Cheap ad spots available for Al Jazeera Euro 2012 coverage
Advertising spots during Euro 2012 coverage on Al Jazeera’s French pay-television sports channel BeIN Sport 1 are being offered for as little as €500 ($655), a tiny fraction of the rates charged by the…
La Liga coverage in Thailand to be shown free-to-air
Coverage of live Spanish La Liga football will be available on free-to-air television in Thailand next season after the country’s La Liga rights-holder, pay-television operator RS, agreed sublicensing d…
Fox and Golden Boy agree long-term rights deal
The US Fox network agreed a multi-year deal with US-based boxing promoter Golden Boy Promotions for fights taking place in the US and Mexico
Bundesliga on course for €800m-per-year domestic rights, says Rummenigge
German football’s Bundesliga could generate €800 million ($1.05
British Open sends warning to BBC ahead of rights renewal
Cuts in sports coverage at UK public-service broadcaster the BBC are endangering its hold on British Open golf rights, the tournament’s rights-holder has warned.
DirecTV slashes NFL package prices
US pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has cut the price of its NFL American football package by about 40 per cent for existing subscribers and offered it for free for one year to new customers in a bid…
Spanish Liga game is first 3D broadcast in Colombia
Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV’s live coverage of the Spanish Liga football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Saturday, April 21, marked the first ever 3D broadcast in Colombia.
Blanket live coverage of Premier League finale for US fans on Fox
US-based fans of English Premier League football will be offered unprecedented coverage of the final day of the season, with nine of the 10 scheduled games being broadcast live simultaneously across the…
Malaysian content-sharing regime will hurt Astro, say analysts
New regulations in Malaysia demanding sharing of sports rights content are a significant setback for local pay-television broadcaster Astro and could particularly benefit its key rival, Telekom Malaysia,…
Charlton renews Europa League rights in Israel
Pay-television sports broadcaster Charlton has acquired all rights in Israel for the Uefa Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with Uefa