Regulator rejects BT request for measures against BSkyB
The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, has rejected an interim measure requested by UK telecommunications company BT to allow it to show pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s Sky Sports channels on its new television service, according to The Telegraph newspaper.
Tour of Britain seals dual broadcast deal
The 2013 Tour of Britain will be broadcast in the UK on both free-to-air digital channel ITV4 and British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, organisers of the cycling race have confirmed.
Fox agrees carriage deals for Eredivisie channel
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has agreed carriage deals with Dutch cable-television providers UPC and Canal Digitaal Satelliet for its new Fox Sports Eredivisie and Fox Sports International pay-television channels.
SuperSport swoops for MLS rights
Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed a rights deal for North America’s Major League Soccer competition.
SNY and Cosmos score programming agreement
US cable television channel One World Sports, the broadcast rights holder for New York Cosmos football games, has entered into a distribution agreement with regional US sports cable broadcaster SportsNet New York.
CCTV agrees new Fiba deal
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has agreed a new deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) to broadcast live coverage of its showpiece competitions.
Sky NZ seals deal for delayed rights to English clubs’ matches
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has struck a deal to show matches featuring four English Premier League football clubs on a delayed basis.
Prisa and Canal Plus agree deal to avert fresh ‘football war’
The Prisa media group has agreed to pay the Mediapro agency €88 million ($114.4 million) plus tax, curtailing the threat of a fresh dispute over coverage of the forthcoming 2013-14 Spanish football season.
ZNBC enhances sports rights portfolio
The Zambia National Broadcast Corporation, the African country’s public-service broadcaster, has announced its sports coverage plans over the coming 12 months by confirming that deals are in place to show leading football and athletics.
The Sun to launch online football news programme
UK newspaper The Sun is to launch a football news programme as part of a move into the online football market.