Globo acquires World Cup rights in Brazil
Brazilian media group Globo acquired multi-platform rights to the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.
Al Jazeera to undercut Canal Plus subscription prices
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is set to offer its two new sports channels in France for between €12 ($16) and €13 per month when they launch in the first half of this year, according to the Jou…
Eredivisie Live second screen service has successful opening weekend
Eredivisie Live, the pay-television channel operated by the Dutch football league, said its new Eredivisie Live Sidekick ‘second screen’ service attracted 50,000 viewers on its first weekend.
Eurosport to provide coverage of Algarve Cup football
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport acquired rights in Germany for two games at the 2012 Algarve Cup women’s national team football tournament in Portugal.
Supersport appointed host broadcaster of rugby Junior World Championship
Supersport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, has been appointed host broadcaster of this year’s rugby union Junior World Championship in South Africa.
Perform revenues and profits leap
Digital media company Perform generated revenues of £103 million (€121 million/$163 million) in 2011, up 53 per cent on 2010, and profits after tax of £14.7 million, up 45 per cent.
TF1 changes tune on F1 rights
Laurent-Eric Le Lay, the group director of sports rights purchasing at TF1, said that the French commercial broadcaster was likely to bid to retain the rights for the Formula One motor-racing championship,…
Zwanziger attacks ARD and ZDF for lack of women’s national team coverage
Theo Zwanziger, the president of the German football federation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund, said he was disappointed that public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF did not agree a deal to show the women’s n…
ESPN launches global Soccernet app on back of growing mobile business
International sports broadcaster ESPN launched a new global football mobile application featuring news, live scores, audio and video content as it seeks to exploit mobile, which it described as its fastest-growing…
Nascar domestic rights renewal talks to begin in next few months
US network Fox will begin talks over a new domestic rights deal for the Nascar motor-racing series before the end of this season in November