NHL.TV
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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Selected countries |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 2140p (UHD-TV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | National Hockey League (50%) DAZN (50%) |
| Sister channels | NHL Centre Ice |
NHL.TV is an international sport cable and satellite streaming package that streams National Hockey League (NHL) games in selected countries. The service is most notably not available where the NHL operates in Canada and the United States due to streaming agreements with Sportsnet since 2014 and ESPN since 2021, respectively. The league initially launched its streaming service as NHL GameCenter Live in 2008,[1] before renaming it NHL.TV in 2016. Since 2025, the service has been a joint venture between the league and DAZN.[2][3][4][5][6]
History
[edit]The league initially launched its streaming service as NHL GameCenter Live in 2008. For users in Canada and the United States, as well as in other countries with "in-market" NHL broadcasters, it only allowed the live streaming of out-of-market live games.[1]
In the 2013–14 NHL season, Rogers Sports & Media acquired the exclusive national rights to the NHL in Canada. As part of the agreement, Rogers assumed distribution and marketing of the NHL's digital services in Canada; as a result, and service was rebranded as "Rogers NHL GameCentre Live" as a result. The service became billed by Rogers through its account system, and the service also began to carry national NHL on Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada games. For the first season, in-market games were also available for teams whose regional games were carried by Sportsnet;[7] beginning in the 2015–16 season, it began to allow in-market streaming for TSN-produced regional games for authenticated subscribers of TSN. It also offered "GamePlus", a component featuring alternate camera angles, such as net cams, point-of-view cams, and skycams.[8][9]
On August 4, 2015, the NHL announced a six-year deal with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), in which the company took over the operations of the NHL's digital properties, beginning in January 2016. Outside of Canada, MLBAM then distributed GameCenter Live under the new name NHL.TV.[10][11][12]
For the 2018–19 season, Rogers discontinued all free trials and the additional GamePlus features.[13] For the 2019–20 season, the brand name for the service was shortened to NHL Live.[14]
NHL.TV was discontinued in the United States under the NHL's new media rights beginning in the 2021–22 season; the digital out-of-market package was acquired by ESPN, airing on ESPN+ under the "NHL Power Play on ESPN+" banner.[15][16] The same year, NHL Live in Canada became available as part of the premium tier of Sportsnet's DTC service Sportsnet Now (now Sportsnet+).[14] In the 2022–23 season, the separate NHL Live service was discontinued, with the package now exclusive to Sportsnet+.[17] Meanwhile, the international service was taken over by Sportradar. as an extension of its existing agreement to serve as the league's official betting data and integrity provider.[18]
On July 30, 2025, the NHL announced a global digital rights deal with DAZN. Under the agreement, NHL.TV moved to DAZN as part of or as an add-on subscription in around 200 countries, replacing the league's deal with Sportradar.[2][3][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Hands on: NHL.com 2.0 goes top shelf with streaming video". Ars Technica. September 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- 1 2 "NHL Strikes Deal With DAZN to Distribute NHL.TV to Nearly 200 Countries". Sports Video Group. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- 1 2 Cahillane, Mollie (July 30, 2025). "NHL signs DAZN streaming deal for int'l growth". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ↑ "NHL.TV Information | NHL.com". www.nhl.com. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- ↑ "HOW TO WATCH & STREAM NHL GAMES | NHL.com". www.nhl.com. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- 1 2 "Watch NHL.TV on DAZN". DAZN. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- ↑ "Rogers will allow you to watch even more NHL games online this season ... just not all of them". National Post. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Rogers GamePlus has NHL angles covered, but app will come at a price". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ↑ Lewis, Michael (March 16, 2015). "Rogers wins right to offer GamePlus exclusively to subscribers". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Pro Baseball's Streaming Video Unit Gets Ready for a $3 Billion Spinoff by Adding Pro Hockey". Re/code. Vox Media. August 4, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "MLB's Tech Unit Wins NHL Streaming Business". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "A closer look at NHL's partnership with MLBAM". Sportsnet.ca. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Rogers Customers Vent as Free NHL Live Absent for 2018-19 Opener". iphoneincanada.ca. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- 1 2 "SN NOW+ Adds Free NHL LIVE Access and Out-of-Market Games". iphoneincanada.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ↑ "NHL back on ESPN with 7-year multiplatform deal". ESPN. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ↑ Lucia, Joe (October 7, 2022). "ESPN is rebranding the NHL out of market package as 'NHL Power Play on ESPN+'". Awful Announcing. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ↑ "NHL Live in Canada is no more, streaming now on Sportsnet Now". The Province. June 15, 2022. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ↑ McCaskill, Steve (October 25, 2022). "NHL switches to Sportradar to support international OTT platform". SportsPro. Retrieved October 31, 2022.