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New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 7:20 am
by paulwoods13
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 10:30 am
by argolio
If Mister AI is to be believed, the deal runs from 2027-32 and is worth $500 million, or $83 million/year.
Deal that ends after this season is worth $50 million/year.
Not bad.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 12:03 pm
by Scooter McCray
argolio wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 10:30 am
If Mister AI is to be believed, the deal runs from 2027-32 and is worth $500 million, or $83 million/year.
Deal that ends after this season is worth $50 million/year.
Not bad.
66% increase in revenue. Not bad. Good job StewJo. Thats what he was hired to do. He just put another $2 million into owners hands and $2 million into players hands per team.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 12:42 pm
by ArgoRavi
Scooter McCray wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 12:03 pm
argolio wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 10:30 am
If Mister AI is to be believed, the deal runs from 2027-32 and is worth $500 million, or $83 million/year.
Deal that ends after this season is worth $50 million/year.
Not bad.
66% increase in revenue. Not bad. Good job StewJo. Thats what he was hired to do. He just put another $2 million into owners hands and $2 million into players hands per team.
Most teams should be profitable or at least within reach of profitability with this deal.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 1:19 pm
by Scooter McCray
ArgoRavi wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 12:42 pm
Scooter McCray wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 12:03 pm
argolio wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 10:30 am
If Mister AI is to be believed, the deal runs from 2027-32 and is worth $500 million, or $83 million/year.
Deal that ends after this season is worth $50 million/year.
Not bad.
66% increase in revenue. Not bad. Good job StewJo. Thats what he was hired to do. He just put another $2 million into owners hands and $2 million into players hands per team.
Most teams should be profitable or at least within reach of profitability with this deal.
Hopefully potential owners PRICK up their ears in Quebec City or Maritimes. For a football mad province like Quebec, never understood why QCity has never embraced the CFL. It would certainly look good on them in reacquiring NHL team which they fully embrace.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 5:17 pm
by paulwoods13
It was essential to get more revenue, and it wasn't going to be easy given that there are likely no other conventional broadcasters bidding and the giant streamers like Netflix and Prime would have little to no interest in such a small league in a small country. So overall they did very well, growing annual revenue from about $50m to about $83m. Getting DAZN and YouTube on board is also very smart although it will drive some existing fans nuts because of the cost of DAZN.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 6:41 pm
by Scooter McCray
paulwoods13 wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 5:17 pm
It was essential to get more revenue, and it wasn't going to be easy given that there are likely no other conventional broadcasters bidding and the giant streamers like Netflix and Prime would have little to no interest in such a small league in a small country. So overall they did very well, growing annual revenue from about $50m to about $83m. Getting DAZN and YouTube on board is also very smart although it will drive some existing fans nuts because of the cost of DAZN.
DAZN will put many more global eyeballs on the CFL than the global player initiative was doing, which in turn will generate more revenue and create greater interest and awareness for global players to come play here and so on, and so on. Curious to see the on air talent DAZN and YouTube use next year.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 9:28 am
by gilthethrill
This is great news for the league. Not sure how I will manage another streaming subscription, but I have a year to figure that out.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 9:58 am
by ARGO57
paulwoods13 wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2026 5:17 pm
It was essential to get more revenue, and it wasn't going to be easy given that there are likely no other conventional broadcasters bidding and the giant streamers like Netflix and Prime would have little to no interest in such a small league in a small country. So overall they did very well, growing annual revenue from about $50m to about $83m. Getting DAZN and YouTube on board is also very smart although it will drive some existing fans nuts because of the cost of DAZN.
I agree, overall a very good development for the CFL.
Re: New TV/streaming deal
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 1:49 pm
by RichK
With revenues increasing 60% we have to assume the salary cap will increase by 60% too, which would take it to around $10M. This could be a real game-changer for the league.
I heard Naylor say that once non-QBs start making around $500k in the CFL, there will be a lot more top- level Americans willing to play up here. Maybe even some aging big names who would attract tons of attention to the league.