SportBusiness Media staff

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights for the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, the country’s ‘futsal’ football competition.

US cable television channel One World Sports has added to its football portfolio by agreeing a season-long rights deal to air delayed coverage of games featuring English Premier League team Arsenal.

North Dakota State University has agreed a three-year broadcast rights extension with US media company Hoak.

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed three additional broadcast deals, TV Sports Markets understands.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has not yet agreed carriage deals with Dutch pay-television operators for its Fox Sports Eredivisie pay-television channel just days ahead of the start of the 2013-14 season.

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has acquired the broadcast rights to the inaugural season of the Indian Badminton League competition, according to the Live Mint website.

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced that it plans to launch a channel dedicated to motorcycling’s MotoGP championship in March.

US sports broadcaster ESPN and pan-regional sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster MultiChoice have agreed a deal to provide customers of pay-television broadcaster DStv with some of ESPN’s sports programming.

NBC Sports Group, operated by US media company NBCUniversal, has agreed a 10-year rights deal, from 2015 to 2024, with the Nascar motor-racing series.