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FA plans to show live matches via new Mandarin-language website
The English Football Association, the sport’s national governing body, has said that there are plans to stream live coverage of selected football matches via a new Mandarin-language version of the TheFA.c
Former Beijing mayor calls for Chinese sports television reform
Beijing's former mayor Liu Jingmin has called for an end to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s “monopoly” control over nationwide sports coverage.
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CCTV could pay for ratings flop with loss of rights
F1 ratings flop costly for CCTV
VisionChina to deliver mobile coverage of Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association, the sport’s governing body in China, has appointed digital media company VisionChina to deliver live coverage of the country’s Super League top tier on mobile platforms.
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ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
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
Sina to show live PGA Tour golf
Chinese internet operator Sina will simulcast live coverage of 12 golf tournaments per year as part of an extension to its partnership with the US PGA Tour
Diamond League’s ‘perfect world’ is gone, yet rights fees increase
The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels
ARD and ZDF wind back decade-old inflation
Latest ARD/ZDF athletics deal confirms market correction
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
The long game
The recipe is simple: take the world’s most popular sport in a market primed for growth, get in while the sport, the broadcast market or the economy more generally is underdeveloped, invest in long-term p…
Vietnam deal closes positive Asian sales cycle
Vietnam deal closes Asian sales
Broadcast footprint increased for World Mind Games
Broadcasters in Latin America, Asia and Europe have signed rights deals to show the 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games
Infront hails increased exposure for Chinese basketball league
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will provide “unprecedented” coverage of the Chinese Basketball Association’s top league during the 2012-13 season, according to the Infront Sports & Media agency.
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CCTV renews and expands NBA rights
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has renewed its rights for the National Basketball Association in a multi-year deal which will expand the level of the league’s coverage in China.
Big rights-fee increases continue but key Middle East talks drag on
Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge
Premier League completes overseas rights hat-trick
The Premier League, the top division of football in England, has agreed rights deals in China and Macau, the Caribbean and Canada