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Fifa, football’s world governing body, said that Host Broadcast Services, the World Cup host broadcaster, had provided its media partners for the 2014 competition in Brazil with “more and better” coverage compared to the 2010 and 2006 tournaments.

The Infront Sports & Media agency is aiming to raise €155m ($211m) of loans to pay private equity owner Bridgepoint a dividend, according to the Reuters news agency.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has moved to support its entry into the Turkish market by opening a new office in Istanbul.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has extended a rights deal for games operated by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Media rights to the Champions Hockey League ice hockey club competition were sold last month in Switzerland, with a rights fee and production costs included.

The value of the media and marketing rights to the bobsleigh and skeleton federation’s main events stayed steady in a renewal with the Infront Sports & Media agency last month.

The 20 clubs of Italy’s Serie A are trying to pick the best possible combination of bids from a rights auction marked by an extraordinary degree of tactical bidding that has thrown the process into confusion.

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights for the Champions Hockey League European club ice hockey competition.

The International Ice Hockey Federation this week secured a strong increase in the value of the media and marketing rights to its World Championship, but some experts believe it could have earned even more.

The International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) has extended its media rights and marketing partnership with the Infront Sports & Media agency through the 2017-18 season.

The International Ice Hockey Federation, the sport’s global governing body, has confirmed a renewal of a media rights deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.

The Infront Sports & Media agency is in advanced negotiations with the International Ice Hockey Federation to renew its media rights to the annual flagship World Championship, TV Sports Markets understands.

Pay-television broadcaster DirecTV has acquired rights for the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship across South America and the Caribbean.

Lega Serie A has launched an invitation to tender for the domestic rights to the top division of Italian football for three seasons, from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights for the DFB Cup club football tournament in Germany.

The MP & Silva agency said that its deal earlier this month for the FIM Superbike World Championship in Latin America, excluding Brazil, and the Caribbean, was part of a strategy to expand into the region and into motorsports generally.