National Hockey League (NHL)
Sport1 US on the ice for NHL coverage
Sport1 US, the US-focused sports pay-television channel that is operated by German commercial broadcaster Sport1, has acquired rights for the North American NHL ice hockey league.
Sport1 snaps up MLB rights and looks to add the NHL
Sport1 acquires MLB baseball rights in Germany
First steps on long road for new elite Euro competition
Infront strikes first deals for new Champions Hockey League
Rogers details NHL coverage plans
The Rogers Communications telecommunications company has confirmed that it will show 500 regular-season NHL games across 13 different channels in Canada during the 2014-15 season as part of a new 12-year rights deal with the North American ice hockey league.
TSN vows to fight back against Rogers
TSN will be “aggressive” in bidding for sports rights after it was outbid by telecommunications company Rogers Communications for NHL ice hockey rights in Canada, according to Phil King, the president of CTV programming and sports at the pay-television sports broadcaster’s parent company, Bell Media.
NHL Network and NHL.com to show IIHF Junior Championships
North America’s NHL ice hockey league has agreed a US rights deal for the 2014 World Junior Championship, with games being broadcast through league-owned cable and satellite television channel NHL Network and official website NHL.com.
Protecting the pay-TV model was behind Rogers’ record-breaking deal
Massive Rogers deal for NHL rights in Canada shows how much pay-TV fears the ‘cord-cutters’
ESPN exit strategy questioned despite good German deal
In its haste to exit the UK, ESPN may have missed an opportunity with its ESPN America channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tennis, skiing, boxing, darts, athletics and more
Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.