SportBusiness Media staff

US sports broadcaster ESPN and Indian pay-television operator Zee have agreed a sub-licensing deal for an extensive cricket package.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded the exclusive Greek broadcasting rights for the EuroBasket 2013 national team tournament to commercial broadcaster Antenna TV and pay-television broadcaster OTE TV.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has acquired the rights to three of Germany’s group stage games at the forthcoming EuroBasket national team basketball competition in Slovenia, according to the Digital Fernsehen website.

Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus is in negotiations to extend its broadcast rights contract with US basketball league the NBA, according to newspaper El Economista.

The Fédération International de l’Automobile, motorsport’s world governing body, has announced an immediate ban on members of the media being present in the pit lanes during Formula One races and qualifying sessions.

Pan-Asian pay-television broadcaster Goal TV, which is owned by Hong-Kong based Yes TV, has commenced liquidation proceedings.

Maltese telecommunications company Go has retained its rights to English Premier League football after agreeing a three-year deal running from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired the live television rights to Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial match and has agreed a “groundbreaking” streaming partnership for the game with digital media company Streamworks International.

The Kentaro agency has added two friendly football matches featuring France’s Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain to its summer sales portfolio.

The San Diego Chargers NFL American football franchise has agreed a deal for local television channel KFMB-TV (CBS 8) to exclusively broadcast three of its 2013 pre-season games.