Iceland
European qualifiers sales process opened in Iceland
The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights in Iceland to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Athletics, basketball, boxing, golf, handball and ice hockey
Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
Kentaro hits the jackpot, Sportfive is philosophical
Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw
IAAF defends its rights strategy despite gaps in Daegu coverage
IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain
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…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, Bundesliga, La Liga and more
Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, Formula One and World Cup rugby
Basketball: French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus extended its deal with the Euroleague for a further three years, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, paying €880,000 ($1.14m) per year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
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…
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Premier League highlights deal and more
Football: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC extended its deal for Premier League highlights for a further three years, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, paying £173m (€185m/ $237m).
TV rights 1: World Cup, national team, European football
Football: Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable acquired the television rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with Fifa worth just over €90m (ÂŁ71m).Â
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, handball and triathlon
Football: The English Football Association agreed a deal with sports agency Sportfive for second-party rights for England’ home friendly internationals, giving Sportfive the rights for selling to broadcasters i…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, Formula 1, horseracing and more
Football: Sports agency Sportfive acquired the worldwide international television rights for the German Bundesliga in a two-year deal, from 2004-05 to 2005-06, paying over €15m (£10m) per season.
Roulette wheel spins good draw for agencies
Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well
La Liga is No.2 worldwide league – if only for now
International rights sales for Spanish football’s La Liga are likely to bring in more than €100 million a year.
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…