MONTREAL – RDS and the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens signed a new 12-year regional broadcast rights agreement making RDS the team's official broadcaster through the 2025-2026 season. In addition, RDS' parent company Bell will retain naming rights to the Bell Centre through 2028.
The agreement includes broadcast rights for 60 regular-season games as well as additional pre-season games each season in the team's designated broadcast region. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Montreal Canadiens games have been a cornerstone of RDS programming for the past two decades and our commitment to covering the team and the league has never been stronger," said RDS president Gerry Frappier, in the announcement. "This agreement with the Canadiens is a testament to the great spirit of partnership we have built with the team over the years, and to the industry-leading coverage our world-class broadcast team delivers on a daily basis."
RDS has been broadcasting Montreal Canadiens games since 1992, and became the official broadcaster in 2002.
