Americas

Baseball

The prospect of a significant increase in the local media rights value of MLB baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers boosted the minimum asking price for acquiring the franchise, set at $1.5 billion (€1.1
Hockey

Argentinian state-owned broadcaster Canal 7 acquired rights for the International Hockey Federation’s women’s Champions Trophy, which will take place in Rosario, Argentina from January 28 to February 5.

News Corp-owned media company Fox International Channels and South American television network and production company RCN Television Group have formed a joint venture to launch MundoFox, a sports and entertainment…
Football

Sports pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to the Brazilian football league, the Campeonato Série A, and the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo’s state championship, in …
Horse Racing

US network NBC acquired rights for horse racing’s Breeders’ Cup in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015, with Breeders’ Cup Limited, owner of the thoroughbred racing series. NB
Cricket

Trinidad and Tobago national free-to-air broadcaster Win Communications agreed a deal with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board for rights to the 2012 domestic season
American Football

The last 10 editions of American football’s NFL Super Bowl have generated $1.72 billion (€1.35
Curling

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC cancelled its deal to broadcast the country’s Grand Slam curling circuit to leave the series without a domestic broadcast partner just days before its next event.
Football

North American pay-television channel Gol TV agreed a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with the Kentaro agency for rights in the US and Canada to a number of international football matches, including…
Football

Colombian pay-television broadcasters Telefόnica, Une and Telmex had their latest joint bid to acquire rights for the country’s top football league, Liga Postobon, rejected by the División Mayor del Fút…
American Football

US pay-television operator DirecTV agreed a five-year deal with the Big Sky college sports conference for its basketball and American football competitions
Tennis

US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel reached a new multi-year carriage agreement with IPTV operator Verizon FiOS TV, ending a four-month blackout

The International Olympic Committee rejected a joint bid of C$70 million (€54 million/$69 million) from Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC and telco Bell for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic G…
Tennis

TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament in a 10-year deal, from 2012 to 2021, with Tennis Australia, the…
American Football

The broadcast blackout rule, which blocks US sports events from being shown live on television in their local market unless all tickets to attend the event have been sold, could be scrapped under a proposal…
Football

Concacaf stuck in neutral as deals wait...Bernie in the driving seat...Fresh joint bid in Colombia...Full steam ahead for Full Play
Horse Racing

Horse Racing: Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ agreed a two-year rights deal, for 2012 and 2013, with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses, for races in Ireland.
American Football

American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.