Oceania Football Confederation explores launch of television channel
The Oceania Football Confederation, football’s governing body in Oceania, is in talks with New Zealand free-to-air television service Freeview about launching its own sports channel.
Sport1 agrees deal for Women’s Tennis Association rights
Dutch pay-television channel Sport1 has acquired rights for the Women’s Tennis Association’s Premier Tournaments in a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, with the IEC in Sports agency.
MP & Silva claims increased coverage and audiences for French Open in Europe
The MP & Silva agency has reported that this year’s French Open, for which the agency was selling the European media rights for the first time, enjoyed an 18-per-cent increase in its hours of coverage a…
Eurosport France seals Olympique Lyonnais women’s Champions League rights
Eurosport France, the French arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has acquired exclusive live rights to all matches involving French football club Olympique Lyonnais in the 2012-13 Uefa women’s C…
QuipuTV to stream Cricket World Cup qualifiers
Online streaming service QuipuTV has agreed a deal with the International Cricket Council to show four World Cricket League Championship qualifying matches for the 2015 Cricket World Cup this month
Media giants interested in Mediaset’s pay-TV business, report claims
German commercial broadcast group RTL and Qatar-based pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera could be interested in purchasing the pay-television division of Italian media company Mediaset, according to…
More than 50% of UK football fans used ‘second screen’ while watching Euro 2012
More than half of UK football fans used another digital device while watching the Uefa Euro 2012 national team football tournament on television, according to a study from research company IAB UK commissioned…
Russian Premier League to launch own channel
Russian football’s Premier League will launch a new domestic pay-television channel to show its matches from the 2012-13 season onwards.
Champions League and Europa League deals agreed in Oceania
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Oceania with commercial broadcaster SBS and pay-television broadcaster Setanta, for the Champions League and Europa League from 2012-13 to 2…
Lega enjoys 65% increase in Coppa rights value on the back of strong ratings
A boom in viewing figures in this year’s Coppa Italia helped the Italian football league, Lega Serie A, to an increase of about 65 per cent in the value of the media rights to the cup competition for t…