Golf

Media rights clips from 10 October 23 October

The Total Sports Asia agency has been appointed by golf’s Ladies European Tour to exclusively market and distribute its 2014 events worldwide, excluding Europe and North America.

Media rights clips from 26 September to 9 October

The NBC Sports Group division of US network NBC has extended its rights deal for golf’s Ryder Cup through to 2030.

The US PGA Tour golf organisation has expanded its multi-year marketing partnership with the USA Today Sports Media Group to include new digital content initiatives.

The European Tour golf organisation has extended its association with the Golf Channel by signing a new 10-year rights deal with the US pay-television broadcaster.

Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has said it will reduce subscription fees for its Ten Golf channel in India as it seeks to further promote the sport in the country.

Media rights clips from 25 July to 30 August 

The Ladies European Tour golf organisation has relaunched its official YouTube channel to provide live coverage of the 2013 Solheim Cup in countries where the tournament will not be available on television.

The United States Golf Association has agreed a 12-year deal with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox for the broadcast rights to the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open Championships.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines UK television audiences for golf’s US Masters in the penultimate year of the current rights deals T

FOOTBALL Football: Fifa, football’s global governing body, agreed deals in Spain for the 2014 World Cup with commercial broadcaster Mediaset and the Mediapro agency.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has agreed a three-year deal with the IMG agency for the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Masters and Perth International golf tournaments.

FOOTBALL Football: Hong Kong broadcaster TVB acquired domestic free-to-air and pay-television rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN has signed a multi-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with golf’s US PGA Tour.

Sky Deutschland is getting stronger but the big Bundesliga deal means it needs to pay less for other sport

Golf’s European Tour has launched a free online television channel providing video on demand highlights of the organisation’s tournaments.

Highland Spring has strengthened its ties with golf by becoming an official supplier to the PGA Championship.