It was classic blue-and-white magic. Hannes Björninen scored the third-period winner as Finland captured its first Olympic men’s hockey gold medal ever with a 2-1 victory over the ROC team on Sunday. Coach Jukka Jalonen’s team rallied from a 1-0 first-period deficit to give their nation of 5.5 million the thrill of a lifetime.

CSM is exclusive media rights advisor for Finnish Ice Hockey Association since 2018. Congratulations to Matti Nurminen and team Finland for another astonishing achievement.

Photo from IIHF World Championships in Bratislava 2019.
A tournament that Finland also won.

Commercial Sports Media is very pleased to welcome experienced media rights expert Peter Clayden-Spence to its team of consultants. Peter will work out of the UK and will be involved across the company’s international projects.

Peter brings a wide range of competence from a variety of fields within the sport and media sector to CSM.

– Aside from media rights Peter has vast experience internationally across production, Pay TV sports channels and the betting and data rights market over the past decade, Jonas Persson, CEO of CSM, tells.

Peter’s recent work included consultancy for ATP Media to establish Tennis Data Innovations and he has previously worked with IMG, Sportradar and SkyTV.

– It’s a great time to join the team at CSM and I look forward to adding my experience their exciting new projects going forward, he commented.

CSM is currently expanding its activities both in the Nordics and into new territories in Europe. Earlier this fall CSM announced opening of business in German speaking territories when Holger Ensslin and Michael Gott joined the company.