RTÉ in late late highlights deal for World Twenty20
Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ has acquired highlights rights for the remaining knockout matches of the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 qualifying tournament currently taking place …
Premier League could sell rights on pan-European basis, Scudamore says
The English Premier League is considering folding its next cycle of UK rights, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, into a pan-European package in the wake of the European Court of Justice legal case that has brought…
Fifa follows Uefa in launching new YouTube channel
Fifa, football’s world governing body, launched an official channel on video-sharing website YouTube.
BBC not interested in Football League live rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is interested in retaining highlights rights for English Football League competitions, but is not interested in live games, according to the Daily Mail
Fox Sports Brasil secures carriage with Sky
Fox Sports, a division of US broadcaster Fox, agreed a carriage deal with Brazil’s largest satellite operator, Sky Brasil, for its recently-launched pay-television channel in the country.
MP & Silva expands handball portfolio
The MP & Silva agency agreed a five-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, to distribute the rights for the EHF Champions League men’s and women’s competitions in …
IMG acquires airline and cruise ship rights to Euro 2012
The IMG agency has acquired rights to broadcast live coverage of the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament to airline and cruise ship passengers
Blatter spells out Infront vision for Russian football
Philippe Blatter, chief executive of the Infront Sports & Media agency, said his company’s interest in acquiring media rights for Russian football’s Premier League was based on the large potential for…
BSkyB chief intervenes in F1 story dispute
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, ordered a news story to be removed from the broadcaster’s Sky News website following a complaint that it had upset Formula One t…
Qatar Holding boosts position as largest Lagardère investor
Qatar Holding, the investment arm of sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority, increased its stake in French media conglomerate Lagardère to 12.8 per cent.