Infront Sports & Media Inks Long-Term Media Rights Deals For IIHF World Championships

Infront Sports & Media and the Int'l Ice Hockey Federation signed a series of media rights agreements on a long-term basis with leading broadcasters in Canada, Denmark and Germany. All games of the '18-23 tournaments will be broadcast in Canada by TSN and RDS, in Denmark by TV2 Danmark and in Germany by Sport1. The rights covered by all agreements include full-length, highlights, live and delayed transmissions on a free and pay basis across most media platforms (including TV, mobile and Internet). Starting in '18, TSN and RDS will continue to broadcast comprehensive live coverage of the tournament across the networks' slate of linear TV channels and digital platforms. TV2 Danmark will broadcast live all Danish games, the semifinals and medal games on its TV channel TV2Sport and all additional games either on TV2Sport or its OTT platform TV2Play. Sport1 has committed to broadcast live 30 games on its free-TV channel as well as all additional games on its pay-TV channel (Infront).