Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey
USA

NextVR and the National Hockey League (NHL), in association with Disney Streaming Services, on Thursday announced a new partnership to bring fans unique experiences in virtual reality, featuring digital…
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Finland

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (FIHA) has appointed the Commercial Sports Media agency in an advisory capacity for its forthcoming media-rights sales process
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Germany

Telekom Sport, the pay-television channel operated by German telco Deutsche Telekom, has extended a rights deal for the DEL, the country’s national ice hockey league.
Ice Hockey
Germany

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has extended its rights deal with sports broadcaster Sport1 and has agreed a new partnership with Telekom Sport, the pay-television platform telco Deutsche Telekom
American Football
USA

“New Fox” has emerged as the front-runner to buy back the regional US sports networks it will sell to Disney, a move that would protect its position as a leading sports broadcaster in the country.
Ice Hockey

The IMG agency has renewed its multi-territory betting rights deal with the NHL until 2020-21, having held rights since 2013
Ice Hockey

Scott Moore, president of Sportsnet and NHL properties at Canadian telco Rogers, will leave at the end of this month after eight years at the helm
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Norway

TV2 Norway has agreed to almost treble the value of media rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league, the Get-ligaen.
Ice Hockey
Norway

TV2 Norway has struck a six-season deal to renew its rights to the top-tier domestic ice hockey league, the Get-ligaen. The deal, announced yesterday, will run from 2018-19 to 2023-24.
Baseball
Italy

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has secured rights in Italy to the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league as it unveiled its full line-up for its launch in the country
American Football
USA

Sports-streaming service FloSports has reached an agreement with international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports to distribute a programming feed of a range of events to its subscribers in the United States
Ice Hockey
United Kingdom

The Elite Ice Hockey League, the sport’s top division in the UK, has sealed a rights deal with domestic free-to-air television channel FreeSports.
Ice Hockey
Russia

State-backed broadcaster Match TV has secured control of the official television channel of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League.
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Austria

Lagardère Sports last month secured coverage in Germany and Austria for the Kontinental Hockey League following years without a partner.

Ice Hockey
Finland

The Discovery Networks Finland division of US media company Discovery has struck a sublicensing agreement with Finnish telco Telia for rights to SM-Liiga, the top division of domestic ice hockey.

Ice Hockey
Russia

Russian state-controlled commercial broadcaster Channel One has agreed a six-year deal with the International Ice Hockey Federation for rights to its annual World Championship.

Ice Hockey
Austria

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has bolstered its ice hockey content in Germany and Austria by acquiring rights to Russian competition the Kontinental Hockey League.

Ice Hockey
Norway

Swedish media company Modern Times Group has acquired rights in Norway to the 2018 Ice Hockey World Championship.