Cricket
Sri Lanka Premier League seals deals with ESPN and ATN
Somerset Entertainment Ventures, the commercial rights-holder for the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, agreed rights deals for the competition with pay-television broadcaster ESPN…
ICC secures Latin American platform through ESPN deal
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports, the global media distribution rights partner of the International Cricket Council, cricket’s global governing body, has agreed a deal with the ESPN International p…
YouTube to show Sri Lanka Premier League
Video-sharing website YouTube has agreed a deal with the Sri Lanka Premier League’s commercial rights-holder, the Somerset Entertainment Ventures sports marketing and investment vehicle, to show the i…
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
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
Indian cricket’s governing body sets up production unit
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport’s governing body in India, will take the broadcast production of matches in house after ending its contract with the Nimbus Communications agency, o…
ESS secures rights to Sri Lanka’s new T20 league
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has agreed a multi-year rights deal for new Twenty20 cricket competition the Sri Lanka Premier League
Mobile rights deal signed for Sri Lanka v India cricket series
Indian mobile television service Zenga TV has acquired exclusive mobile rights for the upcoming cricket series between Sri Lanka and India
iStream secures online rights to Indian cricket series
Indian online video service iStream.com acquired the exclusive live streaming and video-on-demand rights for India’s cricket tour to Sri Lanka, which commences on Saturday, July 21.
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Doordarshan passes on India cricket series
Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan has passed up the opportunity to broadcast the upcoming cricket series between India and Sri Lanka in favour of concentrating on its coverage of the 2012 Olympic…
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.
QuipuTV to stream Cricket World Cup qualifiers
Online streaming service QuipuTV has agreed a deal with the International Cricket Council to show four World Cricket League Championship qualifying matches for the 2015 Cricket World Cup this month
Subscriptions surge to help reduce Zee’s sports losses
Indian pay-television operator Zee expects to halve its sports division’s operating losses in the 2012-13 financial year due to a significant rise in subscription revenues, according to the Indian Television w…
ICC goes from free to pay in the Caribbean
ESS sells ICC rights to ESPN
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 14 to June 27
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Germany with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
ESPN Caribbean acquires ICC and Champions League T20 rights
The Caribbean arm of sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal with Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports for rights to the International Cricket Council’s events and the Champions League T20 tournament u…
Sri Lanka Cricket rejects allegations it unfairly favoured Carlton in rights award
Sri Lanka Cricket has defended the award of its domestic television rights to terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network following allegations of irregularities during the tender process
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one