Euro 2012 deal agreed in Myanmar
The Sportfive agency agreed a rights deal in Myanmar for this summer’s Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament with state-owned broadcaster S Media.
Telenet acquires Spanish basketball rights
Belgian pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired rights for the Spanish basketball league, the ACB, in a multi-year deal until the end of the 2014-15 season
Sport1 in deal with Red Bull Media House
German sports broadcaster Sport1 acquired rights to the 2012 editions of the Crashed Ice World Series ice skating event and the X-Fighters International Freestyle Motocross championships, events organised…
French league invites final bids for rights
Pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and Al Jazeera were asked by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, to present their final offers for the remaining broadcast rights for…
Vodafone considers bid for Bundesliga rights
The Vodafone Germany telco is considering a bid for German Bundesliga football rights as part of the expansion of its IPTV television service
Netflix won’t bid for Premier League rights
Internet streaming service Netflix is unlikely to bid for English Premier League rights when they become available even though the company is seeking to establish itself in the UK market, according to…
Lumme praises Sportfive
The Sportfive agency’s approach to marketing European rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games was praised by International Olympic Committee television and marketing services managing director Timo L…
RTVS acquires Euro 2012 rights in Slovakia
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Slovakia with public-service broadcaster RTVS for exclusive rights to the Euro 2012 football tournament.
Dodgers settle with Fox
The Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team agreed yesterday to honour its existing broadcast partnership with US network Fox
Nine’s Crawley wants to see best at Big Bash
Nine Network’s director of sport, Steve Crawley, said that the Big Bash, the Australian Twenty20 cricket franchise league, would need to involve the world’s best players in order to reach its potential on …