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Watching Brief (Vol.93) Special Focus: UK TV Sports Viewing – 2014 Review
Watching Brief (Vol.92) Special Focus: Motor Racing – Formula One
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship
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
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
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
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.
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
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
BeIN Sport buys World Cup to bolster ‘home of rugby’ tag
BeIN Sport lands Rugby League World Cup as part of plan to become 'home of rugby' in France
Watching Brief (Vol.62) Special Focus: Athletics – World Athletics Championships
Fox bags NFL but rules out new US sports channel
Fox buys NFL across Europe but will not launch US sports channel
The NFL explains why the UK is a key growth market
New F1 rights strategy will be in place next season
Mediapro renews F1 deal in Spain but for smaller package