Americas
Tennis Channel secures Verizon carriage
US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel reached a new multi-year carriage agreement with IPTV operator Verizon FiOS TV, ending a four-month blackout
IOC turns down joint bid from CBC and Bell
The International Olympic Committee rejected a joint bid of C$70 million (€54 million/$69 million) from Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC and telco Bell for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic G…
TSN extends Australian Open rights until 2021
TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament in a 10-year deal, from 2012 to 2021, with Tennis Australia, the…
FCC to consider scrapping blackout rule
The broadcast blackout rule, which blocks US sports events from being shown live on television in their local market unless all tickets to attend the event have been sold, could be scrapped under a proposal…
Fastrack: Issue 15:23
Concacaf stuck in neutral as deals wait...Bernie in the driving seat...Fresh joint bid in Colombia...Full steam ahead for Full Play
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Horse racing, ice hockey, MMA, Olympics, skiing and more
Horse Racing: Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ agreed a two-year rights deal, for 2012 and 2013, with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses, for races in Ireland.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, MLB, NBA, Australian cricket, women’s golf and more
American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Euro 2012, Champions League, Ligue 1 and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Indian rights boom hits ceiling as saturation reached
Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom
ESS gets more content as rights fee remains flat
ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal
EBU well placed to tighten its grip on Fifa World Cup rights
Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: American football, athletics, hockey, handball and more
American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Champions League, Serie A, Bundesliga and more
Football: Uefa agreed deals in the Netherlands for the Champions League and Europa League for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, South Asian Championship and more
Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Fastrack: Issue 15:22
Wanted: French home for acquisitive Al Jazeera... Eredivisie Live battling for content... SPL plays safe with Sky and ESPN... Conmebol confirms Full Play deal
MLS wants to be among the world’s best by 2022
Growing MLS has big plans, with or without Beckham
Soccer finally ‘coming of age’ in US, experts say
Football comes of age in US
News Corp considers Dodgers stake
Media conglomerate News Corporation is considering buying a minority stake in the bankrupt Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers in a move designed to help its US network Fox retain the team’s l…