South America

Handball

Handball: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the International Handball Federation men’s and women’s World Championships in 2011 and 2013 in a deal with the Ufa Spo…
American Football

Brazilian clubs seeking $1.2bn in next TV deal ... NBA on Orange and Sky ... NFL happy despite pay-TV drop ... Froch fight on Primetime TV

Football

Big increases in the US and Japan the highlights of a successful round of sales for Traffic Sports.
Athletics

Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
Football

Sales of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights will kick off in October, in Latin America and the Middle East, followed by Italy.
Football

Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…
Football

Football: Italian league body Lega Calcio agreed a number of rights deals covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons
American Football

American Football: UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 acquired the live rights to all of the NFL’s Sunday night games for the 2010 season.
Cricket

Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
Football

Football: Portuguese agency PPTV acquired the television and marketing rights for the Portuguese Liga club Sporting Lisbon in a five-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2017-18, worth about €108m ($135m).
Football

The Venezuelan Premier League switched from free to pay television, earning itself a 20 per cent increase. The IOC has switched from broadcasting union the OTI topay-operator Telesur.
Football

IMG has bought the overseas rights for the league in a deal brokered by agency Muy Manero.

Boxing

Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the exclusive rights for the next five fights of the Klitschko brothers, Vladimir and Vitali, in a deal with the Klitschko Management Group worth a reported…
Football

Football: Nepalese media buying agency Media Hub Private Limited acquired the rights in Nepal for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in a deal with ESPN Star Sports
Football

Premier League and La Liga the next targets for expanding sports portfolio at Brazilian broadcaster.
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
Football

Globo 100-per-cent neutral in election ... Federation silent on Fasel report ... Lega fears irreparable damage
Golf

Golf: US broadcaster America One Television acquired the rights for the OneAsia Series in a three-year deal, from 2010 to 2012, brokered by the World Sport Group agency