SportBusiness Media staff

The Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EHL) has agreed a three-year extension to its exclusive broadcast rights deal with the Sportsman Media Group.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired the broadcast rights to two football friendlies featuring English Premier League clubs that will take place in the country in July.

NTV Plus has secured the Russian broadcast rights to Spain's Liga Endesa basketball division in a deal until the end of the 2013-14 season. 

Sky Brasil has agreed a deal with Bandsports to carry coverage of the French Open, according to the Maquina do Esporte website.

Mixed martial arts championship Superkombat has partnered with the Playbook International agency for the distribution of its media rights on a global scale for the first time.

There will be no TVSM Daily on Monday, May 27 due to a public holiday in the UK.

Kazakhstan’s first sports-dedicated television channel will launch on July 1, according to the Tengri News website.

Spanish Liga football club Atlético de Madrid has been ordered to pay Mediapro €5.365m ($6.92m) for breaking its broadcast rights contract with the agency.

South African communications minister Dina Pule has proposed the introduction of a new set of guidelines to open up access to premium sports television rights in the country.

ESPN Star Sports signs multi-year agreement with Bharti Airtel, Airtel Digital TVto distribute its six primary channel in India.