Ice Hockey
Infront lands contract for new European ice hockey event
The Infront Sports & Media agency has been appointed as the exclusive commercial partner for a new pan-European ice hockey club competition that is set to launch in August 2014.
NBCSN secures Notre Dame hockey rights
The NBC Sports Group division of US network NBC has agreed a three-year rights deal to annually broadcast 12 ice hockey home games featuring the Notre Dame college on pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 26 to October 9
Media rights clips from 26 September to 9 October
NHL’s Sabres make broadcast breakthrough with Bell deal
NHL ice hockey franchise the Buffalo Sabres have agreed a television rights deal with Canadian telecommunications company Bell, giving the team a major broadcast footprint in the Southern Ontario region for the first time.
NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes seal local rights deal
NHL ice hockey franchise the Phoenix Coyotes have agreed a one-year local television rights deal with independent broadcaster 3TV and its sister station CW6.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 12 to September 25
Media rights clips from 12 September to 25 September
SuperSport picks up NHL coverage
Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for North America’s NHL ice hockey league.
RTR in negotiations over NHL rights deal
Russian free-to-air broadcaster RTR has said that it is in talks with the NHL to acquire rights for the North American ice hockey league, according to the Sports.ru website.
Record viewing figures for 2013 IIHF World Championship
Infront Sports & Media, the official media and marketing agency of the International Ice Hockey Federation, has revealed record viewing figures for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship national team tournament.
Big Ten details television coverage for new ice hockey championship
The Big Ten Conference US college sports organisation has said at least 70 games from its inaugural season of men’s ice hockey will be afforded television coverage.
CBS Sports Network offers national exposure to Atlantic Hockey
Ice hockey’s Atlantic Hockey Association will receive national exposure this season after the CBS Sports Network pay-television channel, which is operated by US network CBS, acquired rights to two games from the organisation.
Olaf Schroeder, chief editor and programme director, Sport1
Interview with Olaf Schroeder, chief editor and programme director of Sport1, on the broadcaster’s recent rights acquisitions and its position in the German market.
SBS Discovery to drop rights to Ice Hockey World Championship
Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has said it has no intention of acquiring the Norwegian rights to ice hockey’s 2014 World Championship, according to the VG newspaper.
TSN and RDS stay on the ice with Hockey Canada
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN and French-language sister network RDS have signed a new 10-year rights agreement, from 2014 to 2023, with Hockey Canada, the governing body of ice hockey in the country.
Chello Central Europe in new KHL ice hockey deal
Liberty Global-owned broadcaster Chello Central Europe has renewed rights for Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the next three years, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From May 16 to May 29
ITT launched for rights to new European ice hockey competition
The International Ice Hockey Federation has issued an invitation-to-tender for the commercial rights to a new European club competition, which aims to launch in 2014.