Motors TV acquires rights for WRC’s Rally Sweden
Pan-European motorsport channel Motors TV acquired rights for the second round of this year’s World Rally Championship in Sweden in a deal with Rally Sweden, the Swedish rally’s organiser. It
NBC attracts record online US audience for Super Bowl
The NBC network’s first-ever live stream of the NFL American football Super Bowl attracted 2.1
Sky Deutschland extends Formula One rights for 2012
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland extended its rights for Formula One motor-racing to cover the 2012 season in a deal with Formula One World Championship, the series’ commercial rights-holder.
RTCG takes over Montenegrin Champions League rights
Montenegrin public-service broadcaster Radio Televizija Crne Gore acquired the rights to the remainder of this season’s Uefa Champions League football tournament, taking them over from commercial broadcaster I…
Daily Motion secures internet rights to French domestic volleyball
The Ligue Nationale de Volley, the French volleyball league, agreed a deal with video-sharing website Daily Motion for internet rights to the men’s and women’s domestic leagues for the remainder of the…
Taj Television acquires Indian golf content for new channel
Indian pay-television broadcaster Taj Television agreed a three-year deal with the Professional Golf Tour of India for rights to all tournaments sanctioned by the tour from 2012 to 2014
DFL to set out Bundesliga packages this week
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, will reveal its packaging of the domestic rights for the Bundesliga in the 2013-14 to 2016-17 seasons on Thursday, when it launches the full tender,…
Sportfive opens Olympic tenders in Eastern Europe
The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in the Eastern European markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Ukraine
Super Bowl breaks US television audience record for third year running
Live coverage of this year’s NFL American football Super Bowl game gave US network NBC the largest average audience for a programme in the history of US television, according to audience measurement c…
Australian leagues lobby government to change copyright act
The Coalition of Major Participant and Professional Sports, a group representing the interests of Australia’s leading sports, met Australian government ministers on Monday as it stepped up its campaign t…