Boxing
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
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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
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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.
US pay-per-view rights picked up for Froch v Mack
US pay-per-view platform Integrated Sports Media has acquired the rights for the super middleweight world title boxing bout between belt holder Carl Froch and challenger Yusaf Mack next month
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 13 to September 26
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Football: US Spanish-language sports broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights to the Germany and France national teams’ home qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From August 30 to September 12
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.