Athletics
Channel 4 to expand para athletics coverage
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed a deal with British Athletics to broadcast a number of para athletics events this summer.
MCS: Athletics deal will help drive expansion plan
MCS: World Athletics Championship deal will help us expand footprint in growing African market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 7 to March 20
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Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches
SRG SSR picks up Diamond League event
Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has extended a rights deal for the annual Athletissima Lausanne track and field athletics event in Switzerland for four years, from 2013 to 2016, according to the…
SABC extends deal with Athletics South Africa
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a new domestic rights deal with Athletics South Africa, the sport’s governing body in the country.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 21 to March 6
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La7 picks up Milan City Marathon rights
Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has acquired rights for the 2013 Milan City Marathon.
La7 agreed the real with RCS Sport, the operator of the event
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
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Channel 4 picks up endurance event
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights for the XtremeStorm athlete endurance challenge, which will take place in April in Southport, England
Diamond League’s ‘perfect world’ is gone, yet rights fees increase
The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels
ARD and ZDF wind back decade-old inflation
Latest ARD/ZDF athletics deal confirms market correction
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 10 to January 23
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Football: US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN acquired rights for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ESPN3
ARD and ZDF on the mark for IAAF World Championships
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights for the 2013 athletics World Championships, which will be held in Moscow, Russia
One final hurdle for BBC IAAF deal
Last hurdle for BBC athletics deal
Channel 4 reported to be selling on athletics World Championships
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 intends to sell on the media rights to the 2013 athletics World Championships to public-service broadcaster the BBC, according to the Daily Mail newspaper
EBU targets top rights and warns about the lure of ‘strategic money’
EBU warns federations that opting for agency cash might not work out in the long term; EBU renewals and losses in 2012
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From October 25 to November 7
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Football: Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights for tournaments operated by Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean
TV Media Sport to distribute 2013 athletics World Championships in Africa
The TV Media Sport agency has been appointed to distribute the media and marketing rights in sub-Saharan Africa for the 2013 athletics World Championships in a deal with the IEC in Sports agency