Handball

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, for the men’s and women’s European Handball Championships in …

Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the rights in France to handball’s European Champions League in a five-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, from the MP & Silva agency.

MTG closing in on big handball deal

FOOTBALL Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.

The MP & Silva agency agreed a five-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, to distribute the rights for the EHF Champions League men’s and women’s competitions in …

MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights

The Infront Sports & Media agency launched a tender for the media rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden for the 2016 and 2018 editions of the men’s and women’s European Championship handball events.

American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.

American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions acquired rights for the Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH), the domestic handball league, in a sublicensing agreement with pay-television operator C…

Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league

Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal

Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…

Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters

Handball: Setanta Africa, the sub-Saharan Africa sports broadcaster, acquired the rights for the European Handball Federation Champions League Final Four in a deal with the Sportsman Media Group

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories

Darts: UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB acquired the rights for Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Grand Slam of Darts in a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, with the PDC