Ice Hockey

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired the exclusive media rights in Switzerland to a number of major international events across the three winter sport disciplines of ice hockey, bobsleigh/skeleton and curling.

Pay-television broadcaster C More last week agreed the most valuable Swedish sports-rights deal in history, paying an increase of about 90 per cent to renew Swedish Hockey League rights.

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has signed a long-term extension to its rights deal with North American ice hockey league the NHL.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has bolstered its coverage of domestic ice hockey by extending a rights deal with the HockeyAllsvenskan.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights for the Swedish Hockey League, the top division of ice hockey in the country.

The German handball league, the Handball-Bundesliga, will receive bids for its domestic media rights one week from today, TV Sports Markets understands.

Red Star Kunlun’s entry as the first Chinese team in the Kontinental Hockey League has helped the league massively increase its exposure, but is yet to have any impact on its bottom line.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, an international ice hockey tournament, as well as the NHL North American ice hockey league.

The Sport 24 in-flight and in-ship channel has acquired rights to North American ice hockey league the NHL and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey national team tournament, which begins on Saturday.

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights to the forthcoming World Cup of Hockey tournament.

The Infront Sports & Media agency will pay about double its current outlay for Champions Hockey League media and marketing rights in a bid to have greater control over the competition, TV Sports Markets understands.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights deal for the NHL North American ice hockey league.

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has acquired rights to North American ice hockey league the NHL.

Organisers of the Champions Hockey League have said media rights for the 2016-17 season of the pan-European ice hockey competition have been sold to 17 broadcasters and digital platforms worldwide, with new partners included in the roster.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 and online platform Laola1.tv have sealed rights extensions for the Champions Hockey League, the pan-European ice hockey competition.

A new platform dedicated to coverage of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the top division of ice hockey in Germany, will be launched by telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom ahead of the start of the new season.

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports is close to renewing its deal for National Hockey League rights in the UK for which it will pay an increase of about 25 per cent, TV Sports Markets understands.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to this year’s edition of ice hockey’s World Cup of Hockey national team event.