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ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
Losses are limited as Silva tries to unravel Middle East conundrum
League gets out of tight corner in Middle East with MP & Silva deal
NHK extends UCI partnership
Japanese public-service broadcaster NHK has agreed a two-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with cycling’s global governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale.
YouTube to show France national team action
Digital video company Base79, which operates more than 600 channels on video-sharing website YouTube, has struck a deal with the Fédération Française de Football, the French football federation.
Dailymotion to stream France v Germany game
Video-sharing website Dailymotion has acquired rights for the France v Germany national football team friendly match tomorrow (Wednesday) evening
Fuji TV acquires Volleyball World Cup rights
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport’s world governing body, has extended its exclusive domestic rights deal with Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji TV.
ARD and ZDF wind back decade-old inflation
Latest ARD/ZDF athletics deal confirms market correction
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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Fox plans to do for baseball what BSkyB did for English football
Former BSkyB boss Dovey behind Fox plans to revolutionise baseball coverage in Japan
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
Fox Sports Japan to launch with baseball coverage
The Fox International Channels division of US network Fox will launch Fox Sports Japan, a new sports channel for the country, in March 2013 with coverage of Japanese baseball games
ESS moves away from exclusivity
Singapore carriage deals show new ESS channel strategy
Vietnam deal closes positive Asian sales cycle
Vietnam deal closes Asian sales
Asia continues to deliver massive rights fee increases
Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights
MP & Silva gets 100% increase for FA rights
MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
Traffic v Full Play latest
Traffic v Full Play latest
MP & Silva achieves large fee increase in Korea
MP & Silva hit a home run in Korea with big increase