England

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, CyTA, has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Lumiere to show coverage of the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.

Premiership Rugby, the governing body of the English top-tier rugby union club competition, has entered into a partnership with News UK that will allow the newspaper publishing group’s online titles access to post-match clips from Premiership matches.

The Premier League, the top division of English football, has settled its long-running legal battle with video-sharing website YouTube over alleged copyright infringement of its content, according to the Guardian newspaper.

The Football Association, the sport’s governing body in England, has renewed a deal with London-based production company Input Media. The deal will run for five years, from 2013-14 to 2017-18.

English Premier League football club Aston Villa has agreed a two-year deal with US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable Sports to broadcast its international television programme, Aston Villa Weekly, in the Southern California area.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has signed a three-year rights deal with the England Netball organisation for the Superleague club competition and all home international games.

AVTV, the in-house pay-television channel operated by English Premier League football club Aston Villa, has agreed a carriage deal with three major airlines.

English Premiership rugby union club London Irish has renewed its sponsorship deal with waste water and sewage specialists Pump Technology until the end of the 2017-18 season.

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed two new broadcast deals for the inaugural edition of the event.

Newspaper group News UK has acquired the video clip rights to England national team games and FA Cup matches under a four-year deal struck with the Football Association.

The Kentaro agency has acquired the global media rights for English Premier League football club Manchester United’s forthcoming summer tour of Asia and Oceania.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has confirmed it has secured the live rights to two England rugby union Test matches against Argentina next month.

English Premier League football club Southampton has entered into a “long-term” kit partnership with Adidas.

The Pitch International agency has signed a three-year extension to its international broadcast rights deal with Premiership Rugby.

English Premier League side Sunderland has unveiled BFS Group as its new principal partner and shirt sponsor from the 2013-14 season.

The International Cricket Council has agreed three video news highlights distribution deals for the upcoming 2013 Champions Trophy one-day international tournament.