https://www.sportico.com/leagues/hockey ... 234845631/

Just as the RSNs start to die in the States (the Coyotes were supposedly only getting $4MM from Scripps their last year), here comes Canadian legacy media swooping in with a giant TV contract. Pity that the exchange rate will eat up about a third of that.

The American national TV deals end in 2028, and that's when I think you're going to see a big shift toward ESPN or MLBAM taking on local coverage with a rights deal that bundles up most local packages for blackout-free streaming. The team-owned OTA/DTC hybrids have always felt like a stopgap until the big boys can come in and gobble them up.

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Will the Hawks still be rebuilding in 2038?

i read it as 7.7B total not per year

My mistake, amending title now. I forgot to do the math.

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I've really enjoyed watching the Hawks games on ESPN+. That reminds me that I need to cancel ESPN+ for the summer, there's really no reason for me to have it until the regular season starts on October 7. I will miss the last couple of games, but it's baseball season so I don't care.

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