Australia
Nine chief worried by lost cricket advertising time
Channel Nine chief executive David Gyngell said that the Australian commercial broadcaster’s advertising sales could suffer due to fewer days of play than expected in the Test cricket series currently u…
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.
ESS gets more content as rights fee remains flat
ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal
Uefa opts for cash over eyeballs
Uefa doubles its money in France but audiences will fall
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…
Nine’s Crawley wants to see best at Big Bash
Nine Network’s director of sport, Steve Crawley, said that the Big Bash, the Australian Twenty20 cricket franchise league, would need to involve the world’s best players in order to reach its potential on …
India series topping Ashes audiences for Australia’s Nine
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Network’s average audience for the opening two Test matches of the current Australia v India series was 30 per cent higher than the average for the last Australia v…
ASO to distribute Tour Down Under rights
Sports marketing company the Amaury Sport Organisation was appointed to handle global broadcast distribution for the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia
ABC still in talks with SANFL
Justin Holdforth, the head of sport at Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC, said that talks were ongoing over a new broadcast deal for the Australian rules football South Australian National…
Burns to lead Fox Sports channels
Australian pay-television channel operator Premier Media Group appointed Gary Burns as the new director of its Fox Sports channels
ESPN Star Sports and Cricket Australia renew rights deal
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports renewed its deal with Cricket Australia for exclusive rights to the home matches of the Australian national team and Australian domestic cricket for a further five…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
IRB set to cash in on World Cup heroics of Les Bleus
France holds the key for 2015
World Cup income keeps growing
Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, ice hockey, Olympics and more
Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Euros, Spanish national team and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).