SportBusiness Staff

Golf

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has extended a rights deal for coverage of the annual US Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, the US
Martial Arts

South African pay-television operator TopTV has agreed a deal to carry Setanta Action, a new action sports channel operated by pay-television broadcaster Setanta

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has secured carriage agreements with US pay-television operators Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks
Basketball

French pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sport has acquired exclusive rights in France for NBA basketball in a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16
Cricket

Pan-Asian pay-television broadcaster Taj Television has agreed a worldwide rights deal with the West Indies Cricket Board, the sport’s governing body for the group of Caribbean islands, covering seven y…
Skiing

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired non-exclusive rights for freestyle skiing and snowboard World Cup events organised by the Fédération Internationale de Ski, skiing’s glob…
Handball

German public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF will charge between €14,000 and €28,500 per 20-second spot for advertising during a quarter-final match featuring the German national team at the 2013 Han…

Fox International Channels Latin America will launch a third Fox Sports channel in the region on November 5
Football

Football Federation Australia, football’s governing body in Australia, is set to announce a four-year domestic rights deal, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Australia a…
Football

Marca TV, the Spanish digital-terrestrial channel managed by the Mediapro agency, has acquired rights for all matches involving the Spain national team at the 2012 Fifa Futsal World Cup, which got underway…