Ice Hockey
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 21 to April 17
FOOTBALL
Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired exclusive rights for Uefa Euro 2016
Springer acquires rights for ice hockey finals
German newspaper publisher Axel Springer has acquired live rights for online coverage of the finals of the 2013 German Ice Hockey Cup competition
Premier Sports to bring live international ice hockey to the UK
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired live rights to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2013 World Championship, marking the first time the event has been afforded live coverage i…
League enjoys modest increase as C More renews
C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 7 to March 20
FOOTBALL
Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches
EXCLUSIVE: NHL considers European TV channel
North American ice hockey’s National Hockey League is understood to be looking into launching a dedicated NHL channel in Europe from next season, 2013-14.
C More retains Swedish ice hockey league rights
C More Entertainment, the premium pay-television arm of Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 Group, has acquired rights for the Elitserien, the top division of ice hockey in Sweden
Time Warner adds more MLS
Time Warner buys more MLS rights
Suitors lining up to buy profitable ESPN America
ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 24 to February 6
FOOTBALL
Football: Spanish broadcaster Mediaset acquired rights for Spain national team games until June 2014, and the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup
Sportsnet extends Canucks coverage
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired regional rights for games featuring the Vancouver Canucks NHL ice hockey team
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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Sport Plus to show Olympic ice hockey qualifiers
French pay-television channel Sport Plus has acquired rights for an ice hockey Olympic Games men’s qualifying tournament in Latvia next month, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.
Russian state broadcaster fails to reach NHL deal
Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has been unable to reach a deal to show games from North America’s NHL ice hockey competition this season, according to the R-Sport news website.
NESN to produce AHL All-Star event
US regional cable-television broadcaster NESN will produce coverage of the 2013 American Hockey League All-Star ice hockey event later this month
TV4 sports cost-cutting done
TV4 offloads ice hockey in final round of cuts
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times