SportBusiness Staff

Football

Oceania sports pay-television broadcaster ESPN has concluded a three-year deal for the Uefa Champions League rights in the region, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, as first reported by TV Sports Markets last week…

Mark Thompson, director general of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, issued a strong defence of the broadcaster’s sports rights strategy in the wake of the deal signed earlier this week for the r…
Football

UK public-service broadcaster BBC Northern Ireland has agreed a multi-year deal with the Irish Football Association for highlights rights to the domestic league, the Irish FA Premiership, and the Northern…
Football

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub secured rights to the Brazilian Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, through to 2014.
Cricket

Indian online video service iStream.com acquired the exclusive live streaming and video-on-demand rights for India’s cricket tour to Sri Lanka, which commences on Saturday, July 21. The IndianTelevision.c

Sport365, the news television channel of French media company Media365, will launch on September 15

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a media rights deal with the International Olympic Committee to cover the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games
Football

Italy’s second-tier football league, Lega Serie B, is on course to earn €15 million ($18.3 m
Tennis

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights for ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 men’s tennis tournaments from now until the end of the 2013 season.
Boxing

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has acquired the rights for the boxing match between World Boxing Council heavyweight title-holder Vitali Klitschko and Manuel Charr in Moscow, Russia on September 8