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Fox deal spares Fifa further court appearance and possible exposure of 2022 award process
Fifa avoided the prospect of going back into a US court by agreeing to extend its World Cup rights deal with Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Sports last month. But getting off the legal hook comes at a price, in terms of questions about Fifa’s governance and also, possibly, in having sold the rights at well below market value.
World Cup of Hockey rights deals confirmed in North America
The NHL North American ice hockey league and the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) has confirmed the award of media rights to US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN and Canadian media company Rogers Communications for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
ESPN to show amateur basketball tournament
US pay-television network ESPN has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of the Basketball Tournament, an amateur, single-elimination competition in the country.
ESPN lands US rights to Indian Premier League
US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired media rights for Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.
ESPN surprises NBC with ice hockey score
US pay-television network ESPN beat commercial networks NBC and Fox to win rights to the revived World Cup of Hockey in 2016.
Status quo continues for Doordarshan’s World Cup broadcasts
Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan will continue to share broadcast signals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup with cable television operators after the country’s Supreme Court today (Thursday) reserved a verdict on the matter.
Court ruling favours Doordarshan ahead of India’s World Cup opener
Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan has been permitted to share broadcast signals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup with cable television operators on a temporary basis following a ruling from the country’s Supreme Court today (Tuesday).
ESPN lands US rights to World Cup of Hockey – report
Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired the US rights to the 2016 World Cup of Hockey national team ice hockey tournament, according to Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN.
ESPN Brasil enhances football rights offering
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has picked up rights to the Copa do Brasil club football tournament through a two-year sublicensing deal with the competition’s rights-holder, rival pay-television broadcaster Globosat.
BT Sport extends ESPN relationship
BT Sport and sports broadcaster ESPN have signed a seven-year agreement to expand the range of ESPN content available on the platforms of the UK pay-television broadcaster.
College Football Playoff finale smashes records for ESPN
US sports broadcaster ESPN has reported record cable television audience and rating figures for its broadcast of Monday’s inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship game.
ESPN pounces for West Indies one-day tournament rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Caribbean has acquired exclusive rights for live coverage of the Nagico Super50 cricket tournament.
ESPN’s media arm strikes NFL rights deals in Africa
The media distribution arm of pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed one-year rights deals for African pay-television providers Supersport and Zuku Sport for coverage of this year’s NFL American football league playoffs and Super Bowl championship game.
New Dish service aims to offer cut-price access to ESPN content
Sling TV, a subsidiary of US pay-television provider Dish Network, has said it will launch a new live, over-the-top television service offering customers access to content from companies including sports broadcaster ESPN.
DirecTV renews Disney ‘TV Everywhere’ deal
US satellite-television provider DirecTV has sealed a multi-year distribution deal with the Walt Disney media company covering authenticated online video services for a number of broadcasters, including pay-television sports channel ESPN.
NLL signs US, Canadian rights deals and launches online streaming service
North America’s National Lacrosse League has agreed rights deals for its 2015 season with US sports broadcasters Universal Sports Network and ESPN, along with Canadian pay-television broadcaster TSN, and will launch a new online subscription platform.
ESPN Player to deliver College Football Playoff in Europe
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN is to deliver coverage of the new US College Football Playoff collegiate American football competition to audiences in Europe via ESPN Player, its live and on-demand sports streaming service.
US networks and agencies team up to fight college athletes’ class action suit
US networks CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC, along with the IMG and WME agencies, have joined forces to apply for the dismissal of a legal action brought by a group of college American football and basketball players, claiming it would mean “chaos” for sports broadcasting.