Americas
MTG’s Viasat and Al Jazeera cast long shadow over ESPN
NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN
Big increase for NHL but it ‘could have been bigger’
Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says
IOC ahead in France but down in Germany after long stand-off
IOC up in France and down in Germany after tough talks
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, darts, golf and more
Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
ESPN-Fox holds off DirecTV to secure rights
ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Liga 1, Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…
NHL close to deal in Europe after further talks
Europe on standby as NHL is on the verge of awarding rights
Fastrack: Issue 15:12
Digital Plus furious about YouTube Copa ... Urhotv looking for partners ... ESPN looking at UK revamp
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Ice hockey, mixed martial arts, motorsports, sailing and more
Ice Hockey: Internet operator Laola1.tv acquired live rights for the Kontinental Hockey League, streaming its first match on September 15
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: American football, badminton, boxing, cricket, golf and more
American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: SNTV, the sports news agency operated by the IMG agency and The Associated Press, has acquired non-exclusive news clip rights outside Europe for the Confederation of African Football’s Africa C…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Serie A, Champions League, Danish league and more
Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Olympics, rugby union, tennis, US college sport and more
Olympic Games: Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 acquired the television, internet and mobile rights for the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics in a deal with the Sportfive…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, boxing, ice skating and Le Mans 24 Hours
Basketball: Bwin, the online gaming company, extended its media and marketing rights contract with Fiba, the International Basketball Federation, for four years, from 2011 to 2014
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Copa America, Belgian Pro League, La Liga and more
Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)
Heard the rumour? CAA will buy IMG. Nonsense, says IMG
Industry alive to the news of CAA takeover of IMG