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Football

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

American Football

FOOTBALL
Boxing

Pan-regional broadcaster Modern Times Group agreed a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2016, with the German-based boxing promoter Sauerland Event for rights to between five and seven events a year
Horse Racing

Norwegian basic-tier and commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired rights for domestic harness racing, a form of horse racing, in a deal with Norsk Ristoto, the company which has the concession to handle all…
Football

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

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…
Football

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Football

France could be the key to FA hopes of European boost

Football

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK acquired the rights for 10 matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament through a sub-licensing deal with pan-Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus
Football

Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
Football

Norway's football clubs benefit from competitive rights market

Football

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).
Basketball

Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, completed its Champions League rights process in Brazil by renewing deals with pay-television operator ESPN and free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte I…
Basketball

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
Ice Hockey

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

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
Football

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…