Cricket
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 31 to June 13
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Football: The English Premier League agreed deals for its domestic live rights with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and telco BT for the seasons 2013-14 to 2015-16, worth a total of £3.
Al Jazeera acquires English cricket in the Middle East and North Africa
Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired live rights in the Middle East and North Africa to English domestic cricket’s Twenty20 league, for the 2012 season, from ESPN Star Sports, the r…
ESPN Star Sports extends England cricket rights deal
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has confirmed a renewal of a rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board for seven years, from 2012-13 to 2018-19, covering the territories of Asia,…
Neo Cricket rebranded following loss of BCCI rights
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has rebranded its cricket channel following the loss of its rights deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) governing body
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal
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.
Bangladesh Cricket Board in search for new global rights-holder
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed a three-member committee to create the tender process for its global media rights following the conclusion of its previous agreement for the rights with the Nimbus…
Carlton follows on with more cricket rights
Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network has continued its spending spree on cricket rights, agreeing a three-year deal for the Sri Lankan national team rights from 2012 to…
ECB on verge of major Asian rights deal with ESS
The England and Wales Cricket Board is set to announce a new rights deal worth $200 million (€153 million) with pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports.
Unchallenged Sky pays increase for ICC rights
ESS bucks the trend and gets increase from Sky
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 3 to May 16
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Football: Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport acquired delayed rights for all 31 matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 tournament. Eurosport can show each game 24 hours after the match has taken place
Carlton acquires Sri Lankan Premier League cricket rights
Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network has acquired rights for the Sri Lankan Premier League, the new Twenty20 cricket competition
ESPN Star Sports joint venture split ‘imminent’, report says
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is on the verge of completing a buyout of Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN’s stake in their jointly-owned pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports, according to …
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From April 19 to May 2
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Football: Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired rights for more than 250 international football matches in the lead-up to the 2014 Fifa World Cup
Nimbus interested in Pakistan Twenty20 league rights
The Nimbus Communications agency is interested in acquiring the rights for a proposed new Twenty20 cricket league operated by the Pakistan Cricket Board, according to the national governing body’s chairman, Z…
News Corp set to buy out ESPN stake from ESS joint venture
ESPN withdrawal leaves Murdoch well placed for drive into India and China; BCCI deal confirms ESS demise
SLBC lands World Twenty20 rights in host nation
Public-service broadcaster Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation acquired the broadcast rights to the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20, which will be hosted by the country later this year.