Uefa scores hat-trick of rights deals
Uefa has confirmed new broadcast rights deals in the United States, Latin America and Turkey for the qualification competitions to Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Seven3Sports seals IPL rights deal
Sports media company Seven3Sports has signed a sub-licencing deal with Indian Premier League rights-holder, Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media, for the rights to the competition in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Rightster to manage FIH’s video streaming drive
Online video distribution and marketing company Rightster has agreed to become the new digital media partner of the International Hockey Federation.
RTVC secures host broadcast rights to 2013 World Games
The local organising committee of the 2013 World Games has awarded host broadcast rights to Colombian public-service broadcaster RTVC.
BBC scores rights to England rugby internationals
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has confirmed it has secured the live rights to two England rugby union Test matches against Argentina next month.
Dodgers’ Time Warner Cable deal faces fresh complications
Owners of the Los Angles Dodgers MLB team, Guggenheim Baseball Management, are being forced to rework their local rights deal with Time Warner Cable, according to the New York Post.
ITT launched for rights to new European ice hockey competition
The International Ice Hockey Federation has issued an invitation-to-tender for the commercial rights to a new European club competition, which aims to launch in 2014.
Eurosport renews Cablenet carriage agreement
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has renewed its multi-year carriage agreement with Cypriot cable-television broadcaster Cablenet.
EXCLUSIVE: O’Connor steps down as US boss of Lagardère Unlimited
Kevin O’Connor has stepped down from his role as Lagardère Unlimited’s chief operating officer in the United States and South America with immediate effect.
US appeals court rules in favour of Comcast in Tennis Channel dispute
A federal appeals court has ruled Comcast did not discriminate against the Tennis Channel by placing it on a different cable television subscription tier to its own sports network.