Europe
Sportfive invites offers for Olympics rights in Luxembourg
The Sportfive agency has invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in Luxembourg.
The deadline for the offers is 5pm central European time on May 21
Sky gets Old Firm termination clause in SPL deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB would be able to terminate its five-year rights deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, with the Scottish Premier League if either of the competition’s two biggest clubs, Glasgow R…
TVE seeks fresh talks after TV3 makes lowball Supercopa offer
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is seeking further talks with Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 to try to increase the regional broadcaster’s bid to sublicense the rights for this year’s Sup…
Arena Sport buys Serbian domestic football rights
The Football Association of Serbia agreed a three-year rights deal with Telekom Srbija that will allow the Serbian telecommunications company’s pay-television broadcaster, Arena Sport, to show live coverage o…
AIBA’s World Series of Boxing lands Polish rights deal
Polish pay-television broadcaster N Sports acquired rights to the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
IMG looks east in FIVB expansion plans
IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia
FIVB hails ‘dream’ rights deal with IMG, ABC and Dentsu
FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal
Lagardere’s Qatar connection
Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay
World Cup set to boost ESS rights sales in Australia
World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights
Nelonen and MTV3 to dominate SM Liiga bidding
Two-way battle in Finland
Worth: ‘NBC deal was critical for America’s Cup’
NBC deal 'critical' for revamped America's Cup, says Worth
BBC retains rugby league Challenge Cup rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights deal for rugby league’s Challenge Cup.
Cypriot broadcasters cannot afford Formula One rights
Cypriot broadcasters are unable to afford rights for this year’s Formula One motor-racing championship, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.
Al Jazeera set to appoint advertising sales partner
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is considering a shortlist of four companies for the role of advertising sales partner for its two sports channels in France that are set to launch this summer
RTÉ in late late highlights deal for World Twenty20
Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ has acquired highlights rights for the remaining knockout matches of the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 qualifying tournament currently taking place …
Premier League could sell rights on pan-European basis, Scudamore says
The English Premier League is considering folding its next cycle of UK rights, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, into a pan-European package in the wake of the European Court of Justice legal case that has brought…
BBC not interested in Football League live rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is interested in retaining highlights rights for English Football League competitions, but is not interested in live games, according to the Daily Mail
MP & Silva expands handball portfolio
The MP & Silva agency agreed a five-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, to distribute the rights for the EHF Champions League men’s and women’s competitions in …