Times Group considers takeover bid for Neo
Indian media conglomerate the Times Group is interested in acquiring a majority stake in the Nimbus Communications agency’s two multi-national pay-television sports channels, Neo Cricket and Neo Sports.
Virgin seals F1 channel carriage deal with Sky
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB agreed to make its new Formula One pay-television channel, Sky Sports F1, available to cable-television operator Virgin Media from its launch in March
Sponsor boosts ZNBC’s Cup of Nations rights bid
The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation’s hopes of raising the funds needed to acquire rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament were boosted after mining company First Quantum M…
India defeats could hit BCCI rights fees in new tender
The Board of Control for Cricket in India may have to sell rights for the India national team for a lower price following the team’s poor performances in its ongoing tour of Australia, a senior official t…
TSN extends Australian Open rights until 2021
TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament in a 10-year deal, from 2012 to 2021, with Tennis Australia, the…
ARD hits out at DFL’s highlights alternative
German public-service broadcaster ARD criticised a decision by the country’s competition regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, to approve a media rights tender process by the domestic football league, the D…
Africa Cup of Nations deal signed in Ghana
Public-service broadcaster the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for rights to this year’s Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
League could waive fees for Chinese exposure
English football’s Premier League may have to waive rights fees in China if it is to establish a significant presence in the country, according to Pierre Justo, Asia director of sport and media at the T…
Portuguese Liga set for collective sales
Mario Figueiredo, the new head of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, Portugal’s professional football league, announced plans to introduce a collective broadcast rights model in the Primeira L…
FCC to consider scrapping blackout rule
The broadcast blackout rule, which blocks US sports events from being shown live on television in their local market unless all tickets to attend the event have been sold, could be scrapped under a proposal…