SportBusiness Staff

Chinese public-service broadcaster CCTV has retained the rights for the next two editions of the Olympic Games in a deal to run from 2014-16
Football

Spanish pay-television operator Prisa has accused the Mediapro agency of launching an “illegal” sales process for rights covering the country’s top two football divisions for the next two seasons, 2012-…
Football

Orange Sport, the pay-television broadcaster operated by Polish telecommunications company Telekomunkacja Polska, will share rights to Polish Cup football with the TVN Group media company for the next…
Football

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster in Sub-Saharan Africa, has retained rights for Serie A, Italy’s top football division, for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.

The Fast Track agency has been appointed by the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games organising committee to sell the broadcast rights for the event in selected territories worldwide

The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games generated huge television ratings for UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and broke records for US broadcast rights-holder, the NBC network

US media group NBCUniversal said it has created a new Olympics record by selling $1 billion (€820 million) of national television and digital advertising for its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Football

Spain’s antitrust authority, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia, has launched formal disciplinary proceedings against the Mediapro agency for allegedly abusing a dominant position by restricting th…
Football

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has renewed its rights deal with the Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV), the Swiss Football Association, for two years, from 2012-13 to 2013-14
Football

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) and Scottish Football League (SFL) are close to a £1.2 million (€1.5 million/$1.9