Boxing

Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is in advanced discussions to acquire World Series of Boxing media rights for its two new channels in France, BeIN Sport 1 and BeIN Sport 2, according to l’Equipe.

Floyd Mayweather Jr's world title victory over Miguel Cotto on May 5 was the second-highest-grossing pay-per-view boxing bout for a non-heavyweight encounter, according to US pay-television broadcaster…

Sky wants 'quality not quantity' in boxing deals

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will not renew its deal to show boxing bouts promoted by Manchester-based Hatton Promotions

The US Fox network agreed a multi-year deal with US-based boxing promoter Golden Boy Promotions for fights taking place in the US and Mexico

UK boxing channel BoxNation agreed a deal with boxing promoter Golden Boy Promotions for the rights to two live fight nights per month

Polish pay-television broadcaster N Sports acquired rights to the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)

US sports broadcaster Premium Sports said it would appeal a decision by a New York court to allow a bar in the city to show sport to customers through a Slingbox device, which allows programmes to be shown…

Sauerland wants more

FOOTBALL Football:Brazilian media group Globo acquired the exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup finals of 2018 and 2022 in a deal with football’s world governing body.

The UK boxing channel BoxNation missed out on signing up about 30,000 new customers due to its subscription service crashing on February 18 in the hours leading up to its coverage of the Dereck Chisora…

UK pay-television channel Box Nation acquired the rights for the boxing re-match between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson for the WBC light-heavyweight title in Atlantic City, the US on April 28

FOOTBALL Football:Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015

US pay-television service HBO acquired rights for the welterweight boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley in a deal with promoter Top Rank

US pay-television service HBO beat competition from rival Showtime to acquire the rights for the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr and junior middleweight title-holder Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand…

IOC adopts revenue-share model in Africa after Fifa 2010 World Cup experiment

US cable-television channel Wealth TV acquired exclusive rights to the WBC Continental Americas Lightweight title boxing bout between Chris Howard and Arash Usnamee in Georgia in the US on March 17