French football league launches Ligue 2 rights tender
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has launched a tender for the media rights for Ligue 2, the country’s second-tier football league, for four seasons, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
Eredivisie Live buys German national team and cup rights
Eredivisie Live, the pay-television channel operated by the Dutch football league, has acquired rights for the German domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the German national team’s home matches, in a two-year d…
TVE back in the frame for domestic basketball rights, report says
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is keen to retain rights for the country’s top-tier basketball league, the ACB, when its current four-year deal, from 2008-09 to 2011-12, expires in June, according t…
Perform strikes deal to put Livesport on LG television sets
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LG’s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets.
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Formula One broadcasters rule out travel to Bahrain GP
Formula One media rights-holders in Germany and Finland will not travel to this weekend’s Bahrain grand prix due to concerns over security in the country, although they are still expected to show coverage f…
London marathon and Grand National added to global iPlayer portfolio
The Global BBC iPlayer, the overseas pilot video-on-demand subscription service from UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, acquired internet rights in certain territories for this year’s London marathon a…
IMG, IOC, Eurosport and Canal+ Nordic to speak at inaugural TVSM Live event
Four of the biggest players in the sports media rights industry have signed up to speak at the inaugural TVSM Live, a new annual event organised by the market’s leading publisher, TV Sports Markets.
Doğan and Doğuş get Champions and Europa League rights in Turkey
Uefa agreed a deal in Turkey for the Champions League and Europa League for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the Doğan Holding media group.
YouTube opens up pay-per-view for live streams
YouTube has given its live streaming partners, which include some that show live sport, the facility to charge viewers for accessing content on the video-sharing website on a pay-per-view basis
UK listed events set for review, Davies says
The UK government will in 2013 launch a fresh review into the list of sports events reserved for free-to-air television, David Davies, the chairman of the most recent review into the so-called “listed e…