SportBusiness Staff

Football

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland is making sports highlights available free of charge on video-sharing website YouTube
Football

East African pay-television operator Zuku has acquired rights in Kenya for Ligue 1, the top division of French football, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15

Michael Leavey, the general manager of the Arsenal Media Group, the digital media division of Premier League football club Arsenal, has joined the panel for a unique online seminar on the latest developments…
Football

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired non-exclusive rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

Video-sharing website YouTube has launched a new free online channel to offer a single destination for its football coverage
Football

Singaporean telecommunications operator SingTel acquired a range of European football rights for the launch of a new sports channel on its IPTV pay-television service Mio TV
Horse Racing

GBI Racing, a joint-venture between the Racecourse Media Group and At the Races, which distributes the international betting rights for British and Irish horse racing, has agreed a deal with the Nicosia…

UK broadband operator BT Vision is in talks with ESPN about acquiring rights from the UK pay-television broadcaster’s dwindling rights portfolio, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.
Football

Brazilian internet company Terra, owned by the Telefónica Group, has acquired broadband rights for the Russian Premier League, the top-tier domestic league in Russia.

Australian network Seven said it would attempt to convince the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the country’s competition watchdog, that acquiring media investment company Consolidated M…