Baseball
Dodgers tipped to earn over $6bn in Fox rights deal
US broadcaster Fox Sports could pay at least $6 billion (€4.7
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 8 to November 21
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Football: Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV acquired the rights to the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup from the Traffic Sports agency
Yes seals Yankees extension as News Corp deal nears
US regional cable-television channel Yes Network has agreed to extend a rights deal for games involving the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team through to 2042, according to the Bloomberg news…
Big rights-fee increases continue but key Middle East talks drag on
Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge
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
MP & Silva achieves large fee increase in Korea
MP & Silva hit a home run in Korea with big increase
World Baseball Classic rights deals agreed in US, South Korea
MLB Network, the pay-television broadcaster operated by North America’s Major League Baseball, has acquired exclusive US rights for the 2013 and 2017 editions of the World Baseball Classic national team t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 27 to October 10
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Football: Uefa, football’s European governing body, appointed newly-created company CAA Eleven as its global sales agent for the European Qualifiers package of media rights.
MLB completes domestic rights deals worth $6.8bn
North America’s Major League Baseball has agreed new eight-year rights deals, from 2014 to 2021, with US network Fox and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System.
Fox and Turner close in on MLB renewals
North America’s Major League Baseball is close to renewing rights deals with US network Fox and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From August 30 to September 12
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Football: Norwegian basic-tier broadcaster TV Norge acquired rights for Norway’s five away qualifying games for the 2014 Fifa World Cup from the Sportfive agency.
MP & Silva to distribute World Baseball Classic
The MP & Silva agency has agreed a deal to distribute the worldwide rights, excluding the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and Japan, to the 2013 World Baseball Classic tournament
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 26 to August 29
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Football: Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports acquired the US rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier home games of all Concacaf nations, excluding the US and Mexico
ESPN pays double to extend MLB coverage
US pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired US and international rights for Major League Baseball for eight years, from 2014 to 2021, in a deal worth $5.6 billion (€4.5
United banking on digital growth with ‘unproven’ strategy
United look to growth in media rights income but admit digital strategy is 'unproven'
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 14 to June 27
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Germany with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
One World Sports acquires Japanese baseball rights
US Asia-focused sports network One World Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the home games of Japanese baseball side Hiroshima Carp, which competes in the top-tier Nippon Professional Baseball league