Americas

Major League Baseball is considering the launch of its own cable network to broadcast games covered by its main television-rights package.

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group

Venue for 2014 Winter Games is yet to be chosen, and an unfavourable timezone could lower US rights fee

Ice hockey: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC retained the rights for live coverage of the US National Hockey League in a six-year deal that will keep its flagship Hockey Night in Canada programme…

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 

Olympics: Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster TV Record acquired the Brazilian media rights across all platforms for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympics Games in London in a $60m (£31m/€45m) de…

North American deals now total €27 million

Some larger clubs in favour of breaking with traditional broadcast partner, despite threat of legal action

ISU president's 'threat' to move figure skating championship from United States is a 'negotiating tactic'

Brazilian commercial broadcaster pays huge fee to capture important rights deal

Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 agreed a deal with the Infront agency for the pay-television rights for the 2006 World Cup and sublicensed them to pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and its own cable and satellite channel Eurosport.

Global Cricket Corporation will be handicapped when it bids for the next round of rights.