Boxing

From next month, ESPN will no longer pay promoters $50K Friday Night Fights rights fee

Showtime's phasing out of multi-fight deals in favour of top single bouts will mean no obligation to sanctioning bodies

Boxing one of a range of sports ITV is looking at “to replace” the Premier League

Chief Executive Kofler's restructuring programme has turned company around

King has the content, but will he get cable carriage and sponsorship?

Competition in German market has been curtailed by depressed television market and colluding broadcasters

Spanish sports marketing company Santa Monica made an estimated €100m (£70 m) offer for the television rights of nine clubs in the newly-formed G12 group of Spanish Primera Liga football clubs. 

The plan of a US television executive to launch a dedicated boxing channel in the US is being regarded with a large amount of scepticism.

The BBC, ITV and British Sky Broadcasting tendered initial bids to England’s Football Association for the next three-year package of television rights, covering England home internationals and the FA C…

Audley Harrison’s 11th fight on the BBC attracted the heavyweight boxer’s second lowest audience.

US television network NBC is close to signing a follow-up agreement to its landmark deal with boxing promoter Main Events.

German agency Infront Sports agreed a one-year deal for Bundesliga rights with a group comrising EM

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…

The BBC says that it is still a long way from signing a new broadcasting deal with British heavyweight boxer Audley Harrison.

Promoter Robert Waterman said this week that he is close to a deal with the BBC to televise promotions of fighters.