SportBusiness Media staff

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has acquired rights for the Mountain West Conference college sports competition’s American football championship game.

French digital-terrestrial-television channel L’Equipe 21 has acquired live rights for this week’s Uefa Europa League play-off first leg match between French team Saint-Etienne and Danish team Esbjerg.

The Olympic Council of Asia and the MP & Silva agency have announced that they will establish a new OCA Broadcasting Services company for the continental body's multi-sport events.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has extended its exclusive rights to English Premier League football in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on all platforms for three seasons, from the 2013-14 season to 2015-16.

Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI has acquired rights for the Spanish Liga, the top division of football in Spain.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV launched a second dedicated sports channel on Sunday, according to the Xinhua news agency.

German sports broadcaster Sportdigital has acquired rights to Portuguese Primeira Liga top-flight football in a three-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

The British Basketball League, the UK’s top division of basketball, is to launch a new dedicated online platform for the high definition broadcast of live games throughout the 2013-14 season.

Private equity company Forstmann Little has begun formally soliciting buyers for the IMG agency and is distributing financial information to potential suitors, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

Algerian public-service broadcaster EPTV has acquired rights for Ligue 1, the top division of football in the country.