SRG and SIHF extend contract
SRG and the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) are extending their partnership agreement for another five seasons, through the 2016–17 season. Under the new agreement, SRG stations are guaranteed live coverage of one game in each playoff round.
In future, SRF, RTS and RSI television will broadcast the quarter-final, semi-final and final series of the playoffs live from the first round onwards, as SRG wrote in a press release on Tuesday. SRG will have a choice of two games per round in the quarter-finals and one game per round in the semi-finals. SRG broadcasters will cover the 300 matches in the regular season (qualifying phase) in their current sports programs. RSI broadcasts the Ticino derbies live during the regular season.
On behalf of the SIHF, SRG will continue to produce the television signals for all games of the Swiss National League A ice hockey championship (up to 377 games) for its own broadcasters as well as for the SIHF pay distributor Cinetrade. SRG will continue to produce and broadcast the international matches of the Swiss men's A national team as before. SRG is negotiating the broadcast of the Spengler Cup directly with the organizer, HC Davos. Negotiations are still ongoing.
