Americas
Entel deal stalls in Bolivia
Mauricio Méndez, the chief executive of the Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian football league, has said that a proposed rights deal with state-owned telecommunications company Entel w…
Brazilian club set to go it alone
Atlético Paranaense has rejected offers for the broadcast rights to its games in Campeonato Série A, the top division of football in Brazil, and is planning to start the 2013 campaign without a broadcast p…
Univision to show domestic Spanish basketball
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has acquired live rights in the US for domestic basketball games that take place in Spain
Pacers picked up by regional broadcaster
US regional sports network Fox Sports Midwest acquired live rights for NBA basketball games featuring the Indiana Pacers
Government commitment to ‘football for everyone’ revealed
The Argentinian government spent ARS$1
Fox takes control of Indians’ channel and rights
US broadcaster Fox Sports Media Group has purchased the Cleveland Indians’ regional cable-television sports channel SportsTime Ohio, along with the broadcast rights to the Major League Baseball team.
Sportsnet snaps up Tour de France rights
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet has acquired exclusive domestic rights for the Tour de France cycling event in a six-year deal, from 2014 to 2019
Early Chile deal driven by clubs’ financial plight
Chile federation deal rushed to aid struggling league clubs
Platforms racing the clock in talks to carry new channel
Tough carriage talks over new Colombian sports channel
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
Georgia Tech seals new deal with IMG College
The IMG agency’s college sports division, IMG College, has extended its multimedia rights deal with Georgia Tech Athletics, the sports department of the Georgia Institute of Technology university in t…
Fox to show live FA Cup matches
US network Fox will show live coverage of the English FA Cup, the country’s top knockout football tournament, for the first time next month.
SporTV and Fox finalise Brazilian rights-sharing
Brazilian pay-television channel SporTV has agreed a deal with rival Fox Sports Brasil to exchange sports rights for several properties between now and 2018, according to the Terra website
ESPN signs deal for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
US pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired live rights to the National Football League Players Association Collegiate Bowl in a multi-year deal beginning in 2013
Golf Channel agrees deal for US college golf
US pay-television broadcaster the Golf Channel has acquired live rights to the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s and women’s division one golf championship in a multi-year deal which begins in …
Dodgers in talks with MLB over TV deal
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers has opened talks with the league over a potential new regional television deal with US broadcasters Fox Sports or Time Warner Cable, according to…
Learfield seals Illinois production partnership
The Learfield Sports agency has agreed an exclusive multimedia production and distribution rights deal for the University of Illinois’s intercollegiate sports events in the US.
Dodgers consider own regional network
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers are considering creating their own regional sports broadcaster in partnership with entertainment production company Dick Clark Productions, according…