Viaplay will become home to the National Hockey League (NHL) and KSW mixed martial arts (MMA) in the UK. Up to 1,400 games from the ice hockey league will be shown on Viaplay every year until 2027, alongside 12 high-impact live events from Europe’s leading MMA promotion annually until 2025. Viaplay will launch in the […] More
As part of the National Hockey League’s continued commitment to fans abroad, the NHL and its international broadcast partners will increase the number of primetime live game broadcasts in Europe during the 2021-22 season. The new NHL Saturday and NHL Sunday (formerly NHL European Game of the Week) weekly broadcast windows will deliver 36 games to […] More
The Switch showcased its ability to support social media sports coverage when it powered an entire schedule of Twitter Live pre-game programming for the National Hockey League (NHL) 2021 Stanley Cup tournament. The company deployed a comprehensive suite of live video production and delivery services to support a virtualised production of 21 pre-game Twitter shows. Beginning […] More
When the NHL announced last month that it had selected SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology) to deliver its new puck- and player-tracking system, it marked a major step forward in what has been a long odyssey for the league. With the season now under way, NHL and SMT efforts are in full swing with plans to have […] More
The US National Hockey League (NHL) has announced the addition of two broadcast agreements that will provide live game coverage of the NHL in the Ukraine, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. More
The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK | RTR) has signed an agreement giving it the rights to telecast live NHL games. The plan is to show multiple games each week, which will be shared between the free-to-air channel Rossiya 2 and the sports channel Sport 1. Rossiya 2 is received by a […] More
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a multi-year deal giving the Scandinavian broadcaster the rights to telecast every NHL game live via television, mobile and broadband throughout the Nordic region. More
