North America
Fox Sports becomes exclusive home of regional Braves broadcasts
The Fox Sports South and SportSouth divisions of US network Fox have become the exclusive regional broadcasters of Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball games after acquiring rights for a further 45 games
Rugby Canada links up with SendtoNews
Rugby Canada, rugby union’s governing body in Canada, has agreed a video rights distribution deal with digital sports video news agency SendtoNews.
Sportsnet on the grid for IndyCar coverage
Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet has acquired domestic rights to the IndyCar motor-racing series
Time Warner Cable snaps up FC Dallas rights
US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable has acquired regional rights for Major League Soccer matches featuring FC Dallas.
The deal will run for at least one year, until the end of 2013
Big East seals rights deals with ESPN, CBS
The Big East US college sports conference has struck a rights deal with incumbent rights-holder ESPN and will also seal a renewal with US network CBS, according to the ESPN.com website
BeIN Sport to show World Superbike Championship in US
US pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired rights for the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series
Cablevision to bring in sports surcharge
US cable-television operator Cablevision Systems will begin charging subscribers an additional $2.98 (€2.23) per month to cover increasing costs associated with sports programming.
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
Santa Mónica to seek rights compensation
Santa Mónica seeks refund for centralised Spain matches
Mayweather switches to Showtime
Mayweather Promotions, the promotional agency that represents top boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior, has agreed a rights deal with Showtime and the US pay-per-view broadcaster’s parent company, the CBS network.
Willow TV takes control of Neo Broadcast America
Neo Broadcast America, a subsidiary of the Nimbus Communications agency’s Neo Sports Broadcast division, has been sold to North American cricket pay-television broadcaster Willow TV.
Cubs set to look for new local broadcast partner
The Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise is set to decide against renewing a long-running partnership with local broadcast rights-holder WGN-TV, according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper
ESPN asked to match NBC Sports’ Big East offer
US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN has been given the chance to match the offer from the NBC Sports division of the NBC network for the rights to US college sports conference the Big East, according…
One World Sports strikes rights deal for top Japanese baseball team
Asia-focused sports broadcaster One World Sports has acquired North American rights for games featuring the Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s most popular and successful baseball team.
Lawsuit on hold
Traffic v Full Play - peace in our time?
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
Comcast brings forward NBCU buy-out
US media and technology corporation Comcast has agreed a $16.7 billion (€12.5
Dish carriage fee dispute with ESPN reaches court
A trial over a claim by US pay-television provider Dish Network that cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN breached a carriage contract by offering better deals to rival distributors has started in…