Uefa Champions League deals agreed in Slovenia
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Slovenia with basic-tier sports broadcaster Sportklub and telco Telekom Slovenia, for live rights to the Champions League, for three seasons, f…
Viasat Motor makes Baltic bow
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group this week launched a premium motorsports channel, Viasat Motor, in the Baltic region
Channel Ten ends Australian Open coverage
The Australian Open golf tournament is searching for a new domestic free-to-air broadcast partner after Channel Ten confirmed it would not cover this year’s event in December.
Sky takes control of Formula One rights in Italy
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the rights for the Formula One motor-racing series in a deal beginning next year
News Corp confirms deal to take full control of ESPN Star Sports
Media conglomerate News Corporation has reached a deal to buy out Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN’s stake in their jointly-owned pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports.
Facebook is the platform of choice for social networking sports fans
Sports fans who use social media platforms to follow sport are more likely to turn to Facebook than YouTube, according to the second annual Global Sports Media Consumption Report
Al Jazeera bids in France for European Qualifiers, report says
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is bidding for the rights in France for European football qualifying matches, excluding those of the France national team, for the Uefa Euro 2016 and the Fifa 2018…
MLB domestic rights to come on the market this week
US baseball league Major League Baseball will offer its domestic media rights to the market this week after periods of exclusive negotiations with existing broadcast partners expire
NASCAR overhauls media division
North American motor-racing series Nascar has restructured its media division in a process that it said would strengthen its broadcasting and production services
Sky New Zealand agrees late deal for Nations Cup
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the New Zealand national team’s remaining matches in the ongoing Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup.