Middle East

Football League takes its time to make sure of guarantees

NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN

Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says

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…

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa

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…

Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target

Al Jazeera rides to the rescue but doubts remain

American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF renewed their rights for the home matches of the men’s national team, women’s national team, men’s domestic league third-tier (3. Liga

England's Football League touting global rights for $60 million over three seasons amidst sceptism from market experts

Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG

Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business

Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency

NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East