Golf
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Football, Formula One, US PGA Tour, Olympics and Wimbledon
Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, Formula One and World Cup rugby
Basketball: French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus extended its deal with the Euroleague for a further three years, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, paying €880,000 ($1.14m) per year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cycling, golf, hockey and ESPN’s $1.86bn ACC deal
Basketball: The Sportsman Media Group will sell the international rights for the 2010 Fiba men’s Under-20 and Under-18 European Championships. It is the first time the rights will be sold by an agency.
F1 and US PGA Tour make hay in the Nordics
Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.
FASTRACK: News in brief, Issue 14:15
RCS-RDS wraps up Premier League ... Battling HiTV wins Serie A ... Japan to reclaim Tour's No.1 status ... Crozier's role in ITV rugby win ... Universum seeking ZDF successor.
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Boxing, golf, motorcycling, rugby, swimming and tennis
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the exclusive rights for the next five fights of the Klitschko brothers, Vladimir and Vitali, in a deal with the Klitschko Management Group worth a reported…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, football, golf, motorcycling, snooker and tennis
Athletics: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the exclusive live television and internet rights for the Diamond League in a five-year deal brokered by the IMG agency
TV RIGHTS DEALS 3: Sanzar deal, NHL, OneAsia golf, MotoGP and more
Golf: US broadcaster America One Television acquired the rights for the OneAsia Series in a three-year deal, from 2010 to 2012, brokered by the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: NFL, Diamond League, Indian Premier League and more
American Football: UK pay-broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for NFL Monday Night football in a two-year deal covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The deal covers live, repeat and pre-game programming
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, IPL, extreme sports, golf, ice-skating and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, Formula One, golf, hockey, table tennis and more
Athletics: African pay-operator SuperSport acquired non-exclusive rights for all events in the IAAF’s World Athletics Series in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, in a four-year deal from 2010 t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Badminton, biathlon, golf, rugby and other sports
Badminton: Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport acquired live and highlights rights for the semi-finals and finals of this month's European Men’s and Women’s Team Championship. Co
Asian Tour grows under wing of European Tour
Golf’s Asian Tour will generate television rights income for the first time this year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, boxing, F1, golf, Paralympic, swimming and more
Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.
Champions League tops the pile but sports viewing slips
Six Nations and The Open the only major events to see their top audiences rise.
New Sky deal brings US Tour back down to earth
Golf’s US PGA Tour had to offer BSkyB an eight-year deal in order to satisfy its minimum rights fee expectations, another example of the tough conditions prevailing in the UK market.
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest golf, rugby union and East Asian Games deals
Golf: UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB acquired the rights for the US PGA Tour in an eight-year deal from 2010 to 2017, paying an estimated $90m
Lega re-tenders Serie B but Sky deal looks safe
Conto TV scored a victory this week when Serie B presidents agreed to re-tender the rights to the second division in a manner which would allow smaller broadcasters a greater chance to compete.