Ice Hockey

The Professional Women’s Hockey League, the new top-tier women’s league for ice hockey in North America, prioritised exposure in its media rights deals for 2024 as it seeks to develop strong viewership for forthcoming seasons.
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The National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes have announced a direct-to-consumer platform with video technology provider Kiswe giving local fans another place to watch in-market games through the team's…

Latvia’s public broadcaster has retained rights to ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a long-term agreement with the Infront agency.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League secured broadcast deals with TSN and Sporstnet, among others, in North America ahead of its inaugural season, which began yesterday (Monday).
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The National Hockey League and Diamond Sports Group (DSG) have reached an agreement to keep 11 NHL teams on Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs) through the end of the season

The National Hockey League (NHL) has become the fourth North American major sports league to align with Deltatre, with the sports technology company introducing a new digital experience.

Commercial Sports Media (CSM) has retained its broadcast advisory work with the Finnish Ice Hockey Association (FIHA) in a deal that kicks in with the cycle beginning in 2026-27

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) has upheld a ruling by the country’s competition watchdog against telco UPC Switzerland for anti-competitive practices regarding its domestic broadcast distribution o…
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The National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes is seeking $17.9m (€16.8m) from Diamond Sports Group (DSG), the owners and operators of Bally Sports Network regional sports networks.
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The National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes has agreed a multi-year deal with Scripps Sports to televise all locally broadcast Coyotes games after the Coyotes and Diamond Sports Group (DSG) ended the…

Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has criticised the award of rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league to TV Joj after failing to reach terms on a sublicensing deal with the commercial network.

Switzerland’s second-tier ice hockey competition, the Swiss League, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster Sky and media group CH Media during the upcoming 2023-24 season.
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The National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights has agreed a multi-year deal with streaming distributer ViewLift for a streaming service for the team's local broadcasts

Sportway Media Group (SMG) has agreed a deal with the Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF), the automated production and live streaming firm's first agreement in a Baltic country

Telecoms operator O2 has secured the lion’s share of domestic broadcast rights to the Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in the Czech Republic, while Spring Media has retained the international rights a…

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
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The National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights have signed a multi-year deal with Scripps to air games on local station KMCC-TV

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.