Hockey Night in Canada

*Hockey Night in Canada*
Hockey Night in Canada
Genre	Sports (ice hockey)
Presented by	Ron MacLean (current); George Stroumboulopoulos (starting Oct. 2014)
Narrated by	Jim Hughson; Craig Simpson; Glenn Healy; Mark Lee; Kevin Weekes; Bob Cole; Garry Galley; Dean Brown; Greg Millen; Elliotte Friedman; Scott Oake; Mitch Peacock; Bruce Rainnie; Kelly Hrudey; P.J. Stock; Mike Milbury
Theme music composer	Colin Oberst
Opening theme	"Canadian Gold"
Country of origin	Canada
Production
Camera setup	multi-camera
Running time	360 minutes+
Production companies	CBC Sports (1936-2014); Rogers Communication (as of 2014-2015)
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	November 12, 1931 –; May 16, 1976
Release	October 11, 1952 –; present

Hockey Night in Canada is a branding that is used for presentations of the National Hockey League (NHL) by CBC Sports. It started in 1931 on the CNR Radio network. It debuted on television on October 11, 1952. It has different segments during intermissions and between games including Don Cherry's Coach's Corner.

On November 26, 2013, it was announced by the NHL that they had reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion deal with Rogers Communications for exclusive television and digital rights to all their national NHL broadcasts starting at the beginning of the 2014-15 season.^[1]

References

↑ "CBC partners with Rogers in landmark NHL rights deal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2014-03-21.

Other websites

[1] "CBC partners with Rogers in landmark NHL rights deal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2014-03-21.

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