YouTube to show Ligue 1 content globally
Video-sharing website YouTube has agreed a global rights deal to show action from Ligue 1, the top-tier French football league
Rogge: IOC will earn over $4bn from TV rights for 2014 and 2016 Olympics
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has said that revenue from broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games is expected to exceed $4 billion (€3.28 billion).
FCC rules in favour of Tennis Channel in Comcast carriage dispute
The Federal Communications Commission, the United States media regulator, has ordered pay-television provider Comcast to place pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel on its digital basic tier
ESPN renews Bundesliga rights in the UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has renewed its exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland for the German Bundesliga for the next three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, in a deal with DFL Sports Enterprises,…
SPL pushing for eight-year TV deal in Rangers crisis talks
The Scottish Premier League is hoping to extend its broadcast rights deals in Scotland with UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB as a way out of the crisis caused by the liquidation of leading SPL club…
MP & Silva boosts tennis portfolio
The MP & Silva agency has agreed an exclusive deal with the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 250 series event, to distribute the international rights to the tournament
NCTC seals Pac-12 Networks carriage deal
The National Cable Television Cooperative, a consortium of cable-television broadcasters in the US, has reached a deal to carry the Pac-12 Networks, the pay-television channels dedicated to covering the…
NBC Sports Network snaps up Grey Cup rights
The NBC Sports Network US cable-television channel has acquired live rights for the 2012 Grey Cup, the annual championship game of the Canadian Football League
BoxNation signs Price deal
UK boxing channel BoxNation has agreed an exclusive deal with UK boxing promoter Frank Maloney.
The most notable name of his current stable is British heavyweight boxer David Price
FC Barcelona says its TV revenue has peaked
Barcelona’s ability to drive revenue from television rights has “topped out”, or reached a peak, according to the Spanish Liga club’s economic vice-president Javier Faus.
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