SportBusiness Staff

Football

German sports broadcaster Sportdigital agreed a deal with the Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency for rights to the 2012 edition of the Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent of the Uefa Champions…
Boxing

Pan-regional broadcaster Modern Times Group agreed a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2016, with the German-based boxing promoter Sauerland Event for rights to between five and seven events a year

The Pitch International agency appointed Jonathan Rogers, currently commercial director of ITV Channels, a division of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, as its new managing director
Horse Racing

Norwegian basic-tier and commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired rights for domestic harness racing, a form of horse racing, in a deal with Norsk Ristoto, the company which has the concession to handle all…
Cricket

Trinidad and Tobago national free-to-air broadcaster Win Communications agreed a deal with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board for rights to the 2012 domestic season
Football

Coverage of the Coupe de la Ligue, France’s football league cup, could move off free-to-air television after pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus offered about €15 million ($19 million) per year for dom…
American Football

The last 10 editions of American football’s NFL Super Bowl have generated $1.72 billion (€1.35
Curling

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC cancelled its deal to broadcast the country’s Grand Slam curling circuit to leave the series without a domestic broadcast partner just days before its next event.
Cycling

Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine defended its coverage of the Tour Down Under cycle race after more than 1,600 fans signed an online petition to call for the domestic rights for the road…

Public-service broadcaster the Public Television and Radio Company of Azerbaijan (ITV) acquired free-to-air rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and the 2016 summer Games in a deal with the Sportfive…