Badminton
MEDIA RIGHTS: From July 11 to July 24
Media rights clips from 11 July to 24 July
ESPN Star Sports lands rights to Indian Badminton League
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has acquired the broadcast rights to the inaugural season of the Indian Badminton League competition, according to the Live Mint website.
IMG could face the winner’s curse
IMG stretches the budget for badminton rights and now faces challenge of the market
Centralisation of rights brings big pay day for Badminton World Federation
MEDIA RIGHTS: From May 16 to May 29
FOOTBALL
Football: Hong Kong broadcaster TVB acquired domestic free-to-air and pay-television rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup
IMG pens landmark badminton deal
The Badminton World Federation has agreed a worldwide rights distribution deal with the IMG Media agency.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 10 to January 23
FOOTBALL
Football: US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN acquired rights for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ESPN3
Total Sports Asia to sell Badminton Europe rights
Badminton Europe, the sport’s governing body in Europe, has appointed the Total Sports Asia agency to distribute rights to its events on a worldwide basis for the next four years, from 2013 to 2016.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From October 25 to November 7
FOOTBALL
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
IEC links up with Chinese badminton league
The IEC in Sports agency has been appointed by the Chinese Badminton Association, the sport’s governing body in the country, to coordinate host broadcast services and distribute the national and international m…
Badminton Europe seeks rights distribution agency
The Badminton Europe governing body is looking to recruit a company to sell its international media rights for four years, from 2013 to 2016
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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: American football, badminton, boxing, cricket, golf and more
American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket, golf, MMA and more
Badminton: Indian sports broadcaster Neo Sports signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, for the Badminton World Federation World Superseries, with the global rights-holder, the Malaysia-based Total…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, badminton, baseball, IPL cricket, MMA and more
Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NCAA and NBA basketball, boxing, football and more
Badminton: The Badminton World Federation, badminton’s governing body, signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with IMG Media for the global exploitation of all media rights for the BWF's major e…
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: NFL, athletics, cricket, cycling, handball and rugby union deals
American Football: UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 acquired the live rights to all of the NFL’s Sunday night games for the 2010 season.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, IPL, extreme sports, golf, ice-skating and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha