Americas

Boxing

The plan of a US television executive to launch a dedicated boxing channel in the US is being regarded with a large amount of scepticism.

“The Olympics are not a sporting event. They are the only great family viewing experience left on all of American television.”
Boxing

The BBC, ITV and British Sky Broadcasting tendered initial bids to England’s Football Association for the next three-year package of television rights, covering England home internationals and the FA C…
Cycling

AOL Time Warner pulled out of the bidding for the rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games because, it said, it could not meet the International Olympic Committee’s tender requirements.
Boxing

US television network NBC is close to signing a follow-up agreement to its landmark deal with boxing promoter Main Events.

Baseball

Basketball’s Houston Rockets and baseball’s Houston Astros are the latest US major league sports teams to launch their own regional sports channel.

Football

The fight between WBC heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis and Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko was watched by 4
Football

Champions League too expensive, does not attract good audiences, difficult to schedule
Boxing

German agency Infront Sports agreed a one-year deal for Bundesliga rights with a group comrising EM
Boxing

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Football

Major League Soccer has signed a second broadcast deal, the first for which is has not had to buy airtime.
Australian Rules Football

A rematch between boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley for the WBC and WBA super welterweight world titles is set to go ahead after US pay-television network HBO offered Mosley a greater share of pay-per-view…
Athletics

The poor economic climate has led to a big increase in sports federations buying airtime to show their top events.
Football

French commercial broadcaster TF1 acquired the free-to-air rights to football’s Champions League in a deal reported to be worth about €33m (£22.6m) a year.  It will have the first choice of live matches each Champions League week.

Audiences for the first round of the Formula 1 World Championship plummeted in three of the top four European markets.
Cricket

This month’s deal between the Pakistan cricket board and broadcasters Ten Sports and ARY Digital is the latest example of cricket boards abandoning traditional sports rights agencies.
Football

American Football

Audiovisual Sport, the football rights-holding company for Spain’s two main pay-television companies, said it valued the rights of all 20 clubs in the Primera Liga at €200m a season, 25 per cent less tha…