Poland

Boxing

Polish pay-television broadcaster N Sports acquired rights to the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
Volleyball

IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia

FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal
Basketball

Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Football

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

Football

Ufa squeezed out as DFB gives Infront more rights
Basketball

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Skiing

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
American Football

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
Football

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

Football

Fastrack: EBU and Infront battle for Austrian ski rights; Thai pay-TV battle boosts Uefa; Polish league has no free-to-air deal
Football

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Athletics

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
Football

Canal Plus and the Polsat Media Group win Ekstraklasa rights to leave TP-TVN alliance with nothing
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…
Football

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…
Football

Eurosport extends Bundesliga deal until end of 2014-15 season

Football

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