Russia

Football

Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
American Football

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
Athletics

News round-up, Vol 14 Issue 5
Football

Football: French commercial broadcaster TF1 sublicensed rights for the 2010 World Cup to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-broadcaster Canal Plus in deals worth a combined €33m ($4…
Football

The major agencies are battling to add to their football federation portfolios in the countdown to the Euro 2012 qualifying draw next month.
Football

Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.

Ice Hockey

The Russian sports broadcasting industry will consolidate from next year, with RTR Sport becoming a general entertainment channel and 7TV dropping all its sports content.
Australian Rules Football

Basketball: PCTV-owned Mexican pay-broadcaster TVC Deportes extended it deal for the live rights to the ACB Spanish Basketball League in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to 2011-12
Football

Football: The Sportfive agency acquired the fixed-media rights to Fifa events in a four-year deal with international football’s governing body from 2009 to 2012, including the 2010 World Cup in South A…
Football

Football: Portuguese mobile operator Optimus acquired exclusive mobile rights in Portugal to Uefa’s Euro 2008 championships, in a sublicensing deal worth close to €1.2m
Football

Fifa close to deal in Malaysia but Uefa bides its time
Boxing

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

Boxing

As the winter sports’ season comes to a close, a number of events dominated TV Sports Markets analysis of European viewing for February
Biathlon

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Badminton

The international badminton federation said this week that it has brought in higher television-rights fees and better worldwide exposure for its top events this year.

Football

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and football’s World Cup in Japan and Korea were the two major events that dominated European sports viewing in 2002.

Football

The Octagon agency, favourites to win the English Premier League’s international rights in the Middle East, was thrown into gloom late last month when parent company Interpublic refused to guarantee i…
Football

The Premier League has sold its television rights for Russia to a new sports agency with connections to Ynon Kreiz, head of the European arm of Haim Saban’s media empire.