SportBusiness Staff

Cricket

Australian pay-television operator Fox Sports and the Nine commercial television network jointly acquired rights for national team events operated by the International Cricket Council, the sport’s global g…
Basketball

Perform has agreed a partnership with the Basketball Australia governing body that will allow the digital media company to provide live coverage of all games from the National Basketball League, the top…
Football

Singapore pay-television broadcaster Starhub has extended a rights deal for coverage of the Bundesliga domestic German football league for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

North American pay-television channel Gol TV has renewed a rights deal for the Mexican Liga de Ascenso, the second tier of football in the country
American Football

South Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has acquired the global broadcast rights to a new American Football competition, the Elite Football League of India, in a five-year deal from 2012 to 2016
Football

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has extended a rights deal for highlights of the Eredivisie, the top division of football in the Netherlands, for one season, to cover 2013-14
Cricket

Pehla Media and Entertainment, a pay-television broadcaster aimed at Asian audiences, has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa region to the India-New Zealand cricket…

Israeli pay-television broadcaster the Sports Channel has acquired rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in a deal with the Sportfive agency
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed three-year deals in Kyrgyzstan for the Champions League and in Slovenia for the Europa League, covering the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Wrestling

The Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées, the international wrestling federation, has agreed a new global rights deal with the European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service br…