Americas

Football

North American pay-television channel Gol TV has acquired rights for the final of the US Open Cup knockout football competition in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has acquired domestic rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

NBCUniversal chief executive Steve Burke said he expects the US media group to break even on its coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games despite earlier expectations of making a loss

Mark Lazarus, the chairman of the NBC Sports division of US network NBC, has defended the broadcaster’s decision to show delayed coverage of some London 2012 Olympic Games events during primetime on N…
Tennis

US pay-television provider Comcast has requested a stay of the decision by the country’s media regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, that it discriminated against pay-television broadcaster T…

The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games generated huge television ratings for UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and broke records for US broadcast rights-holder, the NBC network

US media group NBCUniversal said it has created a new Olympics record by selling $1 billion (€820 million) of national television and digital advertising for its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Football

New Conmebol event could become replacement for Copa; Why the US is the perfect host

This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
Tennis

The Federal Communications Commission, the United States media regulator, has ordered pay-television provider Comcast to place pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel on its digital basic tier
American Football

The National Cable Television Cooperative, a consortium of cable-television broadcasters in the US, has reached a deal to carry the Pac-12 Networks, the pay-television channels dedicated to covering the…
American Football

The NBC Sports Network US cable-television channel has acquired live rights for the 2012 Grey Cup, the annual championship game of the Canadian Football League
Football

Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes has sealed a multi-year deal for broadcast rights to Mexican Liga MX football club Chivas de Guadalajara
Boxing

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has acquired the rights for the boxing match between World Boxing Council heavyweight title-holder Vitali Klitschko and Manuel Charr in Moscow, Russia on September 8

Public-service broadcaster the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas has acquired exclusive rights for the London 2012 Olympic Games in a sublicensing deal with International Media Content, owner of…
Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League’s Canadian broadcast rights-holders are examining their programming options in the event that the ice hockey league’s new season is delayed as a result of talks over a new col…
Football

Swedish telecommunications company Millicom announced the acquisition of Paraguayan pay-television operator Cablevisión, which owns the rights to Paraguay’s top-tier football league via its sports broadcaster Te…

US Olympic Games broadcast rights-holder NBC has formed a partnership with social media website Facebook to enhance its coverage of the London 2012 Games