Europe
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Olympic Games, snooker, Wimbledon, French Open and more
Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee agreed media-rights deals in France, Germany and Korea for the Olympic Games (see story this issue)
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga and more
Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
Golden Boy to take rights in house from next year
Golden Boy taking over
Channel 5 and Primetime to begin boxing link-up
Desmond boxing clever
New tournament has big teams but not the star players
New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players
Football League takes tough stance on fee guarantees
Football League takes its time to make sure of guarantees
MTG’s Viasat and Al Jazeera cast long shadow over ESPN
NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN
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
IOC ahead in France but down in Germany after long stand-off
IOC up in France and down in Germany after tough talks
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, darts, golf and more
Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
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
ESPN-Fox holds off DirecTV to secure rights
ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League
MTG breaks the bank to fend off hungry Canal Plus
MTG breaks records with monster bid for Champions League; Canal Plus hits back with preemptive Norway deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Liga 1, Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…
NHL close to deal in Europe after further talks
Europe on standby as NHL is on the verge of awarding rights