , Doug MacLean, Scott Morrison, , John Shannon, Mark Spector, P.J. Stock

 Rink-Side Reporters: -Pascall, Arash Madani, Roger Millions, Dan Murphy, , Gene Principe,