Eurosport Asia Pacific Gains Kontinental Hockey League Broadcasting Rights

December 3, 2012

Eurosport Asia-Pacific has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to up to 60 games of the Kontinental Hockey League per season.

The two-year agreement is a first for the top-tier Eurasian hockey league, order which has never before achieved a comparable amount of TV coverage in Asia.

The contract covers mobile and Internet rights on a non-exclusive basis.

The deal was negotiated by Infront Sports & Media. The agreement takes effect December 7 when CSKA Moscow plays Dynamo Moscow. The game will be broadcast live on Eurosport Asia-Pacific across 15 territories: Brunei, ambulance Cambodia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga and Vietnam.{jcomments on}