Boxing
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 10 to January 23
FOOTBALL
Football: US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN acquired rights for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ESPN3
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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WealthTV to show Prizefighter welterweight event
US cable-television broadcaster WealthTV has acquired rights for the Prizefighter ‘Welterweights III’ boxing event tomorrow (Saturday).
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From December 6 to December 19
FOOTBALL
Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster Megavisión acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.
Loaded TV picks up boxing
UK free-to-air digital channel Loaded TV has acquired rights for the British light-middleweight fight between Brian Rose and Sam Webb this Friday, December 14
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 22 to December 5
FOOTBALL
Football: The IMG Media agency agreed a three-year extension to its deal for the media rights on aeroplanes and ships for English Premier League football, from 2013-14 to 2015-16
AIBA live streams finale of Youth World Championships on YouTube
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is providing live streaming of the final stages of the 2012 Youth World Boxing Championships on its official YouTube channel
Matchroom pounces for Kessler-Magee rights
Matchroom Sport, the promotion company owned by Barry Hearn, has acquired the UK rights for the WBA super middleweight boxing title fight between Mikkel Kessler and Brian Magee on Saturday in Denmark
Primetime TV flooded with complaints after Hatton fight fiasco
UK pay-per-view channel Primetime TV has received 700 complaints from people who were unable to watch UK boxer Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko on Saturday night due to technical i…
British World Series of Boxing team finds UK broadcast home
UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights for events featuring the British Lionhearts team in the World Series of Boxing, an annual competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing…
Marca TV feeds off ‘leftovers’ to build audience share
Marca TV feasting on tasty 'leftovers' as recession bites
Primetime set for big returns
Primetime signs up Hatton
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From October 25 to November 7
FOOTBALL
Football: Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights for tournaments operated by Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean
Klitschko brothers sign RTL deal
German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights for five future boxing bouts involving either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko
Primetime to show Hatton comeback
UK pay-per-view channel Primetime has acquired rights for Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko on November 24.
Primetime will charge viewers in the UK and Ireland £14.99 (€18.50/$23.87)
World Series of Boxing partners with Fighting Spirit
The International Amateur Boxing Association has appointed fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, as the distribution partner for the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 27 to October 10
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa, football’s European governing body, appointed newly-created company CAA Eleven as its global sales agent for the European Qualifiers package of media rights.