Bolivian league considers own TV channel
La Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian football league, is considering launching its own television channel to provide live coverage of its games once its existing domestic rights deal …
Regional rights deals boost MLB team values
Local cable-television rights deals provided $923 million (€705 million) of income for Major League Baseball clubs in 2011, according to Forbes.
Arena Sport buys Serbian domestic football rights
The Football Association of Serbia agreed a three-year rights deal with Telekom Srbija that will allow the Serbian telecommunications company’s pay-television broadcaster, Arena Sport, to show live coverage o…
AIBA’s World Series of Boxing lands Polish rights deal
Polish pay-television broadcaster N Sports acquired rights to the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
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Foxtel to offer subscribers Olympics coverage for free
Richard Freudenstein, chief executive of Australian pay-television operator Foxtel, said that the broadcaster would allow its subscribers to access coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games across eight…
BBC retains rugby league Challenge Cup rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights deal for rugby league’s Challenge Cup.
Cypriot broadcasters cannot afford Formula One rights
Cypriot broadcasters are unable to afford rights for this year’s Formula One motor-racing championship, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.
Al Jazeera set to appoint advertising sales partner
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is considering a shortlist of four companies for the role of advertising sales partner for its two sports channels in France that are set to launch this summer