Bulgaria
Bulsatcom loses Bulgarian football rights
Bulgarian telecommunications company Bulsatcom has lost the rights to broadcast games from the Bulgarian A Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football, according to the Novinite news agency
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
Drop in second-party rights prices as Uefa arrives at central solution
Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
Italian volleyball fits MP & Silva’s growth strategy
Italian volleyball goes global
Uefa concludes Champions League and Europa League sales in Bulgaria
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed rights deals in Bulgaria for the Champions League and Europa League with commercial and pay-television broadcaster BTV, and state broadcaster BNT f…
NBA bounces back from lockout with a series of deals
Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Austria warning for EBU members
EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: MLS, Greek Superleague, Bulgarian League and more
Football: The Comcast-NBCU network acquired rights to US football’s Major League Soccer in a three-season deal, from 2012 until the end of 2014, worth $10 (€7m) to $12m per season, with Soccer United Mar…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup qualifiers, Euro 2012, Champions League and more
Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
Rai lowballing prompts Bianchi rights shake-up
Italy games heading for pay-TV
Mediapro’s tough Liga stance with Asian broadcasters
Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, Bundesliga, La Liga and more
Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…
Mediapro signs early deals in quest for quick cash
Pre-emptive offers from agencies "too good to turn down".
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…
F1 and US PGA Tour make hay in the Nordics
Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Premier League deals in Europe and AFC extension
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
TV Rights Deals 2: Asian Games, athletics, cricket, F1, motorsport and more
Asian Games: Hong Kong pay-broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the exclusive television and internet rights for the 2010 Asian Games, in Guangzhou, in a deal worth an estimated $1m (€780,000).
TV Rights Deals 1: Bundesliga, Bulgaria and more
Football: The Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL), representing the top two tiers of German football, Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2, agreed a number of media rights deals covering the four-year period from 2009-10…