Middle East
Bahrain Sport Channel in domestic Gulf Cup deal
State-owned sports broadcaster the Bahrain Sport Channel has acquired domestic rights for the 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations football tournament
Full steam ahead for Team and CAA Eleven as Uefa strategy takes shape
Team renews with Uefa as CAA Eleven continues headhunt; Big increases across the globe for Uefa club competitions
Fiba bringing the game to the fans
Fiba overhaul to bring national team basketball to home fans and boost value of World Cup; Rights fees up but tough talks still to come in key territories
Big rights-fee increases continue but key Middle East talks drag on
Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge
IEC closing in on Nordic deal
Nordic WTA talks
Competition drives 2015 World Cup fees in France
TF1 pays big increase to hang on to Rugby World Cup
IRIB to show Iran World Cup qualifier
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the country’s public-service broadcaster, has acquired live rights for tonight’s (Tuesday) qualifying match for the 2014 Fifa World Cup between the Iran and…
TVE loses out, ERT holds on, as talks go to tip-off
TVE loses Euroleague rights to Marca TV but ERT hangs on to Greek league in late deals
Israel’s Channel 10 renews deal for Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague games
Israeli commercial broadcaster Channel 10 has renewed a rights deal with Euroleague Basketball for coverage of Israeli team Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv’s matches in the competition.
Dubai state-owned broadcaster picks up British horseracing
State-owned media company Dubai Media Incorporated has reached a four-year rights deal, from 2013 to 2016, with Racecourse Media Group, which controls the media rights of 30 British racecourses, and English…
Premier League set for windfall in booming Americas
The Premier League chose to start its international sales in the Americas with good reason: bidding wars are expected in the US and Brazil
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
YouTube’s splurge good timing for Premier League
YouTube football deals good timing for Premier League
‘Ambitious’ MCS stocks up
MCS advances in France and beyond
Fox hunt for top sport continues
How Eredivisie deal fits into Fox expansion strategy
Al Jazeera drives Pitch’s Brazil friendly deal
Al Jazeera helps Pitch to pull off Brazilian rights coup
Italian volleyball fits MP & Silva’s growth strategy
Italian volleyball goes global
Israel’s Sports Channel wins Olympics rights
Israeli pay-television broadcaster the Sports Channel has acquired rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in a deal with the Sportfive agency