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NHL grows short-term rights value in DACH but strives for more
The National Hockey League boosted the value of its rights in Germany and Austria in its latest sales round. But it only agreed one-season deals with its primary pay-television broadcasters after bidders failed to meet its longer-term valuation.
NZR, RugbyPass deal illustrates tricky Sanzaar international sales process
An experimental deal between New Zealand Rugby and digital platform RugbyPass has underscored the difficulty the Sanzaar alliance and its member rugby unions have had selling international rights for the 2021-25 cycle.
FreeSports focuses on low-cost cricket in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe deals
FreeSports is hoping its two-year deal for exclusive rights to the Afghanistan and Zimbabwe national cricket teams’ home matches will help create a unique identity for the channel, which has long acted as a shop window for sister broadcaster Premier Sports.
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Exclusive: TV rights value of top European football leagues up 25%
Europe’s top five football divisions are generating a combined €5 billion ($6.8 billion) per season from their domestic and international media rights in the current sales cycles, according to the Football Media Money League report, which is published today by TV Sports Markets.
Vodafone balks at cost of Telefónica’s football rights packages
The Spanish division of Vodafone has confirmed it will not offer the full package of football content held by rival telco Telefónica stating the continuous rise in the cost of these rights makes it impossible …
Eurosport scores Club World Cup rights across European markets
Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive live television and digital rights in 36 of its European territories for the next two editions of the Fifa Club World Cup football competition, which will be held on December 11-21, 2013 and December 10-20, 2014 in Morocco.
Mediapro seals Globo deal for Brazilian football rights
The Mediapro agency has agreed a sublicensing deal with Brazilian media company Globo to market international rights to the country’s domestic football tournaments.