Football
Clasico gives La Sexta new audience record
Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta drew its largest audience in its five-year history for the Real Madrid v Barcelona Spanish Liga football game last Saturday evening. La Sexta had an average of 9
The Score acquires Fifa Club World Cup rights
Canadian cable-television sports channel The Score acquired exclusive rights for Fifa’s Club World Cup in a one-tournament deal for the 2011 edition, which kicks off tomorrow in Japan.
Bell teams up with Rogers to buy Maple Leaf Sports
Canadian telecommunications company Bell, through its parent company BCE, and rival telco Rogers Communications agreed a deal to jointly acquire a controlling stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment,…
ISL accuses IOC of “disrespect” over Hayatou case
The Confederation of African Football, the governing body for football in Africa, accused the International Olympic Committee of “disrespect” following the IOC’s reprimand of Caf’s president Issa Hayatou…
Manchester clubs could be worth extra £10m to Channel 5
An all-Manchester final in the Uefa Europa League could generate an extra £10m (€11.7/$15.7m) for UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5, according to the Guardian.
Sport1 renews Spanish Liga rights
Dutch sports pay-television broadcaster Sport1 renewed its exclusive rights for the Spanish Liga, Spain’s top football league, for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
FA seeks more money from ITV deal
The English Football Association reopened negotiations with ITV in an effort to persuade the UK commercial broadcaster to expand a rights deal by showing at least two more England national team friendly…
Sky renews Opta data deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB agreed a five-year extension to its deal with sports data company Opta through to the end of 2016
Canal Plus considers stronger bid for Ligue 1 after Champions League loss
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus was reported by Le Parisien to be considering a higher-than-expected bid for the remaining French Ligue 1 football rights after submitting an unsuccessful bid…
ARD and ZDF confirm Euro 2012 matches split
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF agreed on the split of matches to broadcast from Uefa Euro 2012
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Euro 2012 qualifiers and more
Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
Fastrack: Issue 15:21
FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Nova competition helps Greek league avoid big loss
Loss for Greek basketball clubs is smaller than expected
Hot Norwegian market boosts league’s rights fees
Norway's football clubs benefit from competitive rights market
Federation takes hit on cup as Sky and ARD cut costs
DFB hit hard as Sky cuts costs
Uefa competition rights up by 150% in the Americas
Brazil deals help Uefa achieve big increase in the Americas
Rights stripped from Lega tender will help top clubs
Serie A international rights changes 'will cost it millions'
Lagardère changes strategy to deal with sports ‘black hole’
Mounting losses force major strategy change at Lagardère. Agency has 'changed its DNA'