Ice Hockey

Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom has filed a complaint against rival telco UPC to the country’s Competition Commission (Weko) over the latter’s failure to grant access to its exclusive ice hockey rights to all operators.

Pay-television broadcaster Superswiss has acquired rights for the German ice hockey league, the DEL, in the US.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in the US major leagues: MLB, the NBA, the NFL and the NHL

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has unveiled a six-week virtual reality trial in what it claims will set a first for broadcasts of ice hockey league the NHL.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured a series of rights deals for upcoming seasons of the Champions Hockey League pan-European ice hockey club competition.

Finnish commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 acquired a package of ice hockey rights from Infront Sports & Media, negotiating a slightly reduced fee, as local broadcasters wait on the upcoming sale of domestic ice hockey rights.

SportsNet New York and rival local broadcaster MSG Network have sealed separate deals to stream live coverage of several of New York’s major league sports franchises.

The North American NHL ice hockey league has signed a long-term strategic partnership with Chinese internet company Tencent.

Finnish commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 has extended rights deals with the Infront Sports & Media agency covering a range of top ice hockey events.

The Commercial Sports Media agency is confident it can grow the value of SM-Liiga domestic media rights despite a tricky local market. CSM was last week appointed as the top-tier Finnish ice hockey league’s adviser.

Digital sports news agency SendtoNews has secured a digital rights distribution deal with North American ice hockey league the NHL.

SM-Liiga, the top division of ice hockey in Finland, has appointed the Commercial Sports Media agency to aid its upcoming media rights sales process.

US media company NBCUniversal has announced it will broadcast live coverage of the NHL North American ice hockey league’s 2017 All-Star Game on the NBC network.

US ice hockey competition the National Women’s Hockey League has agreed a rights deal for its second season with live and on demand video news network Cheddar.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey competition for five years, from 2017 to 2021.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Netherlands has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with North American ice hockey league the NHL.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended a rights deal for North American ice hockey league the NHL.