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International rights fee tumbles as EPCR seeks to grow exposure
European Professional Club Rugby has agreed four media-rights deals in recent weeks which it hopes will increase the exposure of its competitions.
Six Nations signs off long-term NBC deal but suffers fall in Italy
The Six Nations last week secured a long-term deal with media company NBCUniversal in the US, but is understood to have suffered a 40-per-cent fall in the value of its rights in Italy.
NBC buys World Cup as rugby growth trend in the US continues
USATF overhaul continues with recent NBC and Lagardère deals
Cricket Australia enjoys results of American tender
Cricket Australia improved its exposure and income from North America in a series of deals with NBCSN, Willow and the Asian Television Network.
Premiership value soars as rights are split across Africa
The English Premiership has at least quadrupled in value and significantly increased its coverage in sub-Saharan Africa, taking advantage of competition between pay-television broadcasters
Thursday Night Football again brings gains for NFL
Increasing the value of its Thursday Night Football rights while dividing content once more illustrates the sheer power of the National Football League.
NBC doubles fee for longer Premier League term
NBCUniversal blew its rivals out of the water to retain Premier League rights in the US earlier this month – the league’s first deal in its new international sales cycle.
Mena hot for two big properties
BeIN Sports and Abu Dhabi Media are bidding head-to-head for two major football properties in the Middle East and North Africa – England’s Premier League and Uefa’s European Qualifiers.
NBC goes large to snatch Open
NBC Sports is understood to have paid a significant increase to prise rights to golf’s British Open from its long-term American home on ESPN.
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.
Dramatic finale boosts America’s Cup interest
US network NBC this week agreed a deal to show the 2017 America’s Cup, holding off strong interest in the rights from other US broadcasters. Oracle Team USA is the holder of the Cup.
US could help centenary event double TV income
The centenary version of the Copa América, which will take place in the US in June 2016, looks likely to earn at least twice as much in media rights income as the 2015 Copa América.
Fina happy with long term deal and modest increase
The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.
Peter Hall, head of marketing and TV, Fina
Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.
IOC and NBCU take leap of faith as US scramble for sport intensifies
The International Olympic Committee has robustly defended last week’s long-term deal with US media group NBCUniversal on the three key areas in which it has come under scrutiny.
All signs positive as soccer continues inexorable US rise
The top US football league, Major League Soccer, and the country’s national football association, US Soccer, enjoyed a five-fold increase in the value of their domestic media rights at the end of a long and complex set of negotiations with broadcasters ESPN, Fox and Univision Deportes.
Timo Lumme, managing director of television and marketing, IOC
Interview with Timo Lumme, the IOC’s managing director of television and marketing, about its new deal with NBCUniversal.
Russian time zone freezes rights fees in US and Canada
Why media rights fees for Sochi have fallen from the Vancouver Games
EBU deal will boost exposure in US growth market
EBU deal with US ski federation will increase exposure for ski events in the country