Ice Hockey

The Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EHL) has agreed a three-year extension to its exclusive broadcast rights deal with the Sportsman Media Group.

A buy-out deal for ESPN America could be weeks away, with Setanta, Chello and Eurosport all in the frame

FOOTBALL Football: The MP & Silva agency acquired exclusive media rights in Vietnam for the 2014 Fifa World Cup

The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.

FOOTBALL Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired exclusive rights for Uefa Euro 2016

German newspaper publisher Axel Springer has acquired live rights for online coverage of the finals of the 2013 German Ice Hockey Cup competition

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…

C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders

FOOTBALL Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches

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 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 buys more MLS rights

ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty

FOOTBALL Football: Spanish broadcaster Mediaset acquired rights for Spain national team games until June 2014, and the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired regional rights for games featuring the Vancouver Canucks NHL ice hockey team

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W

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.