![]() ![]() The worst case scenario for Comcast-owned NBC, which holds the exclusive national broadcast rights to NHL games, is for the entire upcoming season to be canceled. As of Wednesday afternoon, talks between the two sides had not yet resumed. The league’s owners have said they would lock out players if a deal is not reached by a Sept. ![]() Labor talks between the NHL and the union representing its players broke down last week over economic issues such as revenue sharing. A strike or delay in the upcoming NHL season would throw cold water on the momentum it built up from the London Olympics, which nightly averaged 31.3 million viewers for the network. Hockey is a linchpin of NBC Sports programming - the network signed a new $2 billion, 10-year contract with the league last year. ![]()
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