Mediapro loses Sociedad court battle but pursues Mallorca
The Mediapro agency has been ordered to pay Spanish Liga football club Real Sociedad €11.6 million ($15.2 million) within 60 days by the country’s Court of First Instance.
Badminton Europe seeks rights distribution agency
The Badminton Europe governing body is looking to recruit a company to sell its international media rights for four years, from 2013 to 2016
Singtel in late deal for Champions League rights
Singaporean telecommunications company SingTel has renewed rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League football tournaments
PGA of America extends IMG’s international rights
The PGA of America golf governing body has extended its international broadcast rights partnership with the IMG Media agency in a new deal that starts immediately and will run until the end of 2016
NBL scores first multi-year rights deal in New Zealand
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for Australia’s National Basketball League, the country’s top basketball division.
Spanish basketball league finalises domestic TV coverage
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s coverage of the domestic basketball league under a rights deal beginning this season will include one match per week on Saturday and the first-choice game on S…
America One snaps up internet ice hockey rights
US ice hockey competition the Central Hockey League has sold its internet coverage rights to online sports video portal America One Sports in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
ERC and Premiership Rugby locked in talks over TV deals
Representatives of the Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh rugby union clubs that participate in the sport’s top European competition, the Heineken Cup, will be asked to approve measures to allow English a…
IMG buys into social media specialist
The IMG agency has acquired a minority stake in Sports New Media, a London-based company that manages and moderates social media accounts on behalf of sporting clients
Polish regulator approves merger of leading pay-TV operators
Poland’s competition regulator, UOKIK, has approved a merger between pay-television operators Cyfra Plus and N.