The NHL and Rogers Communications announced a new 12-year national media rights deal Wednesday to air games on multiple platforms in Canada. The agreement, which was first reported Monday, is valued at $11 billion Canadian dollars,

The NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications on a 12-year, $7.7 US billion media rights agreement in Canada.

Canada's Rogers Communications announced on Wednesday a new 12-year agreement worth C$11 billion ($7.68 billion) to secure media rights for the National Hockey League (NHL) games across all platforms in Canada.

Rogers has held the national broadcast rights for NHL games in Canada since the 2014-15 season and will continue to do so through the 2037-38 season.

The renewed Rogers-NHL broadcasting rights deal has been confirmed on Wednesday, after earlier reports that claimed a deal was in the works. Rogers has signed a 12-year, $11 billion CAD deal to keep national broadcasting rights for NHL games in Canada through the 2037-38 season.