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Watching Brief (Vol.49) Special Focus: American Football – Super Bowl
Ben Speight, head of SportBusiness Intelligence, analyses how TV audiences for this year’s NFL Super Bowl are down on both sides of the Atlantic
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LPGA tees up digital video deal
Digital sports video news agency SendtoNews has agreed a multi-year digital video distribution deal with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), the leading professional tour in women’s golf.
Dynamo secures Spanish-language platform
US Spanish-language cable-television broadcaster Mega TV has acquired local broadcast rights for games featuring Major League Soccer franchise the Houston Dynamo
New sports channel launches on Sky Brasil
Argentinian agency Torneos y Competencias has launched Sport Plus, a new pay-television sports channel in Brazil
NBC Sports Network secures World Series of Fighting rights
US cable-television broadcaster NBC Sports Network has acquired rights for the World Series of Fighting mixed martial arts series in a three-year deal, from 2013 to 2015
Super Bowl pulls in top audiences in US, Canada
US network CBS’s live coverage of the NFL’s American football Super Bowl game on Sunday attracted an average of 108.4 million viewers in the country, according to audience measurement company Nielsen.
TSN set to retain Canadian Football League rights
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN is set to extend a domestic rights deal for the Canadian Football League, the country’s top gridiron division, according to the Globe and Mail newspaper.
Ustream extends deal for Six Nations and Gaelic sports
North American sports broadcaster Premium Sports has extended a deal with Ustream to allow the video-sharing platform to show live coverage of the Six Nations international rugby union championship and…
ESPN picks up English-language rights to Mexico matches
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired English-language rights for the Mexico national football team’s home matches.
MLB raises concerns over Dodgers’ rights deal
Major League Baseball (MLB) has expressed concerns over the Los Angeles Dodgers’ new local rights deal with US broadcaster Time Warner Cable (TWC), according to the USA Today newspaper.
Time Warner Cable confirms new channel launch as part of Dodgers deal
US broadcaster Time Warner Cable (TWC) has confirmed that a new regional pay-television sports channel will be launched as part of a deal to acquire the media rights of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles D…
NFL closes in on new rights deals in Mexico
Mexican media group Televisa and commercial broadcaster TV Azteca are set to acquire domestic rights for American football’s NFL in three-year deals, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, according to news website E…
US Figure Skating unveils NBC extension
US Figure Skating has agreed a new rights deal with the NBC network, while the Icenetwork
Gol TV expands football rights portfolio in Peru
Pay-television broadcaster Gol TV has struck domestic rights agreements in Peru with newly-promoted clubs UTC de Cajamarca and Pacífico and has sold rights for games featuring another top-tier football …
Canada not a big draw in Canada
Lack of stars caps Concacaf earnings in Canada
Fox moves away from football for second channel
Fox is expanding in Brazil and won't be relying on football
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
The IPL is spawning many copy-cat leagues but rights experts say that they can't all work
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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