Athletics
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, women’s British Open and more
Athletics: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC extended its deal for domestic athletics events for a further six years, from 2009 to 2014
China growth offers more options if not more revenue
Recent football and athletics rights deals in China show that opportunities are beginning to open up for sports rights holders in a country where it has been notoriously difficult to achieve ‘proper’ market value for rights.
IAAF hopes shorter sessions will improve TV offering
The IAAF is to make major changes to the rules and format of its World Championships in a bid to halt declining television audiences and strengthen its hand in upcoming rights talks.
TV Rights Deals 2: College Football, the British Open and more
American Football: US cable sports network ESPN acquired the rights for the college football Bowl Championship Series.
TV Rights Deals 2: World Series Athletics, Major League Baseball, Handball and more
Athletics: The Shanghai Media Group acquired the rights in China for the World Athletic Series in a four-year deal from 2010 to 2013
IAAF in search of rights fee from USA TV
The International Association of Athletics Federations is confident of securing a television rights fee from the US as it starts the sales process for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships.
TV rights 1: Olympics, football, volleyball, athletics and more
Olympics: The Asia-Pacific Broad-casting Union acquired the free-to-air terrestrial and radio rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics for $10m (£5.1m/€6.4m) in a deal with the International Olympic Committee.Â
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Olympics, athletics, MotoGP, golf and more
Olympics: The Asian Broadcasting Union agreed deals in Indonesia for the 2008 Beijing Games with free-to-air broadcaster TVRI and pay-operator Astro.
Rugby and cricket lose in South Africa’s first list
Rugby and football associations expect listing to hit finances, cricket board welcomes chance to get good price for rights
Spain approves new listed events
The Spanish Sports Broadcasting Council approved a final draft of listed sports events that are to be protected for free-to-air television
BBC increases fee for must-have UK athletics
Fast Track secures four-year, £22m deal
TF1 ditches world athletics
France Télévisions left footing a hefty production bill
Off-track battle between big and small screens
The conflicting needs of the host-broadcasters of athletic events and the in-stadium event presenters was one of the central issues at a European Athletic Association seminar.
Why time-buys are key part of TV sports schedule
The poor economic climate has led to a big increase in sports federations buying airtime to show their top events.
EBU in new Euro athletics deal
The European Athletic Association renewed its television rights deal this week with the European Broadcasting Union.
Golden League set to agree TV rights deal with Rai
Italian state broadcaster Rai is close to signing a three-year deal, starting this season, to show all six Golden League athletics events.
Selling Golden League TV rights ‘will be tough’
Athletics Managements and Services have said that selling the television rights for the Golden League will be tough.
Athletics integrity comes before TV, says IAAF head
Changes to make athletics more television-friendly will happen, but will take time and will not be allowed to undermine integrity of the sport