Finnish ice hockey league secures new domestic deal
The Finnish ice hockey league, the SM Liiga, has concluded an exclusive five-year domestic rights deal, from 2013-14 to 2017-18, with commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nelonen
Sports rights on the agenda at ANC conference
South Africa’s ruling ANC party will discuss the role of sports rights in the television market at a policy conference to be held next week.
Orange Sport sells Diamond League rights to Canal Plus
Canal Plus has acquired rights for the remaining eight meetings on the 2012 International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League calendar from fellow French pay-television broadcaster Orange…
Maloney latest to be axed in Sky’s boxing cull
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will not renew a rights deal with boxing promoter Frank Maloney Promotions, according to the Sun
Al Jazeera adds Champions League handball to French portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the rights in France to handball’s European Champions League in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, from the MP & Silva agency.
News could take full control of Fox Sports Australia as it bids for Consolidated Media
Australian media conglomerate News Limited has made a takeover offer for Consolidated Media Holdings, which has a 50-per-cent stake in Australian pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports
One World Sports acquires Japanese baseball rights
US Asia-focused sports network One World Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the home games of Japanese baseball side Hiroshima Carp, which competes in the top-tier Nippon Professional Baseball league
Schindler and Guiguet fronting surprise bid for European Qualifiers rights
The IMG Media and Lagardère Unlimited agencies are understood to be facing a challenge from an unexpected source in the battle to land the global media rights to Uefa’s European Qualifiers package for fo…
Sky would renegotiate, but not terminate SPL deal upon Rangers demotion
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB would aim to renegotiate rather than scrap a rights deal for the Scottish Premier League if the Glasgow Rangers football club is demoted from the top division due to…
LFP seals domestic deals for Ligue 2
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has agreed four-year deals with pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera and Eurosport France, the French arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport,…