European Tour tees up new contract with Golf Channel
The European Tour golf organisation has extended its association with the Golf Channel by signing a new 10-year rights deal with the US pay-television broadcaster.
Sochi 2014 awards domestic rights for Paralympic Games
Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired domestic rights for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games under a deal between the local organising committee for the event and Panorama, a production and rights company set up by Russia’s leading broadcasters.
Télévision Tunisienne scores football rights package
Tunisian public-service broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne has agreed a rights deal with the Tunisian Football Federation for a package that includes domestic Ligue 1 games and national team friendly matches.
New online network set to target ‘niche’ sports
US media and production company Terra Firma Media Group has announced it will next year launch a new subscription-based online broadcast platform dedicated to niche sports.
USA Cycling shines spotlight on cyclo-cross with BTB TV tie-up
USA Cycling has signed a three-year partnership with online video platform BTB TV in order to further promote the cyclo-cross discipline in the US and throughout the world.
Broadreach Media seeks to boost global coverage of sport climbing
The International Federation of Sport Climbing has agreed a four-year deal with the Broadreach Media agency for the distribution of its television and new media rights in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Oceania and Russia.
Bellator MMA lands Fox Sports Latin America partnership
Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has agreed a multi-year partnership with Bellator MMA that will make Fox Sports the exclusive carrier of the mixed martial arts organisation throughout Latin America.
Sponsorship underpins unprecedented US Paralympic rights deal
The NBC Olympics division of US network NBC has agreed a rights deal for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games under which the two events will receive an unprecedented 116 combined hours of coverage in the United States.
Canal Plus swoops for Euroleague rights in Spain
Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus has agreed a three-year deal with Euroleague Basketball for the exclusive rights to the European club competition.
Eurovision completes Alpine World Ski Championships hat trick
Eurovision, the television producer operated by the European Broadcasting Union, has been named the official host broadcaster of the 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships, which take place in the US resorts of Vail and Beaver Creek.