IIHF World Championship
Latvian public broadcaster makes five-year IIHF rights commitment
Latvia’s public broadcaster has retained rights to ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a long-term agreement with the Infront agency.
Infront takes athletics, handball, ice hockey and skating to Nordic market
The Infront agency is engaged in broadcast rights sales processes in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden for leading athletics, handball, ice hockey and ice skating content
Polsat to broadcast Poland’s historic IIHF World Championship return
Polsat, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in Poland to six editions of the annual IIHF World Championship, with ice hockey on the rise in the country
ProSiebenSat.1 lands IIHF World Championship free-to-air rights
Commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired free-to-air rights in Germany to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship as part of a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.TV, SportBusiness understands.
ProSiebenSat.1 ploy helps DOSB New Media land ice hockey rights
Streaming platform operator DOSB New Media formed a joint ticket with its former owner, commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, to secure a wide-ranging package of ice hockey rights in Germany and Austria.
Sportdeutschland.TV lands major ice hockey rights package from Infront
Sportdeutschland.TV, the streaming platform of DOSB New Media, has agreed a wide-ranging ice hockey rights deal with the Infront agency, which includes the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship.
Fanseat adds World Championship to ice hockey coverage in France
Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has further bolstered its ice hockey coverage in France by acquiring rights to the forthcoming 2022 World Championship
Infront and IIHF launch fan-focused esports tournament streamed on Twitch
The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced plans to host its first Esports Fan Championship later this month
ORF seals wide-ranging EHF, IIHF and ISU rights deal with Infront
Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF agreed a new multi-faceted deal with the Infront agency for rights to European Handball Federation, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Skating…
Infront begins to cover IIHF costs in exclusive Nordics Nent deal
Infront has sealed a big increase in value for International Ice Hockey Federation rights across the Nordics, in a deal with the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group that will help cover the increased costs of its own recently-signed global rights agreement.
Nent seals more exclusive winter sports with IIHF Infront deal
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group continues to pick up exclusive winter sports rights in the Nordics, agreeing a new deal until 2028 with the Infront agency for International Ice Hockey Federation…
Infront doubles outlay, enhances cooperation to secure long-term IIHF deal
The Infront agency has almost doubled the value of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s global media and marketing rights and promised future digital investment and collaboration to seal a 10-year agreement.
Infront retains IIHF business in deal worth over CHF500m
The Infront agency has signed a 10-year extension to its media and sponsorship rights sales agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation
FloSports lands US rights to IIHF World Championship
Streaming service FloSports has secured rights in the US to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2019 Men’s World Championship.
Nent Group acquires IIHF World Championship rights in Norway
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights in Norway to the next five editions of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship
MTG renews NHL but misses out on IIHF rights in Sweden
Multi-territory broadcaster Modern Times Group renewed National Hockey League rights across the Nordics late last month, but missed out on the sport’s World Championship rights in Sweden.