Americas
BeIN Sport to show World Superbike Championship in US
US pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired rights for the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series
Cablevision to bring in sports surcharge
US cable-television operator Cablevision Systems will begin charging subscribers an additional $2.98 (€2.23) per month to cover increasing costs associated with sports programming.
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
Santa Mónica to seek rights compensation
Santa Mónica seeks refund for centralised Spain matches
Saran looking beyond Turkey
Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed
Argentinian government launches new sports channel
The Argentinian government has announced the launch of a new free-to-air television channel dedicated to sport.
The high-definition channel, DeporTV, is available nationwide
Dominican Olympic body to launch new sports channel
The Comité Olímpico Dominicano, the national Olympic committee in the Dominican Republic, has agreed a deal with state broadcaster CERTV to launch a new free-to-air sports television channel, according t…
Mayweather switches to Showtime
Mayweather Promotions, the promotional agency that represents top boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior, has agreed a rights deal with Showtime and the US pay-per-view broadcaster’s parent company, the CBS network.
Willow TV takes control of Neo Broadcast America
Neo Broadcast America, a subsidiary of the Nimbus Communications agency’s Neo Sports Broadcast division, has been sold to North American cricket pay-television broadcaster Willow TV.
Cubs set to look for new local broadcast partner
The Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise is set to decide against renewing a long-running partnership with local broadcast rights-holder WGN-TV, according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper
ESPN asked to match NBC Sports’ Big East offer
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN has been given the chance to match the offer from the NBC Sports division of the NBC network for the rights to US college sports conference the Big East, according…
One World Sports strikes rights deal for top Japanese baseball team
Asia-focused sports broadcaster One World Sports has acquired North American rights for games featuring the Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s most popular and successful baseball team.
Lawsuit on hold
Traffic v Full Play - peace in our time?
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
Mediaset to buck trend and make money on football
Market so bad in Spain that Telecinco expects to make
Comcast brings forward NBCU buy-out
US media and technology corporation Comcast has agreed a $16.7 billion (€12.5
Dish carriage fee dispute with ESPN reaches court
A trial over a claim by US pay-television provider Dish Network that cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN breached a carriage contract by offering better deals to rival distributors has started in…