New South African basketball league secures broadcast partner
South Africa's new professional basketball league, the Basketball National League, has agreed an exclusive five-year deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
SuperSport picks up NFL rights
Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed a rights deal with American football league the NFL.
NTV Plus slashes price of sports package
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus is to slash the price of its Supersport package of sports channels.
Ten Sports adopts change in strategy for golf channel
Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has said it will reduce subscription fees for its Ten Golf channel in India as it seeks to further promote the sport in the country.
Krishnan takes Sony Six role
Sony-owned broadcaster Multi Screen Media has appointed Prasana Krishnan as the business head of its Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six.
Fox Sports eyes Big Ten rights
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has said that it plans to be an “active participant” in talks over a new media rights deal for the Big Ten Conference college sports organisation.
Broadcast rights to the fore of demand for Conmebol reform
Argentina and Brazil football legends Diego Maradona and Romario have joined forces to attack the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), saying they will form a commission to investigate the distribution of revenue throughout the region, with media rights at the forefront of discussions.
FIC touches down with NFL rights in Europe
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has signed a two-year rights agreement with the NFL International arm of the American football league, with the deal commencing from the forthcoming 2013 season.
Nova commits to Euroleague Basketball
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball.
Viasat snaps up NBA rights in Sweden
Pay-television broadcaster Viasat, operated by pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group, has acquired rights in Sweden for the North American NBA basketball league.