Russia
Blatter spells out Infront vision for Russian football
Philippe Blatter, chief executive of the Infront Sports & Media agency, said his company’s interest in acquiring media rights for Russian football’s Premier League was based on the large potential for…
Infront put in surprise bid for Russian league
Infront surprise bid for top Russian league has not yet convinced the big clubs
EBU splits again for World Cup bids
EBU splits again over World Cup bids
Infront ready to strike deal for Russian league rights
The Infront Sports & Media agency is in talks with Russian football’s Premier League to acquire rights for the country’s top tier of club football in a deal that would allow state-owned broadcaster VGT…
Senior Russian politician calls for first full Paralympics coverage
A top aide to Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Russian free-to-air television should show the Paralympic Games in full for the first time, adding the state-owned Rossiya channel would be the ideal…
Difficult year ahead in Europe
Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, MLB, NBA, Australian cricket, women’s golf and more
American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.
EBU well placed to tighten its grip on Fifa World Cup rights
Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: American football, athletics, hockey, handball and more
American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…
Fastrack: Issue 15:21
FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
World Cup income keeps growing
Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing
Medge/AMI make breakthrough with big MTG deal
Medge/AMI break the ice with big MTG deal in the Nordics
Austria warning for EBU members
EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: MLS, Greek Superleague, Bulgarian League and more
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…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Athletics, basketball, boxing, golf, handball and ice hockey
Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
New fight channel could force Sky into rethink
Warren boxing channel could mean the end of top boxing on Sky
Booming Brazil’s football gold rush
Big increases for top football in booming Brazil rights market
IAAF defends its rights strategy despite gaps in Daegu coverage
IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain