Americas
FA to use Sportel to get international rights talks rolling
The English Football Association is set to continue its round of international rights sales for 2008-12
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Actions Sports, basketball, ice hockey, MMA, tennis and more
Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Uefa Champions League, English FA and more
Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for the Uefa Europa League in three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the Team Marketing agency,…
News in brief, Issue 15:18
Doubts over ECJ ruling delay Ligue 1 Euro deal ... Fox explores syndication ... Prisa close to key golf renewals ... Greek basketball’s high hopes ... French football goes to Brazil
Fastrack: Issue 15:19
Al Jazeera to go it alone in Brazil with Ligue 1...Zebini to lead Fox in Brazil...TyC makes up with federation
Medge/AMI make breakthrough with big MTG deal
Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics
CAA’s cull of Kenyon’s dream team baffles many – but not all
Why CAA Sport pulled the plug on Kenyon after just two years
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Indy Car, Olympic Games, America’s Cup and more
Motorsport: The Disney-owned ABC network extended its rights deal for the Indy Car Series with rights-holders the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Car Series for a further six years, from 2013 to 2018
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3:American Football, athletics, boxing, handball and more
American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: MLS, Greek Superleague, Bulgarian League and more
Football: The Comcast-NBCU network acquired rights to US football’s Major League Soccer in a three-season deal, from 2012 until the end of 2014, worth $10 (€7m) to $12m per season, with Soccer United Mar…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup qualifiers, Euro 2012, Champions League and more
Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Mixed martial arts, motorsport, rugby, tennis and more
Mixed Martial Arts: US pay-television channel Spike TV will stream live on its website preliminary bouts from season five of the US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Athletics, basketball, boxing, golf, handball and ice hockey
Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football deals outside Europe for Champions League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a series of pay-television and free-to-air television deals for 2012-13 to 2014-15 for the rights to the Champions League and Europa league i…
IOC over the $100m threshold in Latin America
Mexico deal takes IOC over the $100m mark in Latin America
Fastrack: Issue 15:15
Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook
Al Jazeera moves on US market
Al Jazeera buys top football rights to enter US market
New fight channel could force Sky into rethink
Warren boxing channel could mean the end of top boxing on Sky