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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Going back to the discussion about the new TV deal, ESPN just signed a 10-year deal with the SEC worth $300 million per year. A massive increase from what CBS was paying ($55 million).
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-starting-2024
I feel like the new NHL deal will be split among two or three networks and be worth $800 million to $1 billion per year. One thing that really makes it valuable is the streaming rights. NHL.TV rights in the US are also up (currently owned by Disney). That was previously worth $100 million a year. The previous Disney relationship on that could be a gateway to ESPN getting that package. And with that said, I think other networks might even offer more than ESPN for the whole package. NHL Hockey on Peacock or FOX NOW would be enticing to those companies. |
SEC regular season games average 6 million viewers. NHL on NBC SN average 300,000 viewers.
I don't see how that can translate into the NHL getting 3 times more money.
There's probably some bump in the $100 million for nhl.tv. But it's also hard to see a full out of market package selling over $100 million worth of Peacock or ESPN+ subscriptions.
It would be more attractive if it included all in market games, but that would step very heavily on the (for now) lucrative local TV deals.