Global sports streaming platform DAZN has agreed a new tie-up with North America’s elite National Hockey League (NHL), becoming the global carrier of the league’s NHL.TV international streaming service.
The multi-year deal will begin with the upcoming 2025-26 NHL campaign, ahead of which the NHL.TV service will be migrated to the DAZN platform, with current subscribers set to receive instructions on how these changes may affect them.
DAZN will carry NHL.TV as both a standalone service, and as a paid add-on to its existing packages.
NHL.TV is the international streaming option for NHL games, and as such is unavailable in the US and Canada, as well as the Nordic region of Europe Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) where the league has a strong TV partnership with Viaplay.
Additionally, in active NHL.TV markets, certain games earmarked for linear TV coverage (for example, in Germany and Austria where Sky holds rights) will be blacked out while live, then added to NHL.TV on-demand after-the-fact.
The 2025-26 NHL season will begin on October 7, and then run through the season-ending Stanley Cup playoffs in June 2026.
Speaking on the new partnership with DAZN, NHL chief operating officer Steve McArdle has commented: “The NHL is a global League, and with 30 percent of our Players born outside of North America, engaging our international fans is a significant priority.
“Media distribution is at the core of our global strategy, and we are thrilled to partner with DAZN to continue to expand our global reach and engage with our fast-growing international fan base.
“Our shared commitment to innovation, gold standard technology and providing an exceptional content delivery service will allow us to deliver NHL content to hockey fans around the world on the platforms they prefer.”
DAZN chief executive Shay Segev added: “By combining the NHL’s thrilling content with DAZN’s global platform and best-in-class technology, we’re unlocking new ways for fans to connect with the game they love -- anytime, anywhere, and on any device."
For DAZN, the addition of NHL.TV expands its roster of carriage deals for major sports properties, which, among others, includes the National Football League’s NFL Game Pass, PGA Tour Golf’s PGA Tour Pass, and the FIBA basketball governing body’s Courtside 1891 service.
