More tenders issued for Uefa club events
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has invited bids for the media rights in Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and sub-Saharan Africa to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup club football competitions.
Fiji TV signs MUTV partnership
Fijian commercial broadcaster Fiji TV has agreed a three-year deal with English Premier League football team Manchester United to carry coverage from the club’s in-house MUTV channel.
Chicago Fire scores rights deal with Time Warner Cable Sports
Major League Soccer club the Chicago Fire has signed a rights deal with cable-television operator Time Warner Cable Sports covering the Wisconsin region.
Nine and Fox Sports at loggerheads over NRL Grand Final day coverage
Australia’s National Rugby League is engaged in a legal dispute with pay-television operator Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Nine over coverage plans for the build-up games to Sunday’s Grand Final, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Fox Sports converts rights to USA Rugby showpiece game
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a deal with USA Rugby for the rights to the United States’ game against the New Zealand Maori All Blacks, which will be played in Philadelphia on November 9.
Clips value not being maximised by sport, digital experts say
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and digital specialists the Perform Group have said that sports rights-holders are holding back the growth of mobile and internet sports consumption and as a consequence not getting the maximum value for their rights.
BeIN Sport swoops for Euroleague Basketball rights
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has agreed a four-year deal for the exclusive rights to the Euroleague basketball competition in France.
Canal Plus acquires rights to women’s handball league
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a four-year rights deal, covering 2013 to 2017, for France’s women’s handball league (LFH).
NBCU breaks record for Winter Olympic ad sales
US media company NBCUniversal has sold a record $800m (€600m) in advertising for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, according to the AdAge.com website.
Comcast prepared to step in for struggling Houston network
US media and technology corporation Comcast has said it is prepared to bid for Comcast SportsNet Houston, the exclusive home of Houston Astros MLB baseball and Houston Rockets NBA basketball games, if it can force a sale of the financially-troubled regional sports broadcaster.