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Mixed Martial Arts

Indian pay-television broadcaster Colors acquired rights for the domestic mixed martial arts series the Super Fight League ahead of the series’ launch on March 11.
Rugby Union

Grand Prix Entertainment, a sports and entertainment event promoter, extended its deal with USA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the US, for worldwide broadcast distribution rights for the Professional…
Football

The MP & Silva agency acquired the media rights in Europe to the top French football league, Ligue 1, in a deal with global rights-holder Al Jazeera, the Qatari satellite broadcaster

French media conglomerate Lagardère confirmed a €550 million ($737 million) writedown in the value of its sports marketing division, Lagardère Unlimited, as the group announced a net loss of €707 milli…
Football

Fox Sports, a division of US network Fox, denied reports that it had offered to acquire Brazilian pay-broadcaster Bandsports for $80 million (€60 million) in a bid to circumvent a carriage dispute that h…

US network NBC has sold more than $50 million (€37.3 million) in advertising around its digital coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, according to digital media news website PaidContent.

Spanish public-service broadcaster’s TVE has had its production budget for the 2012 Olympic Games in London cut by 20-per-cent compared to that for the last summer Olympics, in Beijing in 2008, to €4 mil…
Football

Portuguese Liga club Benfica should consider launching its own channel as an alternative to selling its broadcast rights to an agency, according to Luís Mergulhão, the chief executive of advertising g…
American Football

FOOTBALL Football:Brazilian media group Globo acquired the exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup finals of 2018 and 2022 in a deal with football’s world governing body.

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