IMG might not be sold, Forstmann Little says
The owner of IMG, private equity firm Forstmann Little, has said that there “can be no assurance” that the agency will be sold, according to the Reuters news agency.
Fox Sports 1 gains horse racing rights ahead of launch date
US horse racing organisation the Jockey Club has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network.
Formula E seals wide-ranging Fox deal
Fox International Channels, 21st Century Fox’s international multi-media business, has agreed a multi-year, international rights deal for motor racing’s new Formula E Championship across the Fox Sports suite of channels.
Agreement in Axel Springer-Sky dispute ahead of Bundesliga kick-off
The dispute between German newspaper publisher Axel Springer and pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland concerning the online highlights clips rights to Bundesliga football has been settled with Sky agreeing to post only clips of four minutes or more in length.
Polish prosecutor rules in favour of Polsat in World Cup case
The Prokuratura Generalna, Poland’s General Public Prosecutor’s Office, has ruled that digital-satellite platform Cyfrowy Polsat did not break the law when it broadcast two Poland national team football matches on a pay-per-view basis last year, according to the Broadband TV News website.
SBS Discovery to drop rights to Ice Hockey World Championship
Pan-Nordic basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster SBS Discovery Media has said it has no intention of acquiring the Norwegian rights to ice hockey’s 2014 World Championship, according to the VG newspaper.
Fox Sports and YLE catch World Fly Fishing Championship rights
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE have acquired rights to the forthcoming World Fly Fishing Championship.
U.S. Open switches to Fox under new USGA deal
The United States Golf Association has agreed a 12-year deal with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox for the broadcast rights to the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open Championships.
Axel Springer threatens legal action over Bundesliga clips dispute
German newspaper publisher Axel Springer has threatened to take legal action unless the German Football League (DFL) can resolve a dispute surrounding the online highlights clips rights to the Bundesliga, according to the Reuters news agency.
News UK targets ITV’s FA Cup digital rights
Newspaper group News UK, publisher of The Sun, is in negotiations with UK commercial broadcaster ITV to purchase the digital rights to the 2013-14 FA Cup football competition, according to The Guardian newspaper.