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News in brief, Issue 15:3
Universum floored by lack of new TV deal ... Team coming calling ... TVE set to renew Vuelta deal ... Football the draw in 2010
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Uefa Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in a three year-deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with Uefa
Uefa seals Dutch deal before budget cuts bite at NOS
Euro 2012 fee cut swallowed as public-service broadcasting cuts loom.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, basketball, boxing, winter sports and more
Athletics: The European Broadcasting Union acquired rights for European Athletics Association events in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015
News in brief, issue 14:23
Ficot to quit Sportfive for personal reasons ... NBA 'good business' for MCS ... Italian FA set to survive Rai cuts ... Chello's Sport1 Golf eyes expansion
TV RIGHTS CLIPS1: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, cricket and Fifa football
Asian Games: The IEC in Sports agency was appointed to handle worldwide media distribution of the 7th Asian Winter Games by the Games’s organising committee.
News in brief, issue 14:22
Eurosport wary of WTA future ahead of talks ... Serie A looks for Greek partner ... "Historic day" for NASL ... Real Madrid TV expansion
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Uefa’s ex-Europe deals, Copa America and other football deals
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a number of deals for the Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 tournaments.
Eredivisie looks to Europe for growth
FA Cup and England deal the first victory of overseas football strategy for Eredivisie Live.
Uefa stuck with BBC-ITV for Euro
Uefa looks to conclude Euro 2012 talks with BBC and ITV, accepting that there will be no changes to UK listed events legislation before 2012.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, Pan American Games, tennis and volleyball
Handball: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the International Handball Federation men’s and women’s World Championships in 2011 and 2013 in a deal with the Ufa Spo…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Athletics, basketball, boxing, cricket and football
Athletics: Swiss-based agency Sports Extra Time acquired rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for the World Athletics Series, the series of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) events including…
Muller steps aside as SBS focuses on entertainment
Euro football qualifiers and darts set to be latest casualties of brutal Dutch market.
Big Six counter-offer to ambitious Uefa rights plan
Most powerful federations table a more modest centralisation proposal, and agencies try to undermine Uefa with long-term deals.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 1: Euro 2012’s Asian deal, Man City and other football deals
Football: The Sportfive agency was appointed by Uefa as its exclusive media rights sales agency for Euro 2012 in a number of markets in Asia and Oceania
Eredivisie Live battles churn as Ajax gets restless
The Dutch football league channel has added thousands of subscribers since August, but faces several tough challenges.
First signs positive as Uefa unveils federation rights plan
Smaller federations are likely to support Uefa's plan to centralise sales of rights for European Championships and World Cup qualifiers, but bigger federations might resist it.
Tour gets audience boost in time for EBU negotiations
German and Spanish audiences for the Tour de France increased by over 20 per cent this year, giving the Amaury Sport Organisation a shot in the arm, with negotiations for a new deal expected before 2011 Tour.