{"id":446826,"date":"2020-09-17T07:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=446826"},"modified":"2020-09-22T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T23:03:16","slug":"international-swimming-league-signs-multi-year-media-rights-agreement-with-cbs-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/international-swimming-league-signs-multi-year-media-rights-agreement-with-cbs-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"International Swimming League Signs Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement With CBS Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Swimming League (ISL<\/a>) announced a multi-year media rights agreement with CBS Sports on Thursday to showcase the league’s events across CBS Sports platforms to the American audience, according to a release sent out by the league.<\/p>\n

The ISL, which debuted in 2019 on ESPN’s online streaming platform ESPN3, will hold its second season in Budapest, Hungary starting October 16 and will last only five weeks, due to concerns over the current COVID-19 pandemic with a strict medical protocol in place to ensure safety for all competitors and working staff. The ISL Grand Finals location and dates will be announced separately.<\/p>\n

Swimmers will be tested twice for Covid-19 before leaving their country of origin and then twice in Budapest before they can be cleared to train with athletes to be tested every five days.<\/p>\n

ISL competition will take place without spectators with five matches in October starting on 16 of that month.<\/p>\n

That will be followed by a further five from 15 November to decide the top eight teams who will qualify for the semi-finals held from 19-22 November.<\/p>\n

The top four will then progress to the final to be held in late December \u2013 date to be confirmed \u2013 and with Tokyo as the desired destination.<\/p>\n

Current schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n