SportBusiness Media staff

Fijian commercial broadcaster Fiji TV has acquired non-exclusive free-to-air rights and exclusive pay-television rights for the Fiji International golf tournament.

Statement from Søren Bo Rasmussen, head of the media division at the Danish Competition Authority, the Konkurrencestyrelsen, on why the regulator allowed six-year domestic broadcast deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media for the Superliga.

Online streaming service Aereo has said that it could operate like a cable-television provider to survive, according to the Bloomberg news agency.

The KNSB, the governing body of ice skating in the Netherlands, has awarded media rights for the sport’s national championships to public-service broadcaster NOS.

NFL American football franchise the Pittsburgh Steelers have launched a new HD video product offering team-produced content to fans for free.

Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have secured new broadcast rights deals in the US and Caribbean ahead of the start of the multi-sport event on July 23.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired media rights for international football qualifying matches for the Uefa Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup tournaments, according to daily newspaper l’Equipe.

Spanish agency Mediapro is close to acquiring rights for top-tier Liga football clubs Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad, according to news website El Confidencial.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has agreed a one-year extension to its rights deal for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.

Organisers of the World Club 7s have announced that the 2014 edition of the rugby union sevens tournament will be available in 200 million households worldwide.