Canal Plus chief wants free-to-air Liga broadcasts to end
Alex Martinez Roig, the head of content at Spanish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, called for the country’s government to end a long-running arrangement under which one football match per week f…
Premium Sports to appeal US pub sports broadcast ruling
US sports broadcaster Premium Sports said it would appeal a decision by a New York court to allow a bar in the city to show sport to customers through a Slingbox device, which allows programmes to be shown…
Al Jazeera lands Spanish Liga rights in France
Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired rights in France for Spanish Liga football for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, according to Le Figaro
Fox Soccer agrees deal for Scottish Premier League
US pay-television channel Fox Soccer acquired rights in the US and the Caribbean for Scottish Premier League football up to and including the 2013-14 season
BBC resigned to losing horse racing rights to Channel 4
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is resigned to losing the domestic free-to-air rights for the Royal Ascot, Derby and Grand National horse racing events to commercial broadcaster Channel 4, according…
Portuguese Liga president to take fight for collective sales to EU
Mario Figueiredo, the president of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, Portugal’s professional football league, said he would take his fight to introduce a collective broadcast rights model i…
Big 12 poised to land major ESPN contract
US college sports conference the Big 12 is set to agree a new 13-year domestic television rights deal, from 2013 to 2025, with sports broadcaster ESPN, according to the CBS Sports website
FIS launches tender for Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships
The Fédération Internationale de Ski, the international skiing federation, launched a tender for the media rights for the 2015 and 2017 Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships.
ESPN acquires Caribbean rights to Euro football championships
Sports broadcaster ESPN agreed a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, for the rights in the Caribbean to the 2012 and 2016 European Championships.
Asset extends Formula One broadcaster deals in Greece
The Asset Ogilvy agency extended two rights deals in Greece for the Formula One motor racing series, one with commercial broadcaster Alpha, and another with pay-television broadcaster OTE