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Apparent decline in US passion for soccer hides true picture
The number of adult sports fans in the US who say they follow football (soccer) fell in 2013, according to the Global Sports Media Consumption Report.
NBC Sports picks up Arca Racing rights
US pay-television sports channel NBC Sports Network has acquired rights for the Arca Racing stock car-racing series in a four-race deal.
Kansas Athletics seals local rights deal
Kansas Athletics and IMG College, the multimedia rights-holder for the athletics division of the University of Kansas, have agreed a local rights deal with Time Warner Cable Sports.
CNY Central snaps up Syracuse rights
New York media company CNY Central has acquired exclusive local media rights to selected American football and basketball games featuring Syracuse University, which is based in the state.
Fox pushing new channel through Super Bowl advertising
US network Fox is telling potential advertisers for its coverage of the 2014 Super Bowl American football game that they must also buy advertising time through other Fox Sports content, including programming on new national channel Fox Sports 1.
WLWT secures local rights to Bengals games
Cincinnati’s NBC network affiliate, WLWT (Channel 5), has acquired local broadcast rights for all four Cincinnati Bengals primetime NFL American football games in 2013.
Premiership sees no need to test the market for new deal
Why Premiership Rugby looked no further than 'expert' partner Pitch for its international sales contract
Buccaneers link up with local broadcaster
The NFL American football’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise has announced a rights deal with local broadcaster WFLA-TV/News Channel 8.
Delaney leaves Yes Network for Fox Sports
Ed Delaney has been appointed to the newly-created position of executive vice-president of operations at Fox Sports Media Group, a division of US network Fox.
One World Sports dives into US rights market with Cosmos deal
US cable television channel One World Sports has acquired rights to New York Cosmos football games – a move that marks the network’s first entry into the domestic sports rights market.
CBS Sports appoints Berson as president
The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has appointed David Berson as its new president.
Transforming the second screen ‘threat’
The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2013 shows that second-screen activity is growing, but is it a threat or an opportunity for the sports broadcasting industry?
Uefa scores hat-trick of rights deals
Uefa has confirmed new broadcast rights deals in the United States, Latin America and Turkey for the qualification competitions to Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Dodgers’ Time Warner Cable deal faces fresh complications
Owners of the Los Angles Dodgers MLB team, Guggenheim Baseball Management, are being forced to rework their local rights deal with Time Warner Cable, according to the New York Post.
EXCLUSIVE: O’Connor steps down as US boss of Lagardère Unlimited
Kevin O’Connor has stepped down from his role as Lagardère Unlimited’s chief operating officer in the United States and South America with immediate effect.
US appeals court rules in favour of Comcast in Tennis Channel dispute
A federal appeals court has ruled Comcast did not discriminate against the Tennis Channel by placing it on a different cable television subscription tier to its own sports network.
Microsoft scores touchdown with major NFL deal
The NFL has secured a new partnership with Microsoft worth $400m (€310m) over five years, according to widespread US media reports.
ESPN to trim workforce amidst rising rights fees – report
US sports broadcaster ESPN has confirmed it is to become the latest Walt Disney-owned company to reduce the size of its workforce.