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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
Watching Brief (Vol.64) Special Focus: BT Sport
MCS adds French football and ESPN America rights
MCS stocks up with French league football and US college sport
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
Fox and Mediaset busy in Italy
Fox Sports buys Eredivisie rights in Italy
Sport1 winning second tier battle but faces threat
German broadcaster Sport1 targets pay-TV growth
FA and league cash in as BT and Sky battle for rights
The FA and Football League cash in as Sky and BT scrap for content
ESPN exit strategy questioned despite good German deal
In its haste to exit the UK, ESPN may have missed an opportunity with its ESPN America channel
SPL opts for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal
SPL drops Sportfive for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal for international rights
Watching Brief (Vol.56) Special Focus: Football – English Premier League
Bidders run the numbers on ESPN America channel
A buy-out deal for ESPN America could be weeks away, with Setanta, Chello and Eurosport all in the frame