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Worsening Russian rights market slows Euroleague growth
Media rights income for Euroleague basketball is likely to be about the same in the 2014-15 season as it was last season, partly due to difficulties in Russia, one of the sport’s key markets.
Gatekeeper deal with Star pushes ICC towards $3bn global revenues
Giles Clarke, the head of the International Cricket Council’s media-rights negotiation team, hailed this month’s deal with Rupert Murdoch’s Star pay-television operations as “hugely positive for the game around the world.”
Euroleague seals rights deals in UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, Czech Republic public-service broadcaster Czech TV and Slovakian pay-television broadcaster Slovak Sport have acquired rights for the Euroleague Basketball club competition.
BT Sport to broadcast England development team games
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to matches involving England’s various football development teams.
BT Sport and ITV begin talks over Uefa rights-sharing deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has opened talks with commercial broadcaster ITV over sharing the exclusive live UK rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football competitions, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Virgin Media lodges Premier League rights complaint
UK pay-television operator Virgin Media has asked broadcast regulator Ofcom to open a formal investigation into how the Premier League, the top division of English football, sells its television rights.
BT Sport launches new red button service
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has launched a new ‘red button’ service that will enable customers to access additional content.
BT’s last-minute Fiba World Cup deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport agreed a late deal to broadcast the latter stages of the Fiba World Cup for what TV Sports Markets understands was a nominal fee.
BT Sport covers Fiba World Cup finale
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise the concluding stages of the 2014 Fiba World Cup national team basketball tournament.
BT executive warns Sky over next Premier League rights cycle
BSkyB will have a “real problem” if the company is unable to retain rights to live coverage of 116 English Premier League football matches per season in the next cycle, according to John Petter, the chief executive of the consumer division at BT, which operates rival pay-television service BT Sport.
BT Sport to show Formula E highlights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has struck a media rights deal to show highlights of the Formula E Championship, the new electric car-racing series operated by the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body.
BT confirms availability of new Sky Sports channel
UK telecommunications company BT has confirmed that subscribers will be able to access pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s new Sky Sports 5 channel via BT Vision Plus set-top boxes.
BT Sport picks up rights to Aberdeen’s Europa League clash
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal with Aberdeen to televise the decisive second leg of the Scottish Premiership football club’s Uefa Europa League qualifying game against Spanish Liga team Real Sociedad.
BT Sport adds Germany friendlies and DFB Cup to football line-up
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has enhanced its German football coverage by agreeing a deal for rights to the national team’s home friendly matches, along with the DFB Cup – the domestic club knockout competition.
BT Sport follows Great Britain on road to EuroBasket 2015
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has signed a deal with the British Basketball governing body to show Great Britain’s home qualifying matches for the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament.
BT Sport acquires rights to Liverpool’s pre-season campaign
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to English Premier League football club Liverpool’s pre-season friendlies.
BT threat spooks Sky into US Open increase
The United States Golf Association was able to use the competition, or the threat of it, in the UK pay-television market to secure a strong increase in value of the rights to the US Open.
Mourinho connects with BT Sport
Jose Mourinho, manager of English Premier League football club Chelsea, has agreed a three-year deal to serve as an ambassador for UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.