Football
Sky Italia attacks Serie A clubs as cold weather hits matches
Jacques Raynaud, vice-president of the Sky Sport channels at Italian pay-television operator Sky Italia, criticised clubs in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league, for failing to prevent…
CFoot to close
CFoot, the digital-terrestrial television channel owned by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, will close down at the end of the 2011-12 football season in France, according…
Third round of bidding for Europa League in France
The Team Marketing agency set a deadline of February 10 for a third round of bidding in the tender for the rights in France for the Uefa Europa League football tournament for the three years from 2012-13…
Fox acquires Serie A rights in Latin America
Pan-regional pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America acquired exclusive rights for the Italian Serie A in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the MP & Silva agency
DFL expects international rights boost
The Deutsche Fussball Liga, the German football league, forecast that its annual international media rights income would increase by 50 per cent to over €70 million ($91.7
Al Jazeera seals Ligue 1 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a deal with the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, for the one remaining package of live domestic rights for the top-tier Ligue 1,…
Lega extends rights bid deadline by a week
The Italian football league, Lega A Serie A, has extended its bid deadline for four media rights packages by one week
Pitch’s confidence in English football provides boost for FA
FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession
Difficult year ahead in Europe
Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012
Sport TV’s grip on market unbroken by new entrant
Sport TV sees off new entrant once again as it picks up Europa League rights
Australia hopes to cash in on digital-savvy fans
Australian football federation outlines future rights strategy
Uefa’s Indonesian bonus
Uefa enjoys big increases in Chinese Taipei and Indonesia
Vietnamese cartel frustrates Sportfive
Cartel makes life hard for Sportfive in Vietnam
Uefa centralised rights tender in second quarter
Uefa, European football’s governing body, said that its long-awaited tender for the centralised media rights for European qualifying matches for the Uefa Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup tournaments w…
Fraidenraich replaces Dutaret at Canal Plus
Pierre Fraidenraich was appointed as the new rights acquisitions director at the sports division of Canal Plus, the French pay-television broadcaster, according to l’Equipe.
Europa League deals in Cyprus
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Cyprus for the Europa League for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with public-service broadcaster CYBC and pay-television broadcaster Cyta.
ARD to show Bayern-Netherlands Friendly
German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired rights for the friendly football match between German club Bayern Munich and the Dutch national team, scheduled for May 22