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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, IAAF, Boxing, World Rally and Olympics deals
American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV extended its existing deal for NFL matches, including the playoffs and the Super Bowl game, for four more years from 2010 to 2013
Greek crisis skids F1 deal off track
Antenna 1 drops Formula One coverage as Greece's economic crisis grips TV market.
IEC claims strong start ahead of big market deals
Athletics World Championships rights sold in Sweden, Greece and Portugal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Fifa, Premier League, national team and FA Cup deals
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…
Step-change for Premier League as bidding fever grips Europe
Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest golf, rugby union and East Asian Games deals
Golf: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB acquired the rights for the US PGA Tour in an eight-year deal from 2010 to 2017, paying an estimated $90m
TV Rights Deals 2: Football – World Cup in China and latest Premier League deals
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for all Fifa events between now and 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal worth about $125m (€83m).
Euroleague set to profit from old and new Greek rivalries
Basketball’s Euroleague is poised to agree a three-fold increase in rights fees in Greece, becoming the latest rights-holder to benefit from renewed pay-television competition in the country
Tough times ahead for Nova as OTE splashes the cash
OTE has embarked on a sports-rights spending spree as its new IPTV service, Conn-x TV, looks to muscle its way into the country’s pay-television market.
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,…
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: La Liga, Champions League and Bundesliga deals
Football: Spanish media group Prisa agreed a deal with the Mediapro agency for the exclusive pay-television rights of one La Liga match each week, to be shown on Prisa’s Canal Plus premium channel, and t…
FASTRACK
UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB is set to agree a deal for cricket’s upcoming World Twenty20 Championship in England, ending a protracted 18-month long negotiation process with rights-holder ESPN Star Sports.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Uefa deals, Belgian Pro Ligue and Greek Superleague
Football: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS and pay-channel ESPN acquired the rights for Uefa club competitions the Champions League and Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2009-10 to 2011-12,…
Euroleague nets increased fees to beat global market blues
The European basketball league managed a 24-per-cent increase in television revenues this season and is optimistic of further growth next season.
TV Rights Deals 1: Euro 2012, Champions League, La Liga and more
Football: Sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil acquired pay-television rights in Brazil for the 2010 World Cup in a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster Globo
Nova pays up after On Telecom rings off
Nova Sports this week picked up the pay-television rights for the Champions League after an initial deal with IPTV company On Telecoms fell victim to the financial crisis.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: World Cup, Champions League, Copa del Rey
Football: Pan-African pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the sub-Saharan pay-television rights for all Fifa events in 2009 and 2010, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2009 Confederations…