Americas

CBS Sports Network, the cable sports channel of US network CBS, acquired rights for ice hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference in a multi-year deal from the inaugural 2013-14 season onwards.

Sports programming on US television attracted $10.9 billion (€8.6 billion) in advertising expenditure in the year to the end of September 2011, up 5.9 per cent from $10.3

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012

FOOTBALL

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

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…

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 …

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

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

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

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.

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…

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…

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