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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.
Basketball

US Asia-focused sports network One World Sports has extended a rights deal for coverage of Chinese Basketball Association tournaments with the Infront Sports & Media agency, the national governing body’s g…
American Football

US college sports conference the Big 12 has confirmed a new 13-year rights deal, from 2012-13 to 2024-25, with sports broadcaster ESPN
Basketball

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
American Football

FOOTBALL 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
Basketball

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…
Basketball

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.
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…
American Football

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…
Basketball

FOOTBALL 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.
Athletics

FOOTBALL Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Germany with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Basketball

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
American Football

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…
American Football

US broadcaster ESPN is set to close down its high school sports-focused operation, but will continue to televise sport at that level
American Football

Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content

Athletics

FOOTBALL 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.
Basketball

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
Basketball

Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move