no longer broadcast NHL games <\/a>after it and national rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet were unable to come to agreement on a new sublicensing deal.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s national public broadcaster retained the Hockey Night in Canada trademark should it wish to incorporate the brand into future coverage.<\/p>\n
‘New chapter’<\/p>\n
\u201cOur partnership with the PWHL opens a new chapter in sports history,\u201d Chris Wilson, CBC\u2019s executive director of Sports and Olympics, said. \u201cWe are proud to announce the return of the iconic Hockey Night in Canada brand, building on this beloved Canadian tradition with the PWHL\u2019s growing fanbase and providing audiences across the country with free access to world-class hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PWHL is expected to launch its fourth season in late November or early December, and now boasts 12 teams after adding expansion teams in Detroit, Las Vegas, San Jose, and Hamilton for the upcoming season. The full PWHL season schedule will be unveiled this Friday.<\/p>\n
Keeping with tradition, each HNIC game will feature a Canadian-based team.<\/p>\n
Amy Scheer, PWHL executive vice-president of business operations, said the partnership with CBC has been instrumental in the accessibility and growth of the league.<\/p>\n
\u201cHockey Night in Canada is a fixture in Canadian sports culture, and its Saturday night schedule has ritually captivated hockey fans for nearly a century,\u201d she said. \u201cThe opportunity to be part of this iconic brand represents another groundbreaking step for the PWHL to connect with our fans and forge new traditions together.\u201d<\/p>\n
CBC Sports Primetime premieres Oct. 3<\/p>\n
Beyond airing eight Saturday games, CBC\/Radio-Canada has acquired exclusive audio broadcast rights for all Victoire games in Canada during the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n
CBC Sports Primetime, a new weekly Saturday show hosted by Andi Petrillo, will premiere Oct. 3. Radio-Canada\u2019s new weekly Sunday show, Rendez-vous Podium, follows with an Oct. 18 debut, hosted by Jacinthe Taillon.<\/p>\n
Primetime, airing on CBC and streaming on CBC Gem, will launch with the Canada Super60 cricket league. It will feature major sporting events, professional women\u2019s sports and unmatched coverage of Canada\u2019s high performance as they compete at home and around the world, in Olympic and Paralympic sport.<\/p>\n
The October broadcast schedule will include the Grand Slam of Curling and ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re delivering on our commitment to equal coverage of women\u2019s sports across our platforms and look forward to elevating the athletes and stories at the heart of the game,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n
Radio-Canada\u2019s Rendez-vous Podium will combine athletic performances with human stories and be available on ICI Tele, the French-language general television network, on Sunday afternoons along with the ICI TOU. TV French streaming service.<\/p>\n
The series will combine live events and stories about people making a difference at the elite and amateur levels, allowing the viewer to catch up with athletes and follow their journey to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-912901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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