USA

Fox Sports will launch a second national sports channel in the US this summer, to complement the launch of Fox Sports 1 in August, according to a report.

Tennis

US sports broadcaster ESPN is in talks to acquire all domestic rights to the US Open tennis tournament.

Cycling

Amaury Sport Organisation does an early deal to renew its domestic rights deal for the Tour de France with French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, taking advantage of the weakness of its commercial rivals.

American Football

Ben Speight, head of SportBusiness Intelligence, analyses how TV audiences for this year’s NFL Super Bowl are down on both sides of the Atlantic T
American Football

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W