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Small gain for the Premier League in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The English Premier League has increased the value of its rights in 27 territories across Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia in two separate deals, after carving out Bulgaria to capitalise on…
AMI pays increase for LaLiga rights across Baltics and ex-CIS
LaLiga has increased the value of its rights in 13 European and Asian markets by about 20 per cent in a single deal with the Advisers Media International agency.
Saran looking beyond Turkey
Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
BBC deal takes IOC through the $1bn barrier
This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
Saran extends Wimbledon rights through to 2021
Saran Media, the Turkish media-rights agency, has extended its contract for the rights to tennis Grand Slam tournament Wimbledon for a further two years in a deal covering 13 territories
Saran Media lands FA Cup rights
The Saran Media agency has acquired exclusive rights in a host of Caucasus and Central Asian countries to the English FA Cup club football competition
Saran Media picks up Serie A rights in Eastern Europe
The Saran Media agency has acquired exclusive rights for Serie A, the top division of Italian football, in 14 Eastern European territories
Eurosport adds further territories to Wimbledon footprint
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships in a further eight territories.
Austria warning for EBU members
EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: SNTV, the sports news agency operated by the IMG agency and The Associated Press, has acquired non-exclusive news clip rights outside Europe for the Confederation of African Football’s Africa C…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Champions League, World Cup, Euro deals and more
Football: Spanish pay-television operator Digital Plus acquired Champions League rights in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Cricket, football and baseball
Cricket: Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan said that it would look to share the rights to Indian cricket if it failed to retain its exclusive contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
New rivals force Eurosport into policy change
Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.