Basketball
Fiba establishes media and marketing arm
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has created a new media and marketing subsidiary
ESPN strikes new deal for expanded Atlantic Coast Conference
US sports broadcaster ESPN has renegotiated and extended a rights deal for the championships organised by the Atlantic Coast Conference group of US colleges
NBC Sports Network renews Ivy League rights
The NBC Sports Network US cable channel has renewed rights for North American college sports conference the Ivy League in a two-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2013-14
SNY expands University of Connecticut coverage with basketball deal
Regional US sports network SportsNet New York (SNY) has acquired media rights for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team in a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
Big 12 agrees new deal with ESPN
US sports broadcaster ESPN has verbally agreed a new 13-year deal with college sports conference the Big 12 covering the period 2013 to 2025
French Open price falls in Spain as crisis takes hold
Spanish crisis lets in Mediaset for one-year French Open deal
SABC sets October target for new sports channel launch
South Africa public-service broadcaster the SABC plans to use recently-acquired NBA basketball rights to help launch a long-mooted new sports channel in South Africa on October 1
Australian National Basketball League renegotiates Ten deal
The Australian National Basketball League, the country’s top-tier basketball league, has renegotiated its rights deal with commercial broadcaster the Ten Network in the wake of a fan backlash.
TVE back in the frame for domestic basketball rights, report says
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is keen to retain rights for the country’s top-tier basketball league, the ACB, when its current four-year deal, from 2008-09 to 2011-12, expires in June, according t…
Spanish basketball federation agrees deal with TVE
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed an exclusive rights deal with the Federación Española de Baloncesto, the Spanish basketball federation, beginning this year and running into 2014.
New Canal Plus deal gives French basketball more exposure
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will continue to show La Ligue Nationale de Basket, the French basketball league, for the next five years, after a new rights deal was agreed
Ad revenues rise for online NCAA coverage
US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and the CBS Sports website have generated approximately $60 million (€45.1
Basketball Bundesliga in talks with five broadcasters for domestic rights
The Basketball Bundesliga, Germany’s domestic basketball league, is in talks with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Nelonen and MTV3 to dominate SM Liiga bidding
Two-way battle in Finland
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FOOTBALL
Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.
Time Warner in new deal for WNBA basketball in Los Angeles
US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable agreed a multi-year deal with Women’s National Basketball Association team Los Angeles Sparks.
Big 12 poised to land major ESPN contract
US college sports conference the Big 12 is set to agree a new 13-year domestic television rights deal, from 2013 to 2025, with sports broadcaster ESPN, according to the CBS Sports website