Sauerland fee stays steady as Sat.1 renews rights in Germany
Charlton renews Bundesliga rights in hot Israeli TV market
BeIN renews NBA rights in France to add to earlier Mena deal
Infront signs off host of skiing deals as it looks longer-term
Infront Sports & Media’s extension with the Finnish Ski Association, which goes well into the next decade, is part of a trend of long-term deals between the agency and other ski associations.
ITV signs up for two World Cups as new deals start to roll in
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has bought rights to the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cups, while deals have also been struck in Japan and sub-Saharan Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.
Watching Brief (Vol.135) – UK television audience highlights
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, highlights some UK television audiences in the period between Monday 24th October and Sunday 6th November
ASO gets domestic Tour increase despite little competition
Amaury Sport Organisation secured a small increase in the value of its domestic rights, including the Tour de France, in last month’s five-year renewal with France Télévisions.
EBU adds Fina content in renewal but fee stays steady
Despite the addition of new events to its recent deal for Fédération Internationale de Natation (Fina) rights, the European Broadcasting Union will pay a similar fee as in its existing agreement.
Scottish Rugby renews Pitch distribution deal without tender
Scottish Rugby earned an increase of more than 70 per cent by selling international rights to its autumn Test matches directly to the Pitch International agency, without offering them to the market.
Value of Greek national team matches declines for Uefa
Difficulties in the Greek media market meant Uefa suffered a decrease of about 23 per cent in the value of national team qualifying matches last month.