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News in brief, Issue 15:5
Premier League gives up on growth in China ... Copa deals concluded ... FA digging in on Uefa plan ... Rai-federation stalemate ... New home for Strikeforce ... MotoGP confirms IMG.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Motorsport, Olympics, rugby union, tennis and more
Kickboxing: German commercial broadcaster Sat.1 agreed a two-year deal, beginning immediately, for rights to the fights of World Kickboxing Association world champion Christine Theiss
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Boxing, ICC and IPL cricket, cycling and football
Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
Traffic hails ‘massive’ increase in worldwide rights fees for Copa
Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
ESS beats rivals to land Asian 2011 World Cup rights
Ambitious Eurosport and Setanta pushed ESS for pan-Asian rugby World Cup deal excluding key markets.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Basketball, college sports, F1, golf, Olympics and tennis deals
Basketball: Rights agency MP & Silva sold rights to the Spanish professional basketball league, the ACB, to Italian pay-television platform Dahlia TV and French pay-television operator Canal Plus covering…
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Euro 2012’s Asian deal, Man City and other football deals
Football: The Sportfive agency was appointed by Uefa as its exclusive media rights sales agency for Euro 2012 in a number of markets in Asia and Oceania
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Portuguese, Argentine, Spanish and Italian football
Football: Portuguese agency PPTV acquired the television and marketing rights for the Portuguese Liga club Sporting Lisbon in a five-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2017-18, worth about €108m ($135m).
PCCW deal justifies MUTV switch
The Hong Kong pay-broadcaster's fee matches the total amount Manchester United earned from overseas sales of its channel over the last three years.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Asian Games, baseball, motorcycling, rugby union and tennis
Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Asian Euro 2012 rights provide timely victory for Sportfive
Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.
Football: World Cup, Premier League, Serie A, Russian league
Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Uefa’s Team deal and more
Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, IPL, extreme sports, golf, ice-skating and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, Formula One, golf, hockey, table tennis and more
Athletics: African pay-operator SuperSport acquired non-exclusive rights for all events in the IAAF’s World Athletics Series in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, in a four-year deal from 2010 t…
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
Hong Kong and HiTV sweep league towards $2 billion mark
The international rights sales of English football’s Premier League continues to throw up interesting outcomes.