Portugal

Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series

Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for the Uefa Europa League in three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the Team Marketing agency,…

Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics

Portuguese channel ambitions key to Europa League deal

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

Football: The Comcast-NBCU network acquired rights to US football’s Major League Soccer in a three-season deal, from 2012 until the end of 2014, worth $10 (€7m) to $12m per season, with Soccer United Mar…

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed free-to-air rights deals in Portugal for Euro 2012 with public-service broadcaster RTP and commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI.

CAA advising on aggressive strategy to shake up Portugal

Euro 2012 value drops as channels buddy up ... ISU secures 35% EBU increase ... Alianza defies league with joint bid ... UFC fights its way into mainstream

Football: Benfica TV, the club channel of Portuguese Liga club Benfica, acquired rights for 180 matches featuring a range of clubs and national teams taking place between now and December 2011

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

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa

ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League

Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target

Lagardère restructure plans prompt key staff departures...UFC targets Asian expansion...Mediapro moves on Portugal...ITV beats BBC-IMG

Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

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…