North America
Surge in online sports viewing
New viewing trends highlights the potential value of online rights especially in developing markets, report says
French deal the first step in Al Jazeera’s global strategy
Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Handball, horse racing, mixed martial arts, and more
Handball: Setanta Africa, the sub-Saharan Africa sports broadcaster, acquired the rights for the European Handball Federation Champions League Final Four in a deal with the Sportsman Media Group
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: IAAF events, Aussie Rules, boxing, equestrianism, golf
Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Uefa events, K-League and more
Football: The Sportfive agency, which markets the Euro 2012 media rights in Asia and Oceania for Uefa, European football’s governing body, signed a deal for the rights with Thailand media and entertainment g…
More primetime games as NHL targets Europe
NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Tennis: US Open, Wimbledon, WTA Tour, ATP tour and more
Tennis: The IMG agency agreed a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, to advise on the distribution of the media rights for the US Open in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and Australia,…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Motorsport, rugby union, squash, table tennis and more
Motorsport: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF extended its rights deal with Formula One until 2014. The rights include interviews, archive footage, practice and qualifying rounds and the race itself
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, badminton, baseball, IPL cricket, MMA and more
Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Football League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Bundesliga targets parity with Spanish and Italian leagues
League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga
La Liga global rights set to reach €150 million
League rights spotlight on Spain's La Liga
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, ice hockey, mixed martial arts and Formula One
Golf: Pay-television golf broadcaster the Golf Channel acquired the rights to the Asian Tour in North America, Latin America and Japan in deals with Asian Tour Media, the distributor of the tour’s media r…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: IAAF athletics, Major League Baseball, IPL cricket and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: English FA, Champions League, Bundesliga and more
Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, hockey, MotoGP, rugby union, tennis and more
Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NCAA and NBA basketball, boxing, football and more
Badminton: The Badminton World Federation, badminton’s governing body, signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for the BWF's major e…
US ruling has created ‘pirates’ cove’
English Premier League launches appeal in YouTube streaming case.