Americas

Ice Hockey

US regional sports network Fox Sports Carolinas extended its rights deal with NHL ice hockey side Carolina Hurricanes in a multi-year agreement for all matches not shown nationally by the league’s rights-holders.
Basketball

US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and the CBS Sports website have generated approximately $60 million (€45.1

Media conglomerate News Corporation is taking steps towards launching a national US cable-television sports channel, according to Bloomberg
Football

Fox Sports, a division of US broadcaster Fox, agreed a carriage deal with Net, Brazil’s largest cable-television operator, for its recently-launched pay-television channel Fox Sports Brasil.
Golf

US pay-television broadcaster the Golf Channel renewed its exclusive rights deal for the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the season in the women’s game, for a further three years, from 2…
Baseball

The Guggenheim Baseball Management consortium agreed a deal to acquire Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion (€1.5

Motor racing series the American Drag Racing League will stream its events live for free during its 2012 season
Football

La Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian football league, is considering launching its own television channel to provide live coverage of its games once its existing domestic rights deal …
Baseball

Local cable-television rights deals provided $923 million (€705 million) of income for Major League Baseball clubs in 2011, according to Forbes.
Volleyball

IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia

FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal
Cricket

Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay
Cricket

World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights

Football

Klefer bags key Brazil rights
Football

Fox Sports, a division of US broadcaster Fox, agreed a carriage deal with Brazil’s largest satellite operator, Sky Brasil, for its recently-launched pay-television channel in the country.
Handball

The MP & Silva agency agreed a five-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, to distribute the rights for the EHF Champions League men’s and women’s competitions in …
Football

Brazilian media group Globo agreed a deal with Atlético Goianiense, of the Brazilian Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, for the club’s television rights for the next four years, fro…
Football

Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet renewed it rights deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, for the Champions League, for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.