Ice Hockey
SBS picks up ice hockey rights from TV4
Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has sublicensed free-to-air rights for the Swedish SM-Liiga ice hockey tournament to pan-Nordic broadcaster SBS
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From December 6 to December 19
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Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster Megavisión acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 22 to December 5
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Football: The IMG Media agency agreed a three-year extension to its deal for the media rights on aeroplanes and ships for English Premier League football, from 2013-14 to 2015-16
US sports TV subscribers sue leagues and broadcasters
US pay-television subscribers have been granted permission to pursue a lawsuit accusing several television networks, the Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League of antitrust violations related…
Eurosport Asia-Pacific to show Russian KHL ice hockey
Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport Asia-Pacific has acquired exclusive rights for Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)
SRG SSR extends Spengler Cup deal
Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey competition for five years, from 2012 to 2016
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 8 to November 21
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Football: Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV acquired the rights to the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup from the Traffic Sports agency
Big rights-fee increases continue but key Middle East talks drag on
Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge
ESPN America acquires AHL rights
Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for ice hockey’s American Hockey League, a feeder league to the National Hockey League, for t…
ARD and ZDF shake up Sunday coverage
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have agreed to adapt their schedules to provide coverage of the country’s top ice hockey, handball and basketball leagues on Sundays.
MTG bid for Danish dominance under scrutiny
MTG takeover of TV2 Sport will create dominant player
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 27 to October 10
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Football: Uefa, football’s European governing body, appointed newly-created company CAA Eleven as its global sales agent for the European Qualifiers package of media rights.
ESPN3 to show exiled NHL stars in Russia
Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced a one-year rights deal covering the 2012-13 season with sports broadcaster ESPN in North America and the UK
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 13 to September 26
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Football: US Spanish-language sports broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights to the Germany and France national teams’ home qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
America One snaps up internet ice hockey rights
US ice hockey competition the Central Hockey League has sold its internet coverage rights to online sports video portal America One Sports in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Contrasting fortunes for IOC in Canada and China
Big jump in China, big drop in Canada for 2014-16 Games