Canal Plus picks up UCI rights
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus agreed a three-year deal with the Union Cycliste Internationale, the international cycling union, to televise a host of UCI events
Canal 5 in Uruguay set up for summer of sport
Uruguayan state broadcaster Televisión Nacional Uruguay has acquired free-to-air rights to both Euro 2012 and this summer’s Olympic Games in sublicensing deals with the Tenfield agency.
Dailymotion serves up Wimbledon deal
Video sharing website Dailymotion agreed a deal to stream live content from the 2012 Wimbledon tennis championships
Nigerian Olympic Committee acquires London 2012 rights
The Nigerian Olympic Committee has acquired rights to the 2012 Olympic Games in a deal with the Octagon agency, which is selling the free-to-air rights to the 2012 Games in sub-Saharan Africa excluding…
Danish Superliga extends distribution deal with IMG
The IMG Media agency renewed its rights deal with Danish football’s top football division, the Superliga, to distribute the international media rights for the league, for the next three seasons, from 2…
GMM Grammy seals J-League deal in Thailand
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy has acquired rights for the J-League, the top-tier Japanese domestic football league, in a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2016
Broadcast plans in place for inaugural Southeast Asian Swimming Championships
The World Sport Group agency revealed multi-platform coverage plans across regional television broadcasters and video streaming platforms for the inaugural Southeast Asian Swimming Championships
Team Marketing’s leadership departs in reshuffle
Three of the most senior executives at Team Marketing – Simon Thomas, David Tyler and Patrick Murphy – are to leave the agency, in a management restructure announced by parent company Highlight Communications.
CVC sells part of Formula One stake
Formula One’s controlling shareholder CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group, sold a 21-per-cent stake in the motor-racing series for US$1.6 billion (€1.25 billion). Th
Spanish basketball league to renew with TVE
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has reportedly renewed its rights deal for the Spanish basketball league, the ACB for the 2012-13 season onwards.
TVE will pay a fixed fee of €1 million ($1.3