Americas
Time Warner adds more MLS
Time Warner buys more MLS rights
Suitors lining up to buy profitable ESPN America
ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Fox unveils plans for new US sports channel
The Fox Sports Media Group arm of media conglomerate News Corporation has confirmed long-running speculation that it will launch a new national cable-television sports channel in the US
ESPN confirms Big South rights deal
US cable-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for the Big South US college sports conference in a seven-year deal, from 2013 to 2019
ESPN strikes deal to show Mexican football
US cable-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for selected teams’ games in the Liga MX and Copa MX, Mexico’s top club football league and cup competitions, respectively.
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Court orders ESPN to pay Dish
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN has been ordered to pay Dish Network, the pay-television provider, $4.86 million (€3.68 million).
HBO picks up rights for Macau boxing event
US pay-television broadcaster HBO has acquired rights for the professional debut of Chinese two-time Olympic boxing gold medal-winner Zou Shiming
Fox Sports becomes exclusive home of regional Braves broadcasts
The Fox Sports South and SportSouth divisions of US network Fox have become the exclusive regional broadcasters of Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball games after acquiring rights for a further 45 games
Rugby Canada links up with SendtoNews
Rugby Canada, rugby union’s governing body in Canada, has agreed a video rights distribution deal with digital sports video news agency SendtoNews.
Sportsnet on the grid for IndyCar coverage
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired domestic rights to the IndyCar motor-racing series
Time Warner Cable snaps up FC Dallas rights
US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable has acquired regional rights for Major League Soccer matches featuring FC Dallas.
The deal will run for at least one year, until the end of 2013
Big East seals rights deals with ESPN, CBS
The Big East US college sports conference has struck a rights deal with incumbent rights-holder ESPN and will also seal a renewal with US network CBS, according to the ESPN.com website
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