Sportsnet and TSN renew the NBA in Canada through 2035-36 as Prime Video takes two Raptors games off Canadian TV for the first time

The NBA has locked up its Canadian television business for another decade, and the same week it confirmed that Raptors fans will have to leave Canadian TV for two games. Sportsnet and TSN each announced late on Friday, Oct. 30 that they have renewed their NBA rights through the 2035-36 season. No financial terms were released by either network or by the league.

The NBA and Rogers have renewed their media rights agreement for NBA games in Canada, through the 2035-36 season.

The 10-year agreement includes Raptors games, marquee events, plus hundreds of other NBA matchups that will continue to air nationally on Sportsnet. pic.twitter.com/2n5oqqGyd2
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 30, 2026

The 10-year Canadian renewal as announced late Friday, Oct. 30, from @Sportsnet on X.

What was renewed

The Sportsnet deal, held by Rogers, covers Raptors games, marquee events and hundreds of other NBA games that air nationally. TSN says it will remain home to live NBA coverage through the same season, including national Raptors telecasts. The two networks have split the Raptors’ schedule game by game for years. A Sportsnet spokesperson said the new agreements mirror the old ones, so that split continues, although neither side has said how the Raptors games will be divided after this season.

The length matches the league’s 11-year American deals with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon, which run through 2035-36. Ten seasons from 2026-27 ends in the same year, because Amazon’s global deal started in the United States last season and arrives in Canada only now.

The part Raptors fans will notice

That Canadian start for Amazon is the reason two Raptors games will not be on Sportsnet or TSN this season. For the first time in the team’s history, they are exclusive to Prime Video in Canada:

Friday, Nov. 20: Raptors at Pistons in Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET, which is 2:30 a.m. Cairo time on Saturday.
Thursday, Jan. 7: Timberwolves at Raptors in Toronto, 7:30 p.m. ET, which is 2:30 a.m. Cairo time on Friday, Jan. 8.

The January game is the first of three nights the Raptors are devoting to Kyle Lowry, whose No. 7 goes to the rafters on Sunday, Jan. 10. Our guide to Kyle Lowry Celebration Week has the full schedule. Lowry also works as an analyst on Amazon’s NBA broadcasts this season, so the night he is honored in Toronto will be one many fans in Canada can only see on a streaming service.

Prime Video’s Canadian package was announced as 66 regular-season games, plus NBA Cup games, the whole Play-In Tournament and select playoff games, including a conference final. If the Raptors reach the Play-In or the East final, those games are Prime’s as well. Amazon also sells NBA League Pass as an add-on channel in Canada.

What it costs to get in

There is no Prime Video-only plan in Canada. Fans need a full Amazon Prime membership, which is listed at C$9.99 a month or C$99 a year before tax. That is a different bill from the one in our look at what it costs to watch your team without cable, which priced the American market and left the Raptors out because their rights sit with TSN and Sportsnet in Canada. A Raptors fan who already pays for a Sportsnet+ or TSN plan now needs a third subscription to see every game.

Who is paying whom

The renewals come weeks after Rogers completed its purchase of full ownership of MLSE, the Raptors’ parent company, for C$4.35 billion. Rogers owns Sportsnet and, since Oct. 1, all of the team. On Raptors games the buyer of the rights and the owner of the team are now the same company. TSN belongs to Bell, a rival, and the two networks still share the schedule. Our reading is that the league-wide package, with hundreds of games and no home team attached, is where the real price competition sits.

Rogers has also been moving some of its own hockey games onto Sportsnet+ under its separate NHL deal, which is one more sign of where Canadian sports rights are heading: a bundle on television and an extra streaming service for the rest.

What we don’t know

The numbers are missing. Neither network gave a rights fee, a yearly escalator or the number of Raptors games each will get from 2027-28. We also do not know whether Prime Video’s share of Raptors games will grow from two, or whether the league will keep a Canadian simulcast option for future seasons. For now, the answer for Raptors fans is simple: Sportsnet and TSN have the games for a decade, except on Nov. 20 and Jan. 7.