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Football

The Oceania Football Confederation, football’s governing body in Oceania, has cancelled plans to produce live television broadcasts of nine 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying games this month due to a “lack of …
Football

Media group Televisa and commercial broadcaster TV Azteca’s stranglehold on Mexican football rights could about to be challenged following an investment in two of Mexico’s first division clubs by telecommunications com…
Football

Portuguese businessman Joaquim Oliveira is set to transfer the rights for the Portuguese Liga, the top division of football in the country, from his Olivedesportos agency to pay-television broadcaster…
Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its rights agreement with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body for the sport in the country, for a further two years, for rights to all home internationals…
American Football

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed its rights deal for American football’s National Football League for the forthcoming season.

ANO Sports Broadcasting, a consortium of Russian television companies including free-to-air broadcasters RTR and Channel One, and pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus, has acquired the rights to the 2014…
Football

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights to the NextGen Series, a new tournament for young players from leading European professional teams, for four years, in a four-year deal from…

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has put its Canal Plus Events division up for sale, according to French newspaper Le Parisien
Football

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has said it will walk away from showing live coverage of the Austrian Bundesliga, the top division of football in the country, unless it can retain its rights for…

Senior managers at Perform have cashed in a total of about £7 million (€9 million/$11 million) of their shareholding in the first share sale since the digital sports media company was floated on the Lo…