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TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Football, Formula One, US PGA Tour, Olympics and Wimbledon
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…
F1 and US PGA Tour make hay in the Nordics
Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.
Broadcasters happy with HBS feed despite vuvuzelas
Europe's World Cup broadcasters are praising the production of World Cup footage, despite early reservations replays and slow-motions shots, and the blaring of vuvuzelas.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, football, golf, motorcycling, snooker and tennis
Athletics: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the exclusive live television and internet rights for the Diamond League in a five-year deal brokered by the IMG agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: End to Singapore World Cup stalemate and other football deals
Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
Telenor, TV4 pan-regional partners
Telenor has taken a 35-per-cent stake in TV4's Canal Plus premium channels.
Canal Plus’s retail therapy may not soothe subscribers
Canal Plus lands deals for Euro 2012 tournament and qualifiers, Serie A and Eredivisie, among others, but Premier League loss leaves a big hole in offering.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Uefa’s Team deal and more
Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
Beaten Canal Plus ponders life after Premier League
Nordic Canal Plus is making defensive moves after losing its most important sports rights, for the English Premier League.
Danish deal leaves Medge poised for Swedish showdown
SBS TV takes a big step back into the sports rights market with Premier League acquisition
Vancouver: another example of sport’s ratings power
A look at the audiences pulled by the 2010 Winter Olympics around the world.
TV2 looks for pay-TV transformation with Premier deal
Commercial operator TV2 has snatched the market's biggest pay-television subs-driver from Canal Plus.
Football still in a league of its own
Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.
IEC claims strong start ahead of big market deals
Athletics World Championships rights sold in Sweden, Greece and Portugal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: National team, Turkish and Swedish league deals
Football: Free-to-air broadcaster Chilevisión acquired the domestic rights for Chilean national team matches from 2011 to 2014 in a four-year deal with Chile’s National Association of Professional Fo…
Premier League scare lifts Swedish fees at the last
Loss of Premier League rights prompts TV4 Group to swoop for Sweden’s domestic football league and national team rights.
Medge to divide and conquer as pre-deal comes to light
Agency aims to break with tradition in Nordics and sell Premier League rights market-by-market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Fifa, Premier League, national team and FA Cup deals
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…