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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Athletics, basketball, boxing, cricket and football
Athletics: Swiss-based agency Sports Extra Time acquired rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for the World Athletics Series, the series of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) events including…
News in brief, Issue 14:20
Brazilian clubs seeking $1.2bn in next TV deal ... NBA on Orange and Sky ... NFL happy despite pay-TV drop ... Froch fight on Primetime TV
ERT steps in to save Greek Euroleague deal
Skai can't afford to keep rights as Greek ad market continues to tumble.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
NEWS IN BRIEF, issue 14:18
Sportfive Olympics sales start with the Kremlin ... NBA struggling in France and Italy ... Best-ever Ryder Cup for Sky
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Basketball, college sports, F1, golf, Olympics and tennis deals
Basketball: Rights agency MP & Silva sold rights to the Spanish professional basketball league, the ACB, to Italian pay-television platform Dahlia TV and French pay-television operator Canal Plus covering…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, Formula One and World Cup rugby
Basketball: French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus extended its deal with the Euroleague for a further three years, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, paying €880,000 ($1.14m) per year.
Sport1+ ‘not in competition’ with pay-TV operators
Speaking to TV Sports Markets, German sports broadcaster Sport1 said its new pay-channel was not a competitor of existing pay-TV operators in the market.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cycling, golf, hockey and ESPN’s $1.86bn ACC deal
Basketball: The Sportsman Media Group will sell the international rights for the 2010 Fiba men’s Under-20 and Under-18 European Championships. It is the first time the rights will be sold by an agency.
Boom time is over but sports rights offer a way out
Romanian pay platform Boom is fighting to keep sports rights after its parent company entered administration.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, cycling, MotoGP, motorsport and rugby
Basketball: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten acquired the rights for the National Basketball League, Australia's top-tier basketball competition, in a five-year deal directly with the…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, boxing, F1, golf, Paralympic, swimming and more
Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.
TV Rights Deals 2: Latest baseball, basketball, Formula One and tennis deals
Baseball: Chinese broadcasters Shenzhen TV, Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV acquired packages of rights for Major League Baseball matches in 2009 and 2010 in deals with Major League Baseball International,…
Formula One the next casualty as Sky Italia tightens focus
Sky Italia is set to drop its coverage of Formula One motor racing in what would be the latest – and most high-profile – cut in its sports-rights spending.
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest boxing, basketball, motorcycling and squash deals
Boxing: German public service broadcaster ARD extended its television rights deal with boxing promoter Sauerland for one more year, taking it to the end of 2012, paying about €14m ($21m).
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Mediapro is close to finalising domestic mobile rights deals for Spanish football’s La Liga, the first such deals to be agreed after a three-year hiatus caused by the football war between Mediapro and Sogecable.
TV Rights Deals 2: IAAF, basketball, martial arts, Olympics and more
Action Sports: Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal with the Alliance of Action Sports, covering live rights in Europe for the Summer and Winter Dew Tours, for another five years