Norway
Medge to divide and conquer as pre-deal comes to light
Agency aims to break with tradition in Nordics and sell Premier League rights market-by-market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Fifa, Premier League, national team and FA Cup deals
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…
Ambitious Medge spoils Christmas for Canal Plus
Surprise win for local agency in Nordic rights auction for the Premier League.
Pay-TV fault-line cracks free-to-air Euro 2012 bid
The battle between rival Scandinavian platforms Canal Digital and Viasat has driven apart the free-to-air consortium that was aiming to land the rights for Euro 2012 in a pan-regional deal.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Asian English Premier League deals and more
Football: The English Premier League agreed deals across most of Asia for the next three-year period, from 2010-11 to 2012-13
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest Diamond League, Euroleague and cricket deals
American Football: Pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired the rights in Flanders for the National Football League in a four-year deal with the IMG agency from 2009 to 2012
FASTRACK
NRK has been forced to offload its 2010 football World Cup rights to pay-broadcaster Viasat in the face of mounting costs for next year.
Armstrong comeback boosts Le Tour audiences
The return of Lance Armstrong to this year’s Tour de France looks to have played a key role in driving strong television audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football – Premier League, La Liga, French and Greek deals
Football: Sports broadcaster ESPN acquired the UK rights previously held by Setanta for 46 Premier League matches from the 2009-10 season and 23 matches a season for the three years from 2010-11 to 2012-13,…
TV Rights Deals 2: NFL, NBA in Europe and Scandinavian ice hockey deals
American Football: The National Football League extended its television rights deals with US networks Fox and CBS for a further two years, up until the end of the 2012-13 season
Patience pays off as Team wins Europa deal in Scandinavia
The decision by Team to delay Europa League sales in Scandinavia until after the completion of Swedish broadcaster TV4’s merger with the pan-regional Canal Plus premium channels appears to have paid off.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football’s Confederations Cup, Uefa, Bundesliga and SPL deals
Football: German sports channel DSF acquired the rights for the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup in June. DSF will show 14 games live including the final and the third-place playoff match
TV Rights Deals 2: Rugby World Cup 2011, baseball, cricket, golf and more
Basketball: Eurosport Deutschland acquired live rights for nine selected playoff matches from Germany’s top league, the Basketball Bundesliga, in a deal with the league and rights-holder Sportdigital.tv.
TV2 Sport safe for now as internet football wars begin
TV2 said that its acquisition of the last remaining package of domestic Tippeliga football rights has secured the future of its premium sports channel, TV2 Sport, for the next two years.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: World Cup, Champions League, Copa del Rey
Football: Pan-African pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the sub-Saharan pay-television rights for all Fifa events in 2009 and 2010, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2009 Confederations…
FASTRACK
The IAAF has begun a second round of talks for its European television rights after a cut-price opening offer from its incumbent partner, the EBU.
Big-bidding TV4 takes no chances
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4, renewed its deal for La Liga rights in the Nordic countries and Iceland after making an aggressive pre-emptive bid.
Football gambles on internet growth
Norwegian football’s top-tier domestic league, the Tippeliga, has turned down extra revenues from pay-television in order to give its internet partners more exclusivity.