BBC starts streaming sport via Facebook
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has launched an application on social media website Facebook that will offer audiences live streaming of major sports events, including the 2012 Olympic Games
IMG replaces Rai as Giro d’Italia global rights partner
The IMG Media agency will sell rights for the Giro d’Italia and other Italian cycling races after sealing a global distribution deal with event operator RCS Sport for the next eight years, from 2013 t…
TVE confirms appointment of new president
Leopoldo González-Echenique has been appointed as the new president of Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE.
Champions League and Europa League deals agreed in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Bosnia and Herzegovina with public-service broadcaster BHRT and pay-television operator Telekom Srbija for the Champions League and Europa L…
ESPN renews rights to the Rose Bowl college football game
US sports network EPSN has renewed its rights deal for the Rose Bowl game, the annual college American football game, for a further 12 years, from 2015 to 2026
Euro 2012 semi-final attracts record audience in Spain
Live coverage of the final stages of Spain’s victory over Portugal in the semi-finals of Uefa Euro 2012 on Wednesday attracted the largest audience in the history of Spanish television.
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LFP avoided a ‘catastrophe’ in domestic tender, Thiriez says
Frédéric Thiriez, president of the French football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, said that the total income generated by the tender for the next cycle of domestic rights covering the country’s top…
CanalSat strikes carriage deal for beIN Sport channels
French satellite and digital-terrestrial television platform CanalSat has agreed a carriage deal with beIN Sport, Al Jazeera’s new pay-television operation in France.