Ice Hockey
CHL switches from Blue Sport to MySports in Switzerland after sublicensing deal
Swiss pay-television broadcaster MySports has acquired rights to ice hockey’s Champions Hockey League ahead of the start of the new season on September 1.
NHL sees sizable lift in Stanley Cup Finals ratings to historic norm
Walt Disney Co. sees strong viewership in return to NHL championship coverage
Deutsche Telekom pays more than double for early renewal of DEL
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) has signed a lucrative deal with Deutsche Telekom, striking an early domestic rights renewal on the back of strong competition from nascent streaming platform S Nation Media.
Bonnier News secures centralised rights to Swedish ice hockey pre-season games
Swedish media house Bonnier News and its news brand Expressen have secured rights to at least 50 pre-season games per year featuring clubs from Sweden’s second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan.
Telia renews SM-Liiga at slight increase in wake of pandemic
Telco Telia’s extension of its exclusive rights deal for Finland’s SM-Liiga will see the league’s rights fee continue to escalate until the end of 2026-27.
SRG SSR retains Swiss national team rights to 2028
SRG SSR, the Swiss public broadcaster, will continue to show the matches of the Swiss national ice hockey teams after reaching a new agreement with the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF)
Telia extends Liiga deal to 2027
Telco Telia has extended its agreement for rights to Finland’s SM-Liiga, the top ice hockey league in the country, from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Deutsche Telekom seals early extension to DEL rights deal
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) has extended its rights agreement with telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom, which will continue to show all games from Germany’s premier ice hockey competition on its M…
NHL almost doubles value in Germany and Austria with Sky
The National Hockey League doubled the value of its rights across Germany and Austria this season on the back of strong competition, with Sky Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 sharing the property during 2021-22.
Fanseat adds World Championship to ice hockey coverage in France
Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has further bolstered its ice hockey coverage in France by acquiring rights to the forthcoming 2022 World Championship
NHL Panthers extend Bally Sports Florida rights deal
Team sharply elevates what was one of the smallest local deals in US pro sports
NHL and KSW added to Viaplay’s UK portfolio
Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has added the National Hockey League and Poland-based MMA promotion KSW to its offering in the UK
DEL appoints Commercial Sports Media as exclusive media rights advisor
Germany’s premier ice hockey competition, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), has engaged Sweden-based sports marketing agency Commercial Sports Media to advise on its upcoming media rights sales process.
Blow for Swiss public broadcaster as CH Media nets domestic ice hockey rights
SRF, the German-language arm of Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR, has missed out on a package of sublicensed rights to Switzerland’s top-tier ice hockey league.
Kraken to feature NHL’s first all-Black broadcast team
JT Brown and Everett Fitzhugh will become the first all-Black broadcast team in National Hockey League history when the Seattle Kraken face the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on February 17.
NHL, Telstra strike five-year international distribution deal
The National Hockey League and Australian telco Telstra have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year to viewers around the world using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN).
RTVS retains Slovak ice hockey league rights
Slovak public-service broadcaster RTVS has secured exclusive rights to the domestic tip-tier hockey league, the Tipos Extraliga for another three seasons
Yandex secures NHL media rights extension in Russia
Russian internet group Yandex has extended its media rights agreement with the National Hockey League through the 2023-24 season