Austria
IAAF defends its rights strategy despite gaps in Daegu coverage
IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain
Fastrack: Issue 15:14
Fastrack: EBU and Infront battle for Austrian ski rights; Thai pay-TV battle boosts Uefa; Polish league has no free-to-air deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
EBU loses on free-to-air promises
MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Europa League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Motorsport, rugby union, squash, table tennis and more
Motorsport: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF extended its rights deal with Formula One until 2014. The rights include interviews, archive footage, practice and qualifying rounds and the race itself
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Football League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: English FA, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Boxing, cricket, golf, rally, rugby and tennis deals
Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, Austrian ice hockey, motorcycling and ATP tennis
Handball: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish men’s and women’s national teams and leagues in a four-year deal, from 2011-12 to 2014-15, with the rights-holders, the Dan…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS1: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, cricket and Fifa football
Asian Games: The IEC in Sports agency was appointed to handle worldwide media distribution of the 7th Asian Winter Games by the Games’s organising committee.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, GAA, golf, ice-hockey, skiing and more
Basketball: Pan-regional sports broadcaster ESPN International extended its deal with Euroleague Basketball in a one-season contract for the 2010-11 season
Skiing will weather spending freezes, says Infront
Ski federations and the Infront agency are renewing deals with public-service broadcasters gripped by recession.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Greek league extends Nova contract, other football deals
Football:
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova agreed a new four-year deal with the top-tier domestic league, the Superleague, running from 2010-11 to 2013-14 and worth €176m ($238m).
ORF pays more for national team
The Austrian football federation has secured a slight increase in its latest three-year deal with public-service broadcaster ORF.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Football, Formula One, US PGA Tour, Olympics and Wimbledon
Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…