Broadcasting

135.1The broadcast and/or transmission rights are subject to the copyright remaining the property of the IIHF.

135.2Host’s Rights and Obligations

a.The non-exclusive TV rights granted to the Host shall be limited to the free to air terrestrial based transmission of the Championship solely to the national territory of the Host during and not longer than three (3) days following the conclusion of the Championship.

b.The Host shall inform the IIHF of all international and national requests and/or enquiries regarding the broadcasting of the Championship. The IIHF will review all such requests including cabling, satellite, pay per view, pay per request and other distribution opportunities with the Host.

c.The IIHF retains the right to enter agreements with TV stations and web casting providers that transmit their program cross-nationally (e.g. Eurosport, ESPN etc.).

d.The Host’s rights and obligations regarding the production of the game feed shall be in accordance with the Host Country Contract.

e.The Host shall ensure that all televised games from include the animated official Championship logo. This identification is compulsory in all Championship broadcasts. The official Championship logo is to be included in all promotional and actual broadcast trailers, opening titles, teasers and closing credits as well as broadcast inserts during the coverage, i.e. game statistics, scores, standings, etc. All identifications must be approved in writing by the IIHF no later than thirty (30) days prior to the start of the Championship.The Host shall not be permitted to sell television broadcasting and/or transmission rights to any broadcaster and/or station carrying the signal from the Championship to be re-financed, sponsored, and/or presented by any company and/or product and/or service which conflicts with the current IIHF Sponsor and/or advertiser product or service categories as specified in the HCC. In addition, the Host shall ensure, in conjunction with the broadcasting and/or transmission of the Event or in any print media and/or electronic media advertising, that there is no advertising of any company and/or product and/or service that conflicts with current IIHF sponsor and/or partner product or service categories as specified in the HCC. The advertising of any company that conflicts with the exclusivity category of the IIHF Supplier Pool Members is permitted; however, such companies are strictly prohibited from having any visibility of their products during the Event.

f.Requests to use commercial breaks during televised games have to be approved by the IIHF before any TV contract including this right may be signed.

g.For the broadcast production or (live) stream produced by the Host in accordance with the granted broadcasting rights, the Host shall guarantee that the production level meets professional standards.

h.Within seven (7) days of completion of the Championship, the Host must provide to the IIHF a complete list of national and international networks broadcasting the Championship, with a list of the televised games including date(s), countries, name(s) of the station(s), game number(s), game(s), venue(s), time of the day, duration in minutes, number of viewers, and the format (live, delayed live, highlights, magazine) in all networks.

135.3Game Footage Distribution

a.After each game, the Host shall provide to each Participating Team a digital copy of their own games.

b.One digital copy after each game shall be provided to the IIHF Officiating Coaches for their review and educational use.

c.The Host shall make digital copies of all games available upon request of the participating teams at a moderate cost.

d.Not later than seven (7) days after the conclusion of the Championship, the Host is obliged to send to a complete set of digital copies of all games played at the Championship to the IIHF office.