SportBusiness Media staff

Global media company Red Bull Media House has agreed content deals in Russia with the IVI.ru website and pay-television channel Russian Extreme TV.

Ice hockey’s Atlantic Hockey Association will receive national exposure this season after the CBS Sports Network pay-television channel, which is operated by US network CBS, acquired rights to two games from the organisation.

The Discovery Italia arm of US media group Discovery Communications has acquired the exclusive media rights in Italy to the Six Nations rugby union tournament.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-year deal to become the first official broadcast partner of Uefa’s new youth club football competition.

Chinese internet operator Sina, owner of the Weibo microblogging service, has agreed a deal with the NBA to stream one game per day from the North American basketball league, according to Bloomberg.

Basketball Australia has agreed a new rights deal with public-service broadcaster the ABC encompassing the Women’s National Basketball League and the women’s and men’s national teams.

Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has signed five-year broadcast rights deals with four major international cricket boards.

Fédération Française de Tennis, the governing body of tennis in France, has launched a domestic tender split into three separate packages for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tournament.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has agreed a two-year rights deal, covering the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons, for the Copa del Rey domestic knockout football competition.

Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv, a subsidiary of the Sportsman media group, has launched a premium service along with a complete redesign of its platform.