SPFL breaks into Indian market with Sony Six deal
The Scottish Professional Football League has agreed a three-year rights partnership with Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six, with the agreement set to mark the first time Scottish top division football has been broadcast in India.
BT Sport closing in on Virgin Media deal, report says
UK cable-television broadcaster Virgin Media is close to agreeing a deal to carry pay-television broadcaster BT Sport’s three new sports channels, according to the Broadcast Now website.
CPL boasts global reach for inaugural edition
Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament have confirmed broadcasters in India, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean and the US will cover the inaugural event.
NBC Sports partners with Cowboys in new broadcast initiative
The NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal has announced a partnership with the Dallas Cowboys NFL American football team and the Replay Technologies company to introduce a groundbreaking broadcast initiative for games at the Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
Kentaro seals global coverage for Audi Cup
The Kentaro agency has secured broadcast coverage in more than 200 countries for the Audi Cup pre-season football tournament.
CBS and TWC step back from blackout threat
US network CBS and cable-television operator Time Warner Cable have pulled back from a threatened blackout in eight US markets as talks continue over a new retransmission contract, according to the USA Today newspaper.
SingTel loses out in Premier League cross-carriage dispute
Coverage of English Premier League football in Singapore will be shared by pay-television operator SingTel and pay-television broadcaster StarHub for the first time over the next three seasons after the former’s appeal against a cross-carriage order was rejected, according to the New Paper.
Scottish Rugby provides promotional platform for BT Sport
UK telecommunications company BT has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Scottish Rugby organisation in a deal that affords the logo of pay-television broadcaster BT Sport branding space on the shirts of the Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby clubs.
CEV and Infront confirm worldwide coverage for Women’s Championships
The 2013 Women’s CEV Volleyball European Championships will receive television coverage from 28 broadcasters across the world, after organiser the European Volleyball Confederation and commercial rights-holder the Infront Sports & Media agency completed a number of rights deals.
NFL agrees new rights deals in Mexico, report says
Mexican NFL American football fans will be able to watch three extra games per week after a new broadcast deal starting with the 2013-14 season was concluded, according to the CNN Expansion news website.