Americas
ESPN strikes bowling agreement
US pay-television broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal with the Professional Bowlers Association, the major sanctioning body of ten-pin bowling in the United States.
NBC Sports Network confirms CFL coverage
US pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network has confirmed its schedule for coverage of the 2013 Canadian Football League gridiron tournament.
Apparent decline in US passion for soccer hides true picture
The number of adult sports fans in the US who say they follow football (soccer) fell in 2013, according to the Global Sports Media Consumption Report.
NBC Sports picks up Arca Racing rights
US pay-television sports channel NBC Sports Network has acquired rights for the Arca Racing stock car-racing series in a four-race deal.
TSN and RDS stay on the ice with Hockey Canada
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN and French-language sister network RDS have signed a new 10-year rights agreement, from 2014 to 2023, with Hockey Canada, the governing body of ice hockey in the country.
Globo opts for coverage of protests over Confederations Cup match
Brazilian media group Globo decided against showing live coverage of the Spain v Tahiti game last night (Thursday) at the Fifa Confederations Cup national football team tournament after opting to provide coverage of the ongoing protests on the streets of Brazil.
Women’s MMA organisation secures maiden TV deal
Women’s mixed martial arts organisation the Invicta Fighting Championships has secured its first pay-per-view television rights deal for its event in Kansas City, Missouri on July 13.
MLS embarks on content drive through new venture
Major League Soccer has formed a new content and distribution division that will produce football programming across multiple media platforms.
Kansas Athletics seals local rights deal
Kansas Athletics and IMG College, the multimedia rights-holder for the athletics division of the University of Kansas, have agreed a local rights deal with Time Warner Cable Sports.
CNY Central snaps up Syracuse rights
New York media company CNY Central has acquired exclusive local media rights to selected American football and basketball games featuring Syracuse University, which is based in the state.
Fox pushing new channel through Super Bowl advertising
US network Fox is telling potential advertisers for its coverage of the 2014 Super Bowl American football game that they must also buy advertising time through other Fox Sports content, including programming on new national channel Fox Sports 1.
WLWT secures local rights to Bengals games
Cincinnati’s NBC network affiliate, WLWT (Channel 5), has acquired local broadcast rights for all four Cincinnati Bengals primetime NFL American football games in 2013.
IMG to boost global exposure of Canada’s UCI WorldTour races
The IMG Media agency has been appointed by the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec et de Montréal (GPCQM) organisation to distribute the media rights for the 2013 editions of cycling’s UCI WorldTour one-day races in Québec City and Montréal in Canada.
Sportsnet strikes Ultimate Fighter deal
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired rights for the next edition of the Ultimate Fighter mixed martial arts series, which will feature Canadian fighters for the first time.
CAA Eleven gets off to good start in uphill struggle
CAA Eleven gets off to a good start with sales of the European Qualifiers but still has uphill battle to hit Uefa targets
Premiership sees no need to test the market for new deal
Why Premiership Rugby looked no further than 'expert' partner Pitch for its international sales contract
Top rights-holders go B2C in search of added revenues
Fiba, Euroleague and other basketball rights-holders pool rights for B2C web offering
Buccaneers link up with local broadcaster
The NFL American football’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise has announced a rights deal with local broadcaster WFLA-TV/News Channel 8.