SportBusiness Staff

Football
Europe

Telecinco is suing the Grupo Santo Monica agency in an effort to extend its rights for the domestic football cup tournament, the Copa del Rey.
Football
Europe

Team has been forced to close down the free-to-air sales process in the Netherlands for Uefa Champions League rights, after an extremely poor first-round response from broadcasters.
Golf
Asia

Golf’s Asian Tour is engaged in a legal row with its long-standing agency partner, WSG after the two sides failed to extend their relationship for the 2009 season.
Football
Europe

TV2 said that its acquisition of the last remaining package of domestic Tippeliga football rights has secured the future of its premium sports channel, TV2 Sport, for the next two years.
Brazil

ESPN’s loss of Uefa Champions League rights in Latin America is a major blow for the broadcaster following a massive first-round bid from rival Fox Sports.
Football
Europe

Nova Sports this week picked up the pay-television rights for the Champions League after an initial deal with IPTV company On Telecoms fell victim to the financial crisis.
Football
Africa

Football: Pan-African pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the sub-Saharan pay-television rights for all Fifa events in 2009 and 2010, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2009 Confederations…
Athletics
Africa

Athletics: The IMG agency acquired the international television rights for the newly-created Diamond League in a five-year deal, 2010 to 2014, guaranteeing around $6m (€4.7m) a year.

If the commission waives the conditions, which limit Sky to buying premium sports rights only for satellite technology and for a maximum two years’ duration, it could open the way for a platform-neutral bidding war between Sky, digital-terrestrial service Mediaset Premium and Italy’s dominant telecoms operator, Telecom Italia.

Uefa, European football's governing body, had sent out tenders to broadcasters and agencies on February 6.