Football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga and more
Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Fastrack: Issue 15:13
EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa
New tournament has big teams but not the star players
New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players
Football League takes tough stance on fee guarantees
Football League takes its time to make sure of guarantees
MTG’s Viasat and Al Jazeera cast long shadow over ESPN
NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN
Big increase for NHL but it ‘could have been bigger’
Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says
SBS swoops for sport’s big two
SBS cements position as head of 'Korean Pool' with big deals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
ESPN-Fox holds off DirecTV to secure rights
ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League
MTG breaks the bank to fend off hungry Canal Plus
MTG breaks records with monster bid for Champions League; Canal Plus hits back with preemptive Norway deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Ligue 1, Liga 1, Champions League, Euro 2012 and more
Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…
ESS secures Liga rights but break-up still on the cards
ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months
DFL on the way towards target for international rights
Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target
Al Jazeera’s French Challenge
Al Jazeera rides to the rescue but doubts remain
Fastrack: Issue 15:12
Digital Plus furious about YouTube Copa ... Urhotv looking for partners ... ESPN looking at UK revamp
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: SNTV, the sports news agency operated by the IMG agency and The Associated Press, has acquired non-exclusive news clip rights outside Europe for the Confederation of African Football’s Africa C…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Serie A, Champions League, Danish league and more
Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Copa America, Belgian Pro League, La Liga and more
Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)