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TV Rights 1: Euro Champs, Premier League and Indian cricket deals
Football: Middle East pay-broadcaster Al Jazeera Sports acquired the rights for Euro 2012 and 2016 in a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, worth $100m (€67m) overall. Al
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest boxing, basketball, motorcycling and squash deals
Boxing: German public service broadcaster ARD extended its television rights deal with boxing promoter Sauerland for one more year, taking it to the end of 2012, paying about €14m ($21m).
National team qualifiers still top free-to-air content
No UK broadcasters were willing to show England’s final 2010 World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine but national team matches are still a sure-fire guarantee of big television audiences.
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest Diamond League, Euroleague and cricket deals
American Football: Pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired the rights in Flanders for the National Football League in a four-year deal with the IMG agency from 2009 to 2012
Ratings for Berlin, Bolt give IAAF bargaining chip
European broadcasters will be scrutinising ratings for last month’s World Athletics Championships as they weigh up their bids for the rights of future championships.
Europe envies ‘flawless’ BSkyB
Europe’s top satellite pay-television operators will be casting envious glances at the UK’s BSkyB, after it enjoyed what analysts described as a “flawless quarter” to end-June.
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Speculation is mounting that Singapore’s two rival pay-broadcasters may bid jointly for the English Premier League rights when they come on the market.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: La Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League and more
Football: Indonesian pay-broadcaster Telkomvision acquired a package of Serie A rights for the 2009-10 season in a one-year deal with the MP&Silva agency, renewing an existing deal
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest baseball, handball and Aussie Rules deals
Baseball: Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport acquired the rights for next month’s 2009 Baseball World Cup in a deal with the International Baseball Federation.
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The IAAF has returned to the European Broadcasting Union in its attempts to find a buyer for the European media rights for its events for the next four-year period.
Armstrong comeback boosts Le Tour audiences
The return of Lance Armstrong to this year’s Tour de France looks to have played a key role in driving strong television audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Serie A, La Liga, Uefa, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: Italian satellite broadcaster Sky Italia acquired the live satellite rights for all Serie A matches from 2010-11 to 2011-12 in a deal with Lega Calcio. Sky will pay €580m ($824m) a season.
TV Rights Deals 2: All the latest cricket, cycling, extreme sport and ESPN UK deals
Basketball: PCTV-owned Mexican pay-broadcaster TVC Deportes extended it deal for the live rights to the ACB Spanish Basketball League in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to 2011-12
Authority ruling fails to lift clouds over Orange Sport
The pay-television ambitions of Orange appear to have suffered a major blow after the country’s competition authority advised that its present distribution strategy could not be justified.
Three-year cycle rings the changes again at Sportfive
The structural reorganisation at Sportfive continues a three-year cycle of evolution since it was first formed in 2001, according to Stephane Schindler.
French federation gets friendly in bid to halt falling fees
The French Football Federation has come up with an innovative tender in an attempt to avoid a significant cut in television revenue for French national team matches.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football – Premier League, La Liga, French and Greek deals
Football: Sports broadcaster ESPN acquired the UK rights previously held by Setanta for 46 Premier League matches from the 2009-10 season and 23 matches a season for the three years from 2010-11 to 2012-13,…
Orange targets tennis in return to the rights market
Orange is to target French Open tennis rights as it returns to the sports acquisition trail, having put rights-buying on hold in recent months because of a continuing legal row over the distribution of its Orange Sport channel.