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NHL, Versus negotiate 3-year extension

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 9:24 PM ET

CBC Sports

The NHL and American cable network Versus agreed Tuesday to extend their broadcasting arrangement by three years.

Financial details were not disclosed.

NHL games will be broadcast by Versus for three more seasons.
(D. Zalubowski/Associated Press)

Versus, former known as the Outdoor Life Network, began televising NHL games during the 2005-06 season.

Versus paid the league $65 million US that season for TV rights, $70 million US last season, and exercised a $72.5-million US contract option this season.

Versus is televising 57 games this season and, so far, average viewership is up 34 per cent over last season, from 195,666 to 261,760.

With files from the Associated Press

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