Sportfive agrees Olympics deal in Slovenia
Slovenian public-service broadcaster RTV Slovenija has acquired the exclusive free-to-air rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in a deal with the Sportfive agency
NRL pushing for more free-to-air coverage, and could add two teams
The Australian National Rugby League is pushing for a fourth weekly match to be shown on free-to-air television, and is considering expanding its competition by two teams, as it speaks to broadcasters…
Laola1.tv extends DFB contract
Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv has extended and expanded its deal to operate the official video portal of the German football federation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Oceania for the Champions League and Europa League in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.
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The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, motor-racing’s world governing body, and the European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service broadcasters, extended their production and distribution agreement for the remainder of the 2012 World Rally Championship season.
BT chairman heads off football rights criticism
BT chairman Sir Michael Rake admitted the telecommunications company had faced criticism from shareholders about its expenditure on live domestic English Premier League rights that it acquired last month
Biétry would be ‘very happy’ to add English Premier League rights to offering
Charles Biétry, the vice-president of beIN Sport, said he would be delighted if the new French pay-television broadcaster acquired rights for the English Premier League, but insisted the Al-Jazeera-owned …
Havelange and Teixeira named in ISL scandal
Joao Havelange, former president of football’s world governing body Fifa, and Ricardo Teixeira, ex-president of the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, the Brazilian football association, have been nam…
NBC likes Olympic partnership with Facebook
US Olympic Games broadcast rights-holder NBC has formed a partnership with social media website Facebook to enhance its coverage of the London 2012 Games
North American TV deals agreed for World Football Challenge
The organisers of the 2012 World Football Challenge agreed broadcast deals for North America