Football
VTV acquires Euro 2012 rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV has concluded its acquisition of the rights to this summer’s Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament – a deal reported exclusively by TV Sports Markets in January – according to lo…
Mediapro chief wants to make football cheaper on Gol TV
Jaume Roures, the director of Mediapro, said the Spanish agency would like to offer live football matches via its Gol TV pay-television service for less than €1 ($1.3
Uefa to sanction English football bodies after broadcast clash
Football’s European governing body Uefa said it would sanction England’s Football Association and Premier League after Tuesday’s Liverpool v Everton Premier League game was broadcast live on the same …
Serie A deadline approaches for Italian DTT operators
Lega Serie A, the top Italian football league, will know tomorrow whether it will have a digital-terrestrial pay-television broadcast partner for the live matches of Serie A’s smaller teams for the next t…
Real Sociedad-Prisa deal heats up Mediapro rights dispute
The Spanish Mediapro agency said it would sue Real Sociedad after the Spanish Liga club agreed a rights deal worth €50.1 million ($66.8
Canal Plus chief wants free-to-air Liga broadcasts to end
Alex Martinez Roig, the head of content at Spanish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, called for the country’s government to end a long-running arrangement under which one football match per week f…
Premium Sports to appeal US pub sports broadcast ruling
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…
Al Jazeera lands Spanish Liga rights in France
Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired rights in France for Spanish Liga football for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, according to Le Figaro
Fox Soccer agrees deal for Scottish Premier League
US pay-television channel Fox Soccer acquired rights in the US and the Caribbean for Scottish Premier League football up to and including the 2013-14 season
Portuguese Liga president to take fight for collective sales to EU
Mario Figueiredo, the president of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, Portugal’s professional football league, said he would take his fight to introduce a collective broadcast rights model i…
ESPN acquires Caribbean rights to Euro football championships
Sports broadcaster ESPN agreed a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, for the rights in the Caribbean to the 2012 and 2016 European Championships.
Champions League and Europa League rights awarded in Balkans
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia for the Champions League and Europa League for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Indian clubs form association as I-League revamp talks continue
Clubs from the I-League, the top division of football in India, formed the Indian Professional Football Clubs Association in an effort to safeguard their interests as the All India Football Federation…
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal
Serie A closes in on €3bn target
Serie A should exceed target despite problems with Rai
Uefa gets 30% rise in Germany with ARD/ZDF deal
ARD/ZDF pay 30% increase for Euro but could have paid more
MP & Silva lands French football league rights in Europe
The MP & Silva agency acquired the media rights in Europe to the top French football league, Ligue 1, in a deal with global rights-holder Al Jazeera, the Qatari satellite broadcaster
Fox Sports plays down reports of Bandsports takeover
Fox Sports, a division of US network Fox, denied reports that it had offered to acquire Brazilian pay-broadcaster Bandsports for $80 million (€60 million) in a bid to circumvent a carriage dispute that h…