Horse Racing
Pitch International strikes horseracing distribution deal
The Pitch International agency has struck rights distribution deals with Racecourse Media Group, which controls the media rights of 30 British racecourses, and English racecourse Ascot
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.
Dubai state-owned broadcaster picks up British horseracing
State-owned media company Dubai Media Incorporated has reached a four-year rights deal, from 2013 to 2016, with Racecourse Media Group, which controls the media rights of 30 British racecourses, and English…
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.
British and Irish horse racing in Cypriot betting rights deal
GBI Racing, a joint-venture between the Racecourse Media Group and At the Races, which distributes the international betting rights for British and Irish horse racing, has agreed a deal with the Nicosia…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 26 to August 29
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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
Channel 4 recruits IMG for horse racing production
IMG Sports Media has signed a deal to produce horse racing coverage on UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 for four years, from January 2013 to December 2016
HRTV secures Breeders’ Cup rights
US pay-television broadcaster HRTV has purchased rights for horse racing’s Breeders’ Cup in what has been described as a “multi-year deal” with Breeders’ Cup Limited, owner of the thoroughbred racing se…
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
New international deals for Royal Ascot
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, has agreed a number of new international rights deals for this year’s Royal Ascot horse racing event.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 31 to June 13
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Football: The English Premier League agreed deals for its domestic live rights with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and telco BT for the seasons 2013-14 to 2015-16, worth a total of £3.
Australian horse racing channel TVN lands major rights deal
Australian pay-television horse racing channel TVN has acquired the rights to all thoroughbred racing held in the south-eastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s two largest horse racing m…
TSN acquires Belmont Stakes rights in Canada
TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, acquired live rights for the Belmont Stakes horse race in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with rights-holder NBCUniversal…
New South Wales horse racing body seeks to unify rights
Racing New South Wales, horse racing’s governing body in the Australian state, has told country and provincial racing associations to sell their next cycle of media rights to Australian pay-television h…
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
Racing UK acquires Kentucky Derby rights
Racing UK, the specialist horse racing pay-television channel, has acquired exclusive live rights for this year’s Kentucky Derby, which takes place this coming Saturday.
London marathon and Grand National added to global iPlayer portfolio
The Global BBC iPlayer, the overseas pilot video-on-demand subscription service from UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, acquired internet rights in certain territories for this year’s London marathon a…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 8 to March 21
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Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.