A 12-year, $4.9 billion deal that gives Rogers Communications the rights to all national hockey telecasts in Canada beginning next season surpasses the league’s agreement with CBC, TSN and a French-language cable network.
Producers will track teams and leading players for a seven-hour series focusing on the Sochi Games and five outdoor stadium games during the league’s regular season.
As talks continue over whether N.H.L. players will go to the Sochi Games, there is concern that other leagues may ask the I.O.C. for the same concessions.
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