Americas
Lagardère expands golf division with Gaylord acquisition
Lagardère Unlimited, the sports marketing division of French conglomerate Lagardère, acquired Gaylord Sports Management, a US-based athlete representation group.
IMG goes Monster in US deal
IMG Media was appointed as exclusive global television distributor of the motorsports events run by Feld Motor Sports, including the Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM-sanctioned off-road motorcycle racing…
NFL regular-season viewing falls
The average US television audience for a regular-season NFL match in 2011-12 fell by 2.1 per cent year on-year to 17.5 million, according to audience measurement company Nielsen Media Research
Esporte Interativo acquires Super Bowl rights
Esporte Interativo, the Brazilian free-to-air sports broadcaster, acquired rights for the NFL Super Bowl in a two-year deal, covering the 2012 and 2013 matches.
The deal was brokered by the IMG agency
Golf Channel scores record viewing figures
US pay-television broadcaster the Golf Channel had an average of 90,000 viewers at any given time last year, a record for the channel, according to audience measurement company Nielsen Media Research
Disney-Comcast deal takes ESPN out-of-home
Media conglomerate Walt Disney Company extended a deal for its pay-television sports broadcast subsidiary ESPN and other channels to be carried by media company Comcast’s cable-television service in a…
NBC attracts large Winter Classic audience
The NHL Winter Classic game on January 2 between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers attracted the fifth-largest US television audience for a regular-season ice hockey match since 1975
Oklahoma close to regional Fox deal
The University of Oklahoma is close to a carriage deal with the Fox Sports Oklahoma and Fox Sports Southwest US regional cable and satellite broadcasters which will put the university’s sports network i…
Warner revelations ‘damage his own reputation too’
Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner tarnished his own credibility as well as that of football’s world governing body when he claimed last week that he was allowed to purchase World Cup television r…
NBC sells out Super Bowl ad space
NBC sold out advertising spots for its coverage of this year’s NFL Super Bowl game on February 5 for a record average fee, according to Seth Winter, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at the U…
NBC re-launches Versus as NBC Sports Network
US media group NBCUniversal launched NBC Sports Network, a re-branding of the Versus cable channel, on January 2
Showtime seals Strikeforce deal
US pay-per-view broadcaster Showtime agreed a new broadcast and production deal with the Strikeforce mixed martial arts promotional company
CRTC rules against Bell’s exclusive mobile deals
The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, Canada’s telecommunications watchdog, ruled that Bell must allow rival telco Telus to stream sports content that is currently only available t…
The Score acquires Fifa Club World Cup rights
Canadian cable-television sports channel The Score acquired exclusive rights for Fifa’s Club World Cup in a one-tournament deal for the 2011 edition, which kicks off tomorrow in Japan.
Fox Sports Ohio renews with Columbus Blue Jackets
US regional sports network Fox Sports Ohio extended its exclusive rights deal with NHL ice hockey side the Columbus Blue Jackets in a multi-year deal
Bell teams up with Rogers to buy Maple Leaf Sports
Canadian telecommunications company Bell, through its parent company BCE, and rival telco Rogers Communications agreed a deal to jointly acquire a controlling stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment,…
Dodgers given go-ahead to start rights sales
The judge overseeing the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bankruptcy case ruled that the Major League Baseball team would be allowed to begin selling its broadcast rights.
CBS acquires rights to Professional Bull Riding
US network CBS agreed a multi-year deal with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) organisation for the live broadcast of 27 events per year