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Ancient club has modern dilemma: money or exposure?
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) could be forced to sell at least some of the rights to the British Open to pay-television if it is to increase the media rights value of the competition.
Watching Brief (Vol.91) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in Europe’s five largest markets for motorcycling’s MotoGP world championship
IMG extends BBC snooker production contract
The IMG agency has extended a deal with the BBC to continue producing the UK public-service broadcaster’s coverage of snooker.
Watching Brief (Vol.86) Special Focus: Athletics – European Athletics Championships
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships
SPFL awards rights ahead of new season
The Scottish Professional Football League, which operates the top four divisions in Scotland, has awarded rights to the BBC Scotland division of the UK public-service broadcaster and commercial broadcaster STV.
Watching Brief (Vol.83) Special Focus: Football – Fifa World Cup
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup
R&A chief says Sky speculation is ‘premature’
Peter Dawson, the chief executive of the R&A, which operates the Open championship, has described reports that UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB could acquire exclusive media rights for the British golf event as “massively premature.”
UK and Germany confirm trend of low World Cup fee increases
The World Cup rights deals signed by Fifa in the UK and Germany just before the current tournament kicked off confirmed the difficulties the governing body has had in securing decent fee increases in both markets and in Europe generally.
BBC and Glasgow 2014 revise rights deal
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has amended an exclusive rights deal for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to allow other news organisations in the UK to access coverage of the multi-sport event.
Watching Brief (Vol.78) Special Focus: Football – English Premier League
Sky, BT and the BBC all posted positive viewing figures for the 2013-14 English Premier League season. For live coverage, pay-television broadcaster BSkyB recorded its second-best season ever, while telecommunications company BT posted figures well in excess of those achieved by previous Premier League broadcasters ESPN and Setanta ...
CBC deal keeps Glasgow on track to hit revenue target
Glasgow Commonwealth Games on track to hit commercial revenue targets
Watching Brief (Vol.74) Special Focus: Winter Olympics
Sky locks out BT from raft of rights but rights-holders are in driving seat
Sky keeps BT at arm’s length with seven long-term rights deals
BBC signs Davis Cup rights deal
UK public service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights for all of the Great Britain national team’s matches in the World Group elite stage of the Davis Cup men’s international tennis tournament.
Beeb secures its place as ‘terrestrial home of tennis’
BBC keeps ATP for two more years to keep sponsors happy
Watching Brief (Vol.68) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP
Watching Brief (Vol.67) Special Focus: Tennis – ATP World Tour Finals
Eurosport to hang on to French Open until 2021 in blockbuster deal
Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis