Onet teams up with Eurosport for new Polish sports website
Polish internet company Onet has linked up with pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport to launch a new sports website.
The Eurosport.onet.pl website will go live on August 27, replacing the Sport.onet
Nine and Fox retain Australian NRL rights in A$1.025bn deal
Australian pay-television operator Fox Sports and the Nine commercial television network have retained domestic rights for the National Rugby League, the country’s top rugby league competition.
Fox Deportes snaps up Nascar rights
Fox Deportes, the US Spanish language pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights for North American motor-racing series Nascar
Manchester United and Fuji TV take MUTV to Japan
Manchester United has signed a three-year partnership with Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji TV that will allow the English Premier League football club’s official television channel, MUTV, to be l…
Grand Prix Sports snaps up indoor volleyball rights
Grand Prix Sports, a division of the Grand Prix Entertainment agency, has acquired global broadcast rights for professional men’s and women’s indoor volleyball events organised by the USA Volleyball nat…
New deal for K-1 kickboxing agreed in the US
US pay-television channel Spike TV has agreed a deal with the K-1 kickboxing series for live streaming to four events in 2012, and television coverage for the 2013 season
TV2 adds slew of English football rights
Norwegian basic-tier and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights for England national team matches and English club football matches from the FA Cup, second-tier league the Championship, the…
NOS chief says Eredivisie investment shows “Fox is afraid”
Jan de Jong, the chief executive at Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS, has said that News Corporation’s recent investment in the Eredivisie, the top division of football in the Netherlands, is an “…
Mallorca becomes latest to switch from Mediapro to Prisa
Spanish Liga football club Real Mallorca has signed a new rights deal with pay-television operator Prisa for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
The deal is worth a total of €64 million ($79.3
Benfica TV acquires Brazilian football league rights
Benfica TV, the basic-tier channel owned by the Portuguese football club, has acquired rights for the Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league.