Infront makes €5.5bn offer to retain Serie A contract
The Infront Sports & Media agency, media-rights sales adviser to the Lega Serie A, has offered to guarantee the league media-rights income of €5.5bn ($7.5bn) over the six seasons from 2015 to 2021 to retain its role with the top division of Italian football.
Discovery and TF1 change boundaries in Eurosport deal – report
American media and entertainment company Discovery Communications is keen to complete a takeover of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport ahead of the original schedule drawn up in December 2012, according to French newspaper Les Echos.
FIC set to acquire Setanta Africa
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has agreed a deal to acquire pay-television sports broadcaster Setanta Africa, which operates in the sub-Saharan region of the continent.
IEC in Sports extends Asian table tennis mandate
The Asian Table Tennis Union has re-appointed the IEC in Sports agency to distribute the global media rights for its events on an exclusive basis through to the end of 2017.
TVN targeting free-to-air future
Australian pay-television horse racing channel TVN is planning to move from pay-television operator Foxtel to the country’s free-to-air digital platform in a bid to extend its reach, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Virgin Media and Premier Sports continue Rugby League World Cup dispute
The stand-off between UK pay-television channel Premier Sports and pay-television operator Virgin Media over coverage of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup shows no sign of abating ahead of the tournament’s kick-off later this month.
NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes seal local rights deal
NHL ice hockey franchise the Phoenix Coyotes have agreed a one-year local television rights deal with independent broadcaster 3TV and its sister station CW6.
NBC set to repeat tape-delay strategy for Sochi 2014
US network NBC will show the majority of its television coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games on a tape-delayed basis despite the criticism it received for employing a similar strategy for the London 2012 Olympics.
Fight Sports moves into Singapore under SingTel deal
The CSI Sports media company will launch its Fight Sports television channel in Singapore after agreeing a multi-year carriage deal with pay-television operator SingTel.
FIC Sports to boost Pac-12’s global reach
Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with Fox International Sports Channels, a division of 21st Century Fox’s international multi-media business, to distribute Pac-12 sports programming worldwide.