Basketball
Balls wins 2010 World Cup rights
TV Rights Deals 2: College Football, the British Open and more
American Football: US cable sports network ESPN acquired the rights for the college football Bowl Championship Series.
TV Rights Deals 2: Major League Baseball, Formula One, Skiiing and more
TV Rights Deals 1: Formula One, Serie A and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the rights for Twenty20’s cricket’s Champions League.
Euroleague renews for more in uncompetitive Spain
Europe’s top club basketball competition, the Euroleague, secured a small rights-fee increase in its new four-year rights deal with broadcasters in Spain.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Greece, Cycling, MotoGP and more
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Antenna moves into sport as RTL enters Greek market
TV rights 2: English cricket, football, US college sport and more
GAISF to banish Worldsport ghosts
The General Association of International Sports Federations, representing 104 sports governing bodies worldwide, is to launch a new website that will provide video-streaming and a video-on-demand archive for each participating member.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ice-hockey, motorsport and more.
Basketball: German commercial broadcaster DSF acquired the live, delayed and highlights rights for the 2009 and 2011 FIBA European Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship from the Fédération Internationale de Basketball.