Baseball
MLB extends deadline for deal in Nationals-MASN talks
Major League Baseball has extended its deadline for a resolution in the dispute over television rights fees between the Washington Nationals and regional cable-television broadcaster MASN until July, according…
MLB domestic rights to come on the market this week
US baseball league Major League Baseball will offer its domestic media rights to the market this week after periods of exclusive negotiations with existing broadcast partners expire
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Football: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC renewed its highlights rights for the English Premier League for three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, in a deal worth £179.
Terra scouting the US
Terra goes looking for football rights in US
Dodgers takeover set to clear path for rights sale
The Guggenheim Baseball Management consortium agreed a deal to acquire Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion (€1.5
Regional rights deals boost MLB team values
Local cable-television rights deals provided $923 million (€705 million) of income for Major League Baseball clubs in 2011, according to Forbes.
CBS and MSG weigh up investing in Dodgers bidding groups
US network CBS and MSG Network, the pay-television channel owned by New York sports venue Madison Square Garden, are separately considering investing in groups that want to acquire the Los Angeles Dodgers…
USA Today teams up with MLBAM in digital initiative
The USA Today Sports Media Group and MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, announced a joint venture to develop and produce new content and products for…
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Football: Public-service broadcaster the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation acquired the rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in a deal with the Sportfive agency
Alterna’TV gets Caribbean Series baseball rights
US and Latin American broadcaster Alterna'TV acquired exclusive rights in Puerto Rico for baseball’s Caribbean Series in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014.
Rights potential pushes up Dodgers’ price
The prospect of a significant increase in the local media rights value of MLB baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers boosted the minimum asking price for acquiring the franchise, set at $1.5 billion (€1.1
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American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.
News Corp considers Dodgers stake
Media conglomerate News Corporation is considering buying a minority stake in the bankrupt Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers in a move designed to help its US network Fox retain the team’s l…
Dodgers settle with Fox
The Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team agreed yesterday to honour its existing broadcast partnership with US network Fox
Lagardère expands golf division with Gaylord acquisition
Lagardère Unlimited, the sports marketing division of French conglomerate Lagardère, acquired Gaylord Sports Management, a US-based athlete representation group.
Dodgers given go-ahead to start rights sales
The judge overseeing the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bankruptcy case ruled that the Major League Baseball team would be allowed to begin selling its broadcast rights.
One, but not the same: two sides to a tale of failure
Divided opinions on why digital sports channel One HD failed
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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