Golf
ESPN Star Sports agrees extension for US Masters golf rights
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has extended a rights deal for coverage of the annual US Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, the US
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 27 to October 10
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Football: Uefa, football’s European governing body, appointed newly-created company CAA Eleven as its global sales agent for the European Qualifiers package of media rights.
Ryder Cup lifts Sky Go figures to record levels
Coverage of the 2012 Ryder Cup golf tournament generated record figures for UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s internet and mobile service Sky Go.
Seven tees up Australian Open coverage
Australian network Seven has acquired rights for the 2012 Australian Open golf event in Sydney.
Seven will broadcast 20 hours of live coverage across the four days of the tournament, on December 6-9
Ryder Cup finale draws huge audience to NBC, Sky
The thrilling final day of the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Sunday in Illinois, the US, attracted the event’s highest preliminary viewing figures in the US for 13 years, according to the NBC network.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 13 to September 26
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Football: US Spanish-language sports broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights to the Germany and France national teams’ home qualifiers for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
PGA of America extends IMG’s international rights
The PGA of America golf governing body has extended its international broadcast rights partnership with the IMG Media agency in a new deal that starts immediately and will run until the end of 2016
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 12 to July 25
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Football: Uefa agreed rights deals in Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15
Canal Plus acquires golf majors, looks at Fiba basketball
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, for the rights for the British Open, the US Open and the US PGA Championship, three of golf’s four biggest t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 14 to June 27
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Germany with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Modern Times Group renews golf rights with IMG
Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has renewed its exclusive rights deals in the Nordics and Baltic states for a number of golf properties, including the…
Canal Plus to launch golf channel next month
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus’s new golf channel will launch on July 4.
Channel Ten ends Australian Open coverage
The Australian Open golf tournament is searching for a new domestic free-to-air broadcast partner after Channel Ten confirmed it would not cover this year’s event in December.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From April 19 to May 2
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Football: Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired rights for more than 250 international football matches in the lead-up to the 2014 Fifa World Cup
British Open sends warning to BBC ahead of rights renewal
Cuts in sports coverage at UK public-service broadcaster the BBC are endangering its hold on British Open golf rights, the tournament’s rights-holder has warned.
News Corp set to buy out ESPN stake from ESS joint venture
ESPN withdrawal leaves Murdoch well placed for drive into India and China; BCCI deal confirms ESS demise
Sky muscles European Tour live rights off BBC
Sky muscles out BBC