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Boxing

The UK boxing channel BoxNation missed out on signing up about 30,000 new customers due to its subscription service crashing on February 18 in the hours leading up to its coverage of the Dereck Chisora…
Football

Ross Hair, the managing director of ESPN in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the international sports broadcaster would not be overly aggressive in its bidding for the next cycle of UK rights for…

Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is set to offer its two new sports channels in France for between €12 ($16) and €13 per month when they launch in the first half of this year, according to the Jou…
Football

Eredivisie Live, the pay-television channel operated by the Dutch football league, said its new Eredivisie Live Sidekick ‘second screen’ service attracted 50,000 viewers on its first weekend.
Football

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport acquired rights in Germany for two games at the 2012 Algarve Cup women’s national team football tournament in Portugal.

Digital media company Perform generated revenues of £103 million (€121 million/$163 million) in 2011, up 53 per cent on 2010, and profits after tax of £14.7 million, up 45 per cent.

Laurent-Eric Le Lay, the group director of sports rights purchasing at TF1, said that the French commercial broadcaster was likely to bid to retain the rights for the Formula One motor-racing championship,…
Football

Friedrich Joussen, Vodafone Germany’s chief executive, said that the telecommunications company would not bid for domestic rights for the Bundesliga, the German football league.

Antena 3 chief executive Silvio González said that the Spanish commercial broadcaster could lose between €5 million ($6.6
Football

UK publican Karen Murphy today won a High Court appeal against a prosecution brought by English football’s Premier League for showing league football matches in her pub using a Greek satellite service r…
Boxing

UK pay-television channel Box Nation acquired the rights for the boxing re-match between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson for the WBC light-heavyweight title in Atlantic City, the US on April 28
Football

Clawing back 3pm matches could be costly for league
Football

Three hurdles for Bundesliga in domestic rights sales

Football

Premier League set to win copyright argument in High Court but doubt remains
Mixed Martial Arts

UFC pushing for big increase in UK but ESPN is lukewarm
American Football

NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal
Basketball

Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Football

Canal Plus loses more football to rival Al Jazeera but analysts say it's not time to panic yet