United Kingdom

Athletics

Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Rugby League

The RFL has revamped the live TV rights packages on offer in its latest UK domestic rights tender.

Boxing

Sportfive close to Euro 2012 deals in Asia ... HiTV hits out at ‘exploiters’ ... Pay-per-view ‘is killing’ boxing
Football

League rights spotlight on Spain's La Liga

Football

English Football Association secures fee increase in Middle East, but did it include England qualifiers previously thought to be centralised?
Football

UK public service operator denies sports properties are for the chop as report underlines value of F1 and Wimbledon.
Baseball

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories
Badminton

Badminton: The Badminton World Federation, badminton’s governing body, signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for the BWF's major e…
Athletics

Spanish free-to-air broadcasters follow Germans in bidding low for World Championships rights.

Football

Premier League gives up on growth in China ... Copa deals concluded ... FA digging in on Uefa plan ... Rai-federation stalemate ... New home for Strikeforce ... MotoGP confirms IMG.
Mixed Martial Arts

Kickboxing: German commercial broadcaster Sat.1 agreed a two-year deal, beginning immediately, for rights to the fights of World Kickboxing Association world champion Christine Theiss
Football

Football: Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE and regional Catalan broadcaster TV3 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League
Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts: Canadian channel The Fight Network acquired the English-language broadcast rights in a multi-year deal for kick-boxing promotion It’s Showtime.
Football

English Football League offers longer deals, new match timeslots and platform neutral rights in effort to draw in BSkyB rival.
Football

Brazilian broadcaster targeting deals in the UK and Germany once it renews domestic league international rights.
Football

Football federations consider options for appeal after European court rejects all their arguments against UK listed events legislation.
Football

Jacobs' Infront stake attracting interest ... Wasserman gets Reel ... Sport TV forced to pay more