Basketball
Infront extends partnership with Chinese basketball league
The Infront Sports & Media agency has extended its commercial partnership deal with the Chinese Basketball Association for the CBA League, for a further five years, from 2013 to 2017
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
Perform tips off ‘landmark’ deal for Australian NBL
Perform has agreed a partnership with the Basketball Australia governing body that will allow the digital media company to provide live coverage of all games from the National Basketball League, the top…
Sport1 holds on to German basketball league
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has renewed its rights deal for the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Germany’s domestic basketball league, for a further two seasons, from 2012-13 to 2013-14.
Canal Plus acquires golf majors, looks at Fiba basketball
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, for the rights for the British Open, the US Open and the US PGA Championship, three of golf’s four biggest t…
NCTC seals Pac-12 Networks carriage deal
The National Cable Television Cooperative, a consortium of cable-television broadcasters in the US, has reached a deal to carry the Pac-12 Networks, the pay-television channels dedicated to covering the…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 28 to July 11
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Oceania for the Champions League and Europa League in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.
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
NBA’s New Orleans Hornets agree regional Fox deal
US regional sports network Fox Sports Southwest has agreed a long-term deal with the New Orleans Hornets, of the National Basketball Association, commencing in the 2012-13 season
University of North Dakota seals regional broadcast deal
US regional sports broadcaster Midco Sports Network has agreed a five-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, with the University of North Dakota for live rights to matches of the hockey, football, basketball…
ESPN to continue showing high school sport despite scaling back business
US broadcaster ESPN is set to close down its high school sports-focused operation, but will continue to televise sport at that level
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 17 to May 30
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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.
Spanish basketball league to renew with TVE
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has reportedly renewed its rights deal for the Spanish basketball league, the ACB for the 2012-13 season onwards.
TVE will pay a fixed fee of €1 million ($1.3
Leenders: Fiba has found ‘innovative solution’ for rights
Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move
Terra scouting the US
Terra goes looking for football rights in US
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 3 to May 16
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Football: Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport acquired delayed rights for all 31 matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 tournament. Eurosport can show each game 24 hours after the match has taken place
Fiba establishes media and marketing arm
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has created a new media and marketing subsidiary