Baseball
Fox Sports Japan to launch with baseball coverage
The Fox International Channels division of US network Fox will launch Fox Sports Japan, a new sports channel for the country, in March 2013 with coverage of Japanese baseball games
Dodgers in talks with MLB over TV deal
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers has opened talks with the league over a potential new regional television deal with US broadcasters Fox Sports or Time Warner Cable, according to…
Dodgers consider own regional network
Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers are considering creating their own regional sports broadcaster in partnership with entertainment production company Dick Clark Productions, according…
ESS moves away from exclusivity
Singapore carriage deals show new ESS channel strategy
US sports TV subscribers sue leagues and broadcasters
US pay-television subscribers have been granted permission to pursue a lawsuit accusing several television networks, the Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League of antitrust violations related…
Fox Sports set to acquire Cleveland Indians network
US Major League Baseball team the Cleveland Indians is set to sell its regional cable-television channel SportsTime Ohio to Fox Sports Ohio, a regional division of Fox Sports, which is owned by US network…
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
FOOTBALL
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
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
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
FOOTBALL
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
FOOTBALL
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.