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Mixed Martial Arts

Aertv Sports, the newly launched Irish online sports channel, has agreed a deal with Irish mixed martial arts promotion, Cage Contender, for archive rights to seasons one and two of the series
Football

The Portuguese government has said that the country’s free-to-air broadcasters are under no obligation to acquire rights for the Primeira Liga, the country’s top football league, despite the competition bei…
Ice Hockey

Bell and rival telecommunications company Rogers Communications will not be allowed to submit a joint bid for the next cycle of the National Hockey League’s Canadian rights, according to the Globe and M…

Jean-Paul Philippot has secured a two-year term as president of the European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of free-to-air broadcasters, at the union’s general assembly yesterday in Strasbourg, France.
Boxing

UK horse racing broadcaster Racing UK TV will distribute boxing pay-television channel BoxNation to UK pubs and clubs under a new deal between the two companies
Rugby League

UK pay-television channel Premier Sports has acquired rights for the 2012 Rugby League 9s finals night, in a deal with the Rugby Football League
Football

With a week to go before the Uefa Exco meeting at which European football’s governing body is expected to award the global media rights for the European Qualifiers property, the handful of bidders still i…
Football

Telecommunications company BT helped to drive up the fees generated by the recently-completed domestic tender for live English Premier League rights by making offers for all seven available packages, according…
Football

The Pro League, the top-tier football league in Belgium, has warned newly-promoted club Sporting de Charleroi that it could be barred from competing in the division unless it complies with the terms of…
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Germany and Azerbaijan for live free-to-air rights to the Europa League, for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.