Boxing
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
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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.
MCS picks up Top Rank boxing
French pay-television operator Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired rights for boxing events operated by Top Rank, the company owned by promoter Bob Arum.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 26 to August 29
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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
Primetime pounces for world boxing clash
UK pay-per-view channel Primetime has acquired rights for the middleweight world title boxing bout between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Junior
WealthTV picks up more boxing rights
US broadcaster the Wealth Television Cable Network has acquired live domestic rights for a 12-event package of boxing from the Hennessy Sports and Gym Promotions promotional companies in deals that will…
Primetime signs boxing content deal with Goodwin Promotions
UK pay-per-view channel Primetime has agreed an exclusive deal with boxing promoter Goodwin Promotions for a package of rights which it will show on a free-to-air basis
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 12 to July 25
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Football: Uefa agreed rights deals in Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15
BoxNation signs Price deal
UK boxing channel BoxNation has agreed an exclusive deal with UK boxing promoter Frank Maloney.
The most notable name of his current stable is British heavyweight boxer David Price
HBO strikes deal for Vitali Klitschko title defence
US pay-television broadcaster HBO has acquired the rights for the boxing match between World Boxing Council heavyweight title-holder Vitali Klitschko and Manuel Charr in Moscow, Russia on September 8
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 28 to July 11
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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.
NBC expands Fight Night multiple-promoter boxing deal
The NBC Sports Network US cable-television channel has struck a deal with the Main Events boxing promoter to show between six and 16 live Saturday night ‘Fight Night’ programmes during the 2013-14 sea…
Sky Deutschland steps in after ARD rejects Haye v Chisora fight
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired the rights for boxing’s heavyweight fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora on July 14 in London.
BoxNation agrees commercial distribution deal ahead of Haye v Chisora
UK horse racing broadcaster Racing UK TV will distribute boxing pay-television channel BoxNation to UK pubs and clubs under a new deal between the two companies
Maloney latest to be axed in Sky’s boxing cull
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will not renew a rights deal with boxing promoter Frank Maloney Promotions, according to the Sun
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 17 to May 30
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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.
Sportfive agrees deal with Klitschko brothers
The Sportfive agency has agreed a deal with the Klitschko Management Group to distribute the worldwide media rights – excluding Germany, Ukraine and North America – to fights involving Vitali and Wladimir Kli…