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BoxNation signs Price deal
UK boxing channel BoxNation has agreed an exclusive deal with UK boxing promoter Frank Maloney.
The most notable name of his current stable is British heavyweight boxer David Price
SFL seeking new TV deal for Rangers matches
The Scottish Football League has commenced a search for a new domestic television rights deal that could cover up to 25 live matches involving Glasgow Rangers
BBC chief responds to sports strategy criticism
Mark Thompson, director general of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, issued a strong defence of the broadcaster’s sports rights strategy in the wake of the deal signed earlier this week for the r…
BBC Northern Ireland agrees highlights deal with Irish FA
UK public-service broadcaster BBC Northern Ireland has agreed a multi-year deal with the Irish Football Association for highlights rights to the domestic league, the Irish FA Premiership, and the Northern…
BBC signs new Olympic rights deal
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a media rights deal with the International Olympic Committee to cover the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games
BBC saved £150m with new F1 deal, report says
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC saved its licence fee payers £150 million (€187.5 million/$234.4
Question marks remain over SPL’s TV deal
The refusal of Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster to comment on the impact on the league’s new domestic television rights deal of Glasgow Rangers’ looming demotion to the Scottish thi…
Rights pact means hard times
Italian market about to get very hard for rights-holders as Sky and Mediaset cosy up
Canal Plus makes switch from premium to basic
Canal Plus changes strategy in Denmark with new channel
United banking on digital growth with ‘unproven’ strategy
United look to growth in media rights income but admit digital strategy is 'unproven'
Battle for production deals
Battles for BT and beIN Sport productions
BT chairman heads off football rights criticism
BT chairman Sir Michael Rake admitted the telecommunications company had faced criticism from shareholders about its expenditure on live domestic English Premier League rights that it acquired last month
Thompson “closing in” on Olympics deal for BBC, report says
Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, appears to be “closing in on a deal” to secure rights for future editions of the Olympic Games despite “reservations” from th…
BBC Wales secures highlights of Welsh national football team
UK public-service broadcaster BBC Wales has agreed a two-year deal with the Football Association of Wales for highlights rights to the Welsh national team’s home matches, from 2012-13 to 2013-14.
More than 50% of UK football fans used ‘second screen’ while watching Euro 2012
More than half of UK football fans used another digital device while watching the Uefa Euro 2012 national team football tournament on television, according to a study from research company IAB UK commissioned…
Sunset and Vine, Global win Glasgow 2014 host broadcaster contract
Production companies Sunset+Vine and Global Television have secured a deal to jointly serve as the host broadcaster for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
BBC renews ATP World Tour Finals rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights for ATP World Tour Finals tennis for a further two years, from 2012 to 2013
BT chief says Premier League rights deal is not ‘boom or bust’
BT chief executive Marc Watson said that the telecommunications company’s acquisition of live domestic English Premier League rights does not represent a "boom or bust" deal, according to the Guardian.