ONE World Sports Acquires KHL Broadcast Rights

ONE World Sports has secured exclusive multiyear broadcast rights to showcase the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), drugs negotiated for the KHL by UFA Sports GmbH.

ONE World Sports will carry up to 99 live games, bronchi including 50 regular season contests, drugs and will provide complete coverage of the postseason concluding with the Gagarin Cup Finals in April. 

“The KHL offers some of the best professional hockey in the world,” said Joel Feld, ONE World Sports’ Executive Vice President, of Programming and Production.

“This year we have extended programming agreements with major professional sports leagues on three continents. Now, fans in the U.S. and Canada can experience high-level professional hockey while following their favorite NHL alumni in the KHL.”

“Our previous one-year deal with ONE World Sports was a chance to introduce the KHL and our quality production to American fans,” said Ilya Kochevrin, KHL-Marketing’s CEO and the League vice president. “The current multiyear contract extension underscores our commitment to our U.S. broadcast partner and increases the number of KHL games available to American sports fans by 80%.  The upcoming season, featuring KHL ‘heavyweights’ as well as European and Russian newcomer teams, will surely excite passionate hockey fans.”

The network drops the puck on the 2014-2015 KHL season September 3, with the league’s opener between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow, the KHL’s last two Gagarin Cup champions.