Belgium

Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts: Canadian channel The Fight Network acquired the English-language broadcast rights in a multi-year deal for kick-boxing promotion It’s Showtime.
Boxing

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
Basketball

Ficot to quit Sportfive for personal reasons ... NBA 'good business' for MCS ... Italian FA set to survive Rai cuts ... Chello's Sport1 Golf eyes expansion
Athletics

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.
Football

Clubs not yet fully committed to collective selling, and media revenue split and league format also up for discussion.

Cycling

German and Spanish audiences for the Tour de France increased by over 20 per cent this year, giving the Amaury Sport Organisation a shot in the arm, with negotiations for a new deal expected before 2011 Tour.

Cycling

The Giro d'Italia's promoter is claiming its tough line on doping has contributed to increases in markets such as Germany, the UK and Belgium-Flanders.
Football

Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
American Football

American Football: UK pay-broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for NFL Monday Night football in a two-year deal covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The deal covers live, repeat and pre-game programming
Football

The French and Belgian leagues are latest to consider in-house channels in the face of weak demand for their rights from broadcasters.
Football

Football: Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI and sister channel Global TV sublicensed the rights for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from PT Electronic City Entertainment, the original licensee
Football

The Belgian Pro League is considering plans to set up its own television channel after its long-standing rights partner, national telecoms provider Belgacom, said that it no longer needs the rights exclusively.
Football

The launch of EXQI Plus has been delayed, affecting coverage of Uefa’s second-tier Europa League competition, rights for which the new channel acquired earlier this year.
American Football

American Football: Pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired the rights in Flanders for the National Football League in a four-year deal with the IMG agency from 2009 to 2012
Cycling

The return of Lance Armstrong to this year’s Tour de France looks to have played a key role in driving strong television audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

Football

Football: Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC sublicensed the rights for 18 of the 56 matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup from public-service broadcaster RTP.
Football

The fate of UK pay broadcaster Setanta was hanging by a thread late this week, as TV Sports Markets went to press.
Football

The Belgian tender for Uefa’s new Europa League competition has coaxed two new bidders to make their first significant steps into the international sports rights market.