Russia

The Infront Sports & Media agency has tabled an amended bid to acquire the domestic and international rights for Russian football’s top league, the Premier League.

Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay

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 surprise bid for top Russian league has not yet convinced the big clubs

EBU splits again over World Cup bids

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…

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…

Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012

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.

Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender

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…

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Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing

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

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…