Americas
ESPN America acquires AHL rights
Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for ice hockey’s American Hockey League, a feeder league to the National Hockey League, for t…
Globo sells out ads for 2013 F1 season
Brazilian media group Globo has sold out its sponsorship inventory for its coverage of the 2013 Formula One motor-racing championship
ESPN agrees international basketball rights renewal
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has renewed its deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN, for a further three years, from 2013 to 2015
Premier League extends US deadline
The English Premier League has set a deadline of Friday, October 26 for second-round bids in the sales process for its next cycle of rights in the US, according to the Multichannel news website
Fox renews rights for Arca motorsport
US sports broadcaster Fox Sports has renewed its deal with the Automobile Racing Club of America for the rights to the Arca racing series in a multi-year agreement beginning in 2013
Bids in for Premier League rights in US
US network Fox and cable-television broadcaster ESPN tabled a joint bid by yesterday’s deadline in the sales process for the next cycle of US rights to the English Premier League, the top division of f…
ESPN to tip off new FIBA basketball deal
US cable-television broadcaster ESPN is close to a media rights deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) for coverage of six of the governing body’s national team tournaments, according t…
India’s iStream adds Brazilian football rights
Indian online video service iStream.com has acquired exclusive internet rights for the Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, in a deal with the Total Sports Asia agency.
Tellier warns of 3D production cost increases for World Cup
Francis Tellier, the chief executive of Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the host broadcaster of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, has said that his company’s production costs for the tournament will increase by 4…
NBC to replace Speed as F1’s US broadcaster
The NBC Sports division of US media group NBCUniversal has struck a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, for the exclusive US media rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship
Fox agrees new Nascar rights deal
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has sealed an eight-year rights extension, from 2015 to 2022, for coverage of the Nascar motor-racing series
BT Vision brings UK market back to life
BT Vision ambitions shake up UK rights market
US pay-per-view rights picked up for Froch v Mack
US pay-per-view platform Integrated Sports Media has acquired the rights for the super middleweight world title boxing bout between belt holder Carl Froch and challenger Yusaf Mack next month
Fox Sports teams up with Baylor
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a multi-year rights deal to show Baylor University’s sports events.
Gannett picks up Perform’s ePlayer for USA Today websites
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal to provide its ePlayer sports video-on-demand service to more than 100 of the Gannett media company’s digital media platforms in the US, including USA T…
US rights deal for Nascar expected by late 2013
International Speedway Corporation (ISC), the owner of Nascar’s race tracks in North America, expects the sales process for the next cycle of domestic rights for the motor-racing series to be finalised b…
MLB completes domestic rights deals worth $6.8bn
North America’s Major League Baseball has agreed new eight-year rights deals, from 2014 to 2021, with US network Fox and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System.
ESPN3 to show exiled NHL stars in Russia
Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced a one-year rights deal covering the 2012-13 season with sports broadcaster ESPN in North America and the UK