SportBusiness Staff

Australian Rules Football

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa for the Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, in a three y…
Football

Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in Germany and Sweden for the Fifa World Cup finals.
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in a number of territories in Asia and Oceania for rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament.
Cricket

Asian pay-television broadcaster Star TV, which is owned by media conglomerate News Corporation, has acquired worldwide rights for all India national team Test, one-day international and Twenty20 matches…
Rugby League

Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have teamed up to launch a joint bid to retain their domestic rights for the National Rugby League, the country’s t…
Football

RTÉ could lose some key properties in its sports programming portfolio in a bid to meet director general Noel Curran’s target of cutting the Irish public-service broadcaster’s sports-rights budget by 2…
Football

Thai telecommunications company Samart Corp is considering linking up with sports media and publishing company Siam Sport Syndicate to launch a bid for the television rights for English Premier League…
Ice Hockey

US regional sports network Fox Sports Carolinas extended its rights deal with NHL ice hockey side Carolina Hurricanes in a multi-year agreement for all matches not shown nationally by the league’s rights-holders.
Basketball

US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and the CBS Sports website have generated approximately $60 million (€45.1
Football

The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service broadcasters, has acquired the exclusive media rights in 37 European territories to the Fifa World Cups of 2018 and 2022