Ice Hockey

The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association has announced a partnership with the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks, who will host two games on the 2021 Secret Dream Gap Tour next month

SAP, the Germany-based multinational enterprise software company, has extended its partnership with the National Hockey League to become the presenting sponsor of the NHL's European Game of the Week initiative

The National Hockey League’s expansion Seattle Kraken have signed a multiyear media rights agreement with Root Sports, settling the team’s regional broadcast plans in advance of the team’s scheduled debut…

Sports technology entrepreneur Aidan Cooney and Geltis, the Swedish private investment company, are among a group of new investors in Sportway, the Swedish automated production and live streaming firm…

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has renewed its rights to the National Hockey League ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season and will continue to share rights with OTT streaming service DAZN which has…

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has picked up National Hockey League rights for the next four seasons, adding to last year’s acquisition of  rights to the Austrian domestic ice hockey league.

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has agreed ‘multi-year’ regional broadcast rights extensions with the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. S

NBC Sports has announced that the National Women’s Hockey League 2021 Isobel Cup semifinals and final will air live exclusively on cable network NBCSN on February 4-5.

The value of the National Hockey League’s rights in the Nordics will triple from 2021-22 in Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s five-season renewal of the property.

Swiss League, the second-tier ice hockey league in Switzerland, has created its own limited company and hired Jean Brogle, an experienced rights executive, ahead of a proposed sale of broadcast rights

The Swedish Hockey League has ensured its long-term financial security by boosting the value of its domestic rights by over a third in a renewal with TV4 Media out to 2029-30.

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports Group has struck a long-term partnership with the American Hockey League encompassing exclusive live data and streaming rights

Commercial Sports Media, the Sweden-based sports marketing agency and consultancy, is to market international broadcast rights to Germany’s premier ice hockey league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has renegotiated and extended its deal for domestic top-tier ice hockey, increasing its rights fee from next season, while also strengthening its ties to the sport by adding all rights controlled by the national federation.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended its deal with the Infront agency for rights to key International Ski Federation (FIS), International Ice Hockey Federation and World Curling Federation events.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has retained exclusive rights to its flagship sports property in a new six-year deal with the Swedish Hockey League, the top division of ice hockey in the country

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a new deal with the NHL to renew rights across the Nordic region for a further five seasons, from 2021-22 to 2025-26

The Swiss Competition Commission (Weko) has fined telco UPC around CHF30m ($33m/€27.9