Americas

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brazil has renewed its rights deal for the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series, for a further three years, from 2013 to 2015
Baseball

Major League Baseball has extended its deadline for a resolution in the dispute over television rights fees between the Washington Nationals and regional cable-television broadcaster MASN until July, according…
Horse Racing

TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, acquired live rights for the Belmont Stakes horse race in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with rights-holder NBCUniversal…
Baseball

US baseball league Major League Baseball will offer its domestic media rights to the market this week after periods of exclusive negotiations with existing broadcast partners expire

North American motor-racing series Nascar has restructured its media division in a process that it said would strengthen its broadcasting and production services
Ice Hockey

Fox Sports, a division of US network Fox, agreed a 12-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2023-24, for the rights to show Los Angeles Kings National Hockey League ice hockey games on the Fox Sports West regional…

Media conglomerate News Corporation confirmed it is considering converting its US cable television motorsports channel Speed into a nationwide sports network
American Football

Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content

Football

Colombian football league channel looks expensive to platform operators
Football

Al Jazeera acquires Copa rights
Football

Globo bags Ligue 1

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired a package of rights to the IndyCar motor racing series, including the Indy500, in a five-year deal, according to Canadian newspaper, The…

The International Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Committee agreed a revenue-sharing deal, bringing an end to a long-running dispute over the division of Olympic Games media rights and sponsorship…
Football

Chelsea’s Uefa Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich pulled in fewer viewers for the US network Fox Sports than the 2011 final between Barcelona and Manchester United.

Live sport will continue to be a hot property for television networks and social media platforms can complement and enhance their coverage, John Skipper, president of US sports broadcaster ESPN and co-chairman…
Football

Uruguayan state broadcaster Televisión Nacional Uruguay has acquired free-to-air rights to both Euro 2012 and this summer’s Olympic Games in sublicensing deals with the Tenfield agency.
Tennis

Video sharing website Dailymotion agreed a deal to stream live content from the 2012 Wimbledon tennis championships

The Southeastern Conference group of US colleges is in talks with its media rights partners the CBS network and pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN about launching its own cable-television channel