Latin America
Fastrack: Issue 15:15
Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook
Al Jazeera moves on US market
Al Jazeera buys top football rights to enter US market
Globo pays more for top match, Fox ready to pounce
Uefa enjoys big increase for Globo's Champions League rights
Fastrack: Issue 15:17
Touchdown for ESPN but cloud over NHL...Traffic busy in Mexico...Lega channel may annoy Sky...Sucker punch on Primetime
Booming Brazil’s football gold rush
Big increases for top football in booming Brazil rights market
Europa League proving big attraction in US
Rights fee increases for Uefa in the US and Caribbean
Fastrack: Issue 15:16
Euro 2012 value drops as channels buddy up ... ISU secures 35% EBU increase ... Alianza defies league with joint bid ... UFC fights its way into mainstream
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1:Euro 2012, World Cup qualifiers, Football League and more
Football: Hong Kong pay-television operator Now TV acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from the Sportfive agency(page 8)
Full Play halts Traffic with claim to own 2015-2023 Copa rights
Full Play produces letter from Conmebol to back up claim to have Copa America rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga and more
Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Golden Boy to take rights in house from next year
Golden Boy taking over
New tournament has big teams but not the star players
New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players
IOC ahead in France but down in Germany after long stand-off
IOC up in France and down in Germany after tough talks
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, darts, golf and more
Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
ESPN-Fox holds off DirecTV to secure rights
ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League