SportBusiness Staff

Ice Hockey

The Sportsman Media Group agency has agreed a deal with the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the German ice hockey league, to distribute the worldwide media rights to the league, from the 2012-13 season onwards
Horse Racing

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, has agreed a number of new international rights deals for this year’s Royal Ascot horse racing event.

US sports broadcaster ESPN is to launch a channel dedicated exclusively to live women’s sports events on its ESPN3 internet service.

The International Olympic Committee is inviting bids from pay-television broadcasters and agencies for Olympics rights in the UK beyond this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games.
Football

Belgian pay-television operator Belgacom has announced exclusive rights deals for the home matches of Sporting de Charleroi and Waasland-Beveren, the newly-promoted clubs in Belgian football’s top-tier l…
Football

The MP & Silva agency has announced its acquisition of the rights for the English Football League and English League Cup in Asia in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, with the competitions’ international r…
Rugby Union

South African commercial broadcaster E
Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket has defended the award of its domestic television rights to terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network following allegations of irregularities during the tender process
Football

Romanian public-service broadcaster TVR has settled a dispute with pay-television broadcaster Romtelecom by renegotiating a deal for coverage of the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament
Football

Financial analysts have suggested that BSkyB overpaid for the next three-year cycle of live UK rights for the English Premier League, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, after the pay-television broadcaster acquired…