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Gerard Romy, managing director, Mediapro
Interview with Gerard Romy, managing director of Mediapro, following the company’s Formula One rights deal in Central and South America, and the Caribbean
ESPN weighs in for WBC heavyweight title fight
US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired the exclusive rights to the heavyweight boxing fight between Bermane Stiverne and Chris Arreola for the WBC world title in Los Angeles on May 8.
Mexico finally set to open up
Mexico could finally be opened up to competition after regulatory intervention
Renewed Fox interest helps Bundesliga in UK
Sky misses Bundesliga but picks up Eredivisie
ESPN to broadcast World T20 final in US
US sports broadcaster ESPN will broadcast live coverage of the final of the 2014 World Twenty20 international cricket tournament on its ESPN 2 cable and satellite television channel.
Outdoor Channel strikes X Games, IndyCar deal with ESPN
Outdoor Channel, the pan-Asian sports broadcaster, has struck a multi-year deal with international sports broadcaster ESPN to show the IndyCar motor-racing series and the X Games action sports events across Southeast Asia.
Dish seals long-term ESPN deal
Pay-television provider Dish Network has renewed a long-term deal to carry channels operated by the Walt Disney media company, including sports channel ESPN.
MCS seals deals for X Games, Red Bull Air Race
French channel MCS Extreme, operated by pay-television operator Ma Chaîne Sport, has acquired rights for the X Games and Red Bull Air Race extreme sports events.
Nine to show free-to-air coverage of Australia’s MLB event
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has acquired media rights for the US Major League Baseball season-opening games in Australia between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Claro claws back some money but must wait for prize
América Móvil enjoys Olympic benefits but the big prize will come in 2016
Fox and ESPN explain why having the Olympic Games non-exclusively makes sense in Latin America
TSN secures long-term MLB rights agreement
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN has acquired media rights for Major League Baseball’s marquee Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday night games.
ESPN pounces for Olympic Games rights in Latin America
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia and the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Australian Open leaps in hot Asian pay-TV markets
Australian Open enjoys boom in media-rights value in two new Asian deals
Bids submitted for NFL Thursday games
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN and the Fox and CBS networks have submitted bids for the rights to show as many as eight Thursday night NFL American football games, according to the Reuters news agency.
NFL invites bids for Thursday night games
American football’s NFL has invited broadcasters to bid for a new package of rights comprising Thursday night games.
ESPN returns to Arena Football League
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a multi-year deal, commencing in 2014, for the rights to indoor American football competition the Arena Football League.
TSN and RDS extend long-running ESPN partnership
Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN and French-language sister network RDS have signed a multi-year extension to their long-term programming agreement with the ESPN International arm of US sports broadcaster ESPN.
CPL looks to test the market to find real value of T20
Caribbean Premier League has big ambitions in the US for the T20 series