French league cup domestic rights bids due in today
Final bids for the domestic rights for the Coupe de la Ligue, the French football league cup, for the 2012-13 to 2015-16 period were due today
French basketball chief wants more exposure
Alain Béral, president of La Ligue Nationale de Basket, the French basketball league, said he was not satisfied by the level of exposure the league is getting in its existing domestic rights deal with …
Ruling in Zaragoza v Mediapro case delayed
The decision of a Spanish court in Spanish Liga club Real Zaragoza’s case against the Mediapro agency for non-payment of this season’s television rights fee of €18 million ($23 million) has been delay…
BCCI demands advertising revenues from Nimbus
The Nimbus Communications agency should use advertising revenues from its two multi-national pay-television sports channels, Neo Cricket and Neo Sports, to fulfil outstanding payments to the Board of Control…
Lack of free-to-air interest concerns ECB’s Collier
David Collier, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, said he was worried that a lack of interest among UK free-to-air broadcasters in the board’s domestic rights in the next cycle c…
TSA to distribute K-1 successor series
The Total Sports Asia agency will sell the global television rights to the Glory World Series kickboxing event in Moscow on March 23 under a new agreement with promoter Golden Glory
Setanta seals new carriage agreement in Thailand
Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports agreed a carriage deal with Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions
Setanta partners with Basketball Ireland
Irish pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports agreed a three-year rights deal with Basketball Ireland from 2012 to 2014
Gol TV buys international football from Kentaro
North American pay-television channel Gol TV agreed a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with the Kentaro agency for rights in the US and Canada to a number of international football matches, including…
New Mediaset channel seals motorcycling rights deal
Mediaset Spain, the owner of commercial channels Telecinco and Cuatro, acquired rights for this season’s CEV Buckler Spanish Championship motorcycling series.