MLB extends deadline for deal in Nationals-MASN talks
Major League Baseball has extended its deadline for a resolution in the dispute over television rights fees between the Washington Nationals and regional cable-television broadcaster MASN until July, according…
IEC in Sports to market Swiss domestic football
The Lagardère-owned IEC in Sports agency has agreed a deal with the Swiss Football League to distribute the worldwide media rights to Switzerland’s top-tier domestic football league, the Swiss Super Le…
TSN acquires Belmont Stakes rights in Canada
TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, acquired live rights for the Belmont Stakes horse race in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with rights-holder NBCUniversal…
Sky Deutschland adds Sport1+ HD to offering
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a carriage deal with pay-television operator Sky Deutschland that will make the Sport1+ HD pay-television channel available to Sky subscribers
UK rights sale for 2014 and 2016 Olympics under way
The International Olympic Committee has set a June 29 deadline for bids in the tender for UK rights covering future editions of the Olympic Games beyond London 2012
France Télévisions renews French national team rugby rights
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has renewed its rights deal with the Fédération Française de Rugby for the domestic rights to the national team’s Test rugby union matches, in a four-year deal, …
WRC events fail to meet deadline on FIA TV rights contract
The rallies scheduled for the 2013 World Rally Championship refused to meet a deadline of last Friday to sign a Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile contract ensuring their participation in the cha…
South Korea’s JBTC acquires rights for World Cup qualifiers
South Korean broadcaster JBTC has acquired rights to the South Korean national team’s first two matches in the final round of qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament, in a deal with t…
Deal to end TrueVisions’ Euro 2012 blackout imminent
Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions is expected to strike a deal today with rival pay-television broadcaster GMM Grammy to gain the right to show matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament
Sporty Solutionz brokers Bangladeshi Euro 2012 rights deal
Bangladeshi media group Massranga Communications has acquired exclusive rights to the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament in a deal with the Sporty Solutionz agency