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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, GAA, golf, ice-hockey, skiing and more
Basketball: Pan-regional sports broadcaster ESPN International extended its deal with Euroleague Basketball in a one-season contract for the 2010-11 season
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
ESPN facing European fight for MLB, NHL rights
ESPN America, Disney’s pan-European, US sports network, is facing a critical couple of months as it looks to renew major rights contracts for Major League Baseball and ice-hockey’s National Hockey League.
Sport1+ ‘not in competition’ with pay-TV operators
Speaking to TV Sports Markets, German sports broadcaster Sport1 said its new pay-channel was not a competitor of existing pay-TV operators in the market.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
News in brief, Issue 14:8
Globo 100-per-cent neutral in election ... Federation silent on Fasel report ... Lega fears irreparable damage
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 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
Sports channels fall victim to Russia’s bear market
The Russian sports broadcasting industry will consolidate from next year, with RTR Sport becoming a general entertainment channel and 7TV dropping all its sports content.
TV Rights Deals 2: All the latest cricket, cycling, extreme sport and ESPN UK deals
Basketball: PCTV-owned Mexican pay-broadcaster TVC Deportes extended it deal for the live rights to the ACB Spanish Basketball League in a three-year deal from 2009-10 to 2011-12
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Pitch and Kentaro last week won the rights to distribute English Premier League club channel Liverpool FC TV, despite higher offers from rival agencies.
TV Rights Deals 2: All the latest boxing, cricket, ice hockey and motosport deals
American Football: The IMG agency agreed a deal to distribute the television rights of the National Football League in certain international territories in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America…
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UK pay-broadcaster BSkyB is set to agree a deal for cricket’s upcoming World Twenty20 Championship in England, ending a protracted 18-month long negotiation process with rights-holder ESPN Star Sports.
Gloves off again as Canal Plus-Viasat rivalry returns
Renewed competition between Scandinavian media companies TV4 and Modern Times Group’s Viasat has led to major rights-fee increases for Swedish domestic ice-hockey.
TV Rights Deals 2: NFL, NBA in Europe and Scandinavian ice hockey deals
American Football: The National Football League extended its television rights deals with US networks Fox and CBS for a further two years, up until the end of the 2012-13 season
TV Rights Deals 2: Rugby World Cup 2011, baseball, cricket, golf and more
Basketball: Eurosport Deutschland acquired live rights for nine selected playoff matches from Germany’s top league, the Basketball Bundesliga, in a deal with the league and rights-holder Sportdigital.tv.
ASN launches in Asia after platforms say Yes to US sport
Yes TV has begun rolling out its new US sport channel, All Sports Network, with this week’s carriage deal with PCCW’s Now TV platform in Hong Kong.
TV Rights Deals 2: Basketball, Winter Sports and more
Basketball: Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo is to acquire the rights for the new, top-flight domestic basketball league, Novo Basquete Brasil, for R$1.5m (€474,000/ $633,710) a season.