Baseball
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 24 to November 6
Media rights clips from 24 October 6 November
MLB targets young fans with MTV content deal
North America's Major League Baseball has agreed a multi-platform programming partnership with Viacom-owned youth entertainment media group MTV.
Cubs take up option to exit local rights deal, report says
US MLB baseball club the Chicago Cubs have exercised an option to curtail their local rights deal with cable-television broadcaster WGN-TV after the 2014 season, according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Fox International Channels picks up MLB rights in Europe
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired rights for coverage of North America’s Major League Baseball across 30 European territories.
MLB close to signing off on Dodgers’ planned TV network
Major League Baseball has said it is close to approving the Los Angeles Dodgers’ planned regional pay-television sports channel, which is being launched as part of the club’s new local rights deal with US broadcaster Time Warner Cable.
Comcast prepared to step in for struggling Houston network
US media and technology corporation Comcast has said it is prepared to bid for Comcast SportsNet Houston, the exclusive home of Houston Astros MLB baseball and Houston Rockets NBA basketball games, if it can force a sale of the financially-troubled regional sports broadcaster.
Sport1 US launches live streaming service
German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a live streaming service to accompany its new US sports pay-television channel.
Olaf Schroeder, chief editor and programme director, Sport1
Interview with Olaf Schroeder, chief editor and programme director of Sport1, on the broadcaster’s recent rights acquisitions and its position in the German market.
Time Warner Cable Sports partners with Mid-American Conference
US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable Sports has agreed a three-year regional television deal with college sports’ Mid-American Conference.
Launch date set for SEC Network
US sports broadcaster ESPN will launch SEC Network, a new pay-television sports channel dedicated to college sports’ Southeastern Conference, on August 21, 2014, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
MP & Silva/Pitch provide path for Al Jazeera channels
MP & Silva and Pitch provide the content for Al Jazeera’s expansion into Asia
MLB afforded television coverage in Cuba
Cuba has broadcast its first full Major League Baseball game on free-to-air television since 1961, according to the Associated Press news agency.
OMNI pitches Mandarin broadcast of Blue Jays game
Canadian multilingual broadcaster OMNI Television will provide an exclusive Mandarin-language broadcast of today’s (Thursday) Toronto Blue Jays game at the Boston Red Sox – the first time an MLB baseball game has been shown in Mandarin in Canada.
Dodgers and MLB strike “tentative” agreement – report
The Los Angeles Dodgers will retain more than $6bn (€4.6bn) from their 25-year local rights deal with US broadcaster Time Warner Cable under a “tentative” agreement with the league, a report has claimed.
Dodgers’ Time Warner Cable deal faces fresh complications
Owners of the Los Angles Dodgers MLB team, Guggenheim Baseball Management, are being forced to rework their local rights deal with Time Warner Cable, according to the New York Post.