SportBusiness Staff

Video-sharing website YouTube delivered 231 million live streams of action during the London 2012 Olympic Games
Football

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has acquired rights for the Primeira Liga, the country’s top football league, for its overseas channels RTP Africa and RTP Internacional.
Football

The Mediapro agency has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, owned by Prisa, to share coverage of the Spanish Liga, the top division of football in the country, for three seasons,…
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the Champions League and Europa League competitions for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Football

Rai International, the international channel of Italian state broadcaster Rai, will be able to continue with its Sunday-afternoon coverage of the country’s top football league, Serie A, after reaching a…
Football

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has so far failed to renew its rights deals for the top Spanish and German football leagues, with the new season about to get under way in the two countries
Football

Dozens of prosecutions brought by an agent on behalf the English Premier League in a bid to protect domestic rights deals could be challenged following a UK court decision, according to the Financial Times…

US media group NBCUniversal set new internet streaming audience records during its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. According to the Multichannel News website, NBCU attracted 159
Volleyball

The MP & Silva agency has struck an agreement to distribute the Italian Volleyball League’s worldwide media rights for four years, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
Football

The Pitch International agency has agreed a deal with Confederação Brasilera de Futebol, the Brazilian football confederation, to organise and sell the media and commercial rights for all international f…