Brazil

Football

Football: Spanish pay-television operator Digital Plus acquired Champions League rights in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Athletics

Athletics: The European Broadcasting Union acquired rights for European Athletics Association events in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015
Football

Football: Italian satellite pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the exclusive rights for top Tuesday-night Champions League matches, all other matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, excluding the…
Football

Surprise finalist deflates World Club Cup audience expectations, raising questions over value of competition for broadcasters.
Handball

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…
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.
Handball

Handball: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the International Handball Federation men’s and women’s World Championships in 2011 and 2013 in a deal with the Ufa Spo…
American Football

Brazilian clubs seeking $1.2bn in next TV deal ... NBA on Orange and Sky ... NFL happy despite pay-TV drop ... Froch fight on Primetime TV

Football

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
Football

Sales of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights will kick off in October, in Latin America and the Middle East, followed by Italy.
Football

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…
Cricket

Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
Boxing

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the exclusive rights for the next five fights of the Klitschko brothers, Vladimir and Vitali, in a deal with the Klitschko Management Group worth a reported…
Football

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Football

Premier League and La Liga the next targets for expanding sports portfolio at Brazilian broadcaster.
Football

Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
Football

Globo 100-per-cent neutral in election ... Federation silent on Fasel report ... Lega fears irreparable damage
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