Hockey

Hockey Australia, the sport’s governing body in Australia, has agreed a rights deal with public-service broadcaster the ABC, according to the Australian Financial Review newspaper.

Zuku looks to expand in Africa without treading on SuperSport's toes

The Australian Sports Commission has said a government-funded digital television sports channel dedicated to the country’s lower-profile sports could be launched as soon as 2014, according to the Australian Financial Review.

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UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has secured rights to the 2013 EuroHockey Nations Championship international hockey tournament.

Online video distribution and marketing company Rightster has agreed to become the new digital media partner of the International Hockey Federation.

FOOTBALL Football: US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN acquired rights for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ESPN3

Asia-focused sports broadcaster One World Sports acquired exclusive North American rights for the inaugural season of the Hockey India League, the new franchise-based hockey competition starting today…

FOOTBALL Football: Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports acquired the US rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier home games of all Concacaf nations, excluding the US and Mexico

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has acquired rights for the new Hockey India League and India national team hockey matches in the country, and has also extended a rights agreement for the…

FOOTBALL Football: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC renewed its highlights rights for the English Premier League for three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, in a deal worth £179.

Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports acquired exclusive rights for this year’s Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, the men’s national team field hockey tournament organised by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation.

India’s World Series Hockey agreed a deal to provide live streaming of the remainder of its inaugural event on video-sharing platform YouTube.

Argentinian state-owned broadcaster Canal 7 acquired rights for the International Hockey Federation’s women’s Champions Trophy, which will take place in Rosario, Argentina from January 28 to February 5.

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…

World Series Hockey organisers postponed the start of the inaugural event until February 2012 after Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president RK Shetty accused national governing body Hockey India of using…

Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency