Czech Republic
Drop in second-party rights prices as Uefa arrives at central solution
Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
Champions and Europa League rights sold in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the Champions League and Europa League competitions for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
French Open deal extended
Silva set to add a year to Open deal
Uefa ties up Champions League deals in Belgium and the Czech Republic
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has concluded deals for Champions League media rights in Belgium and the Czech Republic for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Chello Central Europe retains Spanish Liga rights
Liberty Global-owned broadcaster Chello Central Europe has renewed its rights deal for Spanish football’s top-tier domestic league, the Spanish Liga, for the next three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
IEC in Sports to distribute Ostrava Golden Spike athletics
The IEC in Sports agency agreed a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with the organisers of the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meeting to distribute the global television rights for the event
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Euro 2012, Champions League, Ligue 1 and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, South Asian Championship and more
Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Czech TV acquires Europa League rights
Czech public-service broadcaster CTV acquired rights for the Uefa Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Actions Sports, basketball, ice hockey, MMA, tennis and more
Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series
Medge/AMI make breakthrough with big MTG deal
Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics
Austria warning for EBU members
EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
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
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
Big increase for NHL but it ‘could have been bigger’
Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says
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
More primetime games as NHL targets Europe
NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East