RSE looks to Team Marketing model to drive rights value
US investment company RSE Ventures enjoyed a substantial increase in the value of the global media rights for the 2014 International Champions Cup, the summer friendly club tournament involving some of Europe’s top clubs.
Sportitalia: From now on we will pay all rights fees on time
Italian free-to-air sports broadcaster Sportitalia has vowed to shed its image as a late rights-fee payer, starting with this week’s deal for the 2014 Fiba World Cup.
Michele Criscitiello, director, Sportitalia
Interview with Michele Criscitiello, director of Sportitalia, on the acquisition of the rights to the Fiba World Cup and the channel’s re-launch.
Fifa: We delivered more and better
Fifa, football’s world governing body, said that Host Broadcast Services, the World Cup host broadcaster, had provided its media partners for the 2014 competition in Brazil with “more and better” coverage compared to the 2010 and 2006 tournaments.
Sky and Fox snap up football as beIN Sports hovers
Rupert Murdoch’s two Italian pay-television businesses – the Sky Italia satellite platform and the Fox Sports premium channel – reinforced their football portfolios this week as rival operator Mediaset inched closer to a deal to sell a stake in its Mediaset Premium platform to Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports.
Baseball dispute shows limits of adviser role
The breakdown of the agreement between the MP & Silva agency and the Chinese Professional Baseball League shows one of the main limitations of advisory deals compared to traditional buy-out deals, insiders say.
IMG goes back to its roots to find formula for global content markets
IMG said this week that its new merged events and media division would create efficiencies and provide opportunities that had been stymied by the compartmentalised management structure operated by private equity owners Forstmann Little prior to the sale of the agency late last year.
Reluctant sharing deal does not presage wider truce
Last week’s Serie A rights-sharing deal between Italian pay-television operators Mediaset Premium and Sky Italia does not appear to presage a wider truce between the two companies, including a sharing of Uefa Champions League rights.
Michel Masquelier, chairman, and Ioris Francini, president, IMG Events & Media
Interview with Michel Masquelier and Ioris Francini, chairman and president of IMG Events & Media respectively, on the WME/Silver Lake takeover of IMG and the creation of a new IMG division covering events and media.
The return of the telcos gathers pace
Deutsche Telekom’s surprise deal for exclusive domestic basketball rights in Germany last week is small in value but potentially rich in significance.