TSN nabs TV, radio rights to Winnipeg Jets; will launch TSN Jets channel next month

WINNIPEG – TSN has locked up a10-year deal for the regional television broadcast rights for the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets, plus the radio rights for Bell Media-owned Winnipeg station Sports Radio 1290.As part of the agreement, TSN will air more than 60 regional regular season and pre-season games each season to fans in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and parts of Northwestern Ontario, (including Kenora, Dryden and Thunder Bay), on its newly created specialty channel TSN Jets, a part-time television service dedicated to Jets games. The new channel will launch on September 20th in SD and HD on Bell TV.TSN will also broadcast...