Mixed Martial Arts
Russia 2 picks up Bellator Fighting Championships
Russia 2, the free-to-air channel operated by Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, has acquired rights for the Bellator Fighting Championships mixed martial arts series
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 12 to July 25
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa agreed rights deals in Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15
UFC broadens coverage in Australia with Fox deal
Mixed martial arts promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship will get improved coverage in Australia under a new two-year multi-channel rights agreement covering 2012 and 2013 with News Corporation-owned…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 28 to July 11
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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Oceania for the Champions League and Europa League in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.
Channel 5 acquires rights for British MMA event
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired rights for the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA) 10 event in London in September
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
Mixed martial arts deal for new online sports channel
Aertv Sports, the newly launched Irish online sports channel, has agreed a deal with Irish mixed martial arts promotion, Cage Contender, for archive rights to seasons one and two of the series
French public-service channel to cover ‘banned’ MMA
France Ô, a free-to-air channel owned by public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, has acquired rights for a four-part television series about mixed martial arts, despite the sport being banned fr…
Sony launches new channel and secures UFC rights deal
Media company Sony launched Six, its new sports and entertainment pay-television channel in India and the Indian subcontinent, through its Multi-Screen Media broadcast subsidiary on Saturday, April 7
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.
Astro acquires rights to Asian mixed martial arts series
Malaysian pay-television operator Astro acquired exclusive rights to the One Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series
Colors snaps up rights for new Super Fight League in India
Indian pay-television broadcaster Colors acquired rights for the domestic mixed martial arts series the Super Fight League ahead of the series’ launch on March 11.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 23 to March 7
FOOTBALL
Football:Brazilian media group Globo acquired the exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup finals of 2018 and 2022 in a deal with football’s world governing body.
UFC fee ambitions not matched by UK broadcasters
UFC pushing for big increase in UK but ESPN is lukewarm
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 9 to February 22
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Football:Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015
UFC president asks fans to be patient as championship seeks new UK deal
Dana White, the president of mixed martial arts promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship, called for UK fans to be patient as the promoter tries to agree a new television rights deal in what he described…
Cage Warriors seals broadcast deal in the Middle East
Cage Warriors, the mixed martial arts championship, agreed a deal with News Corp-owned media company Fox International Channels for live rights to its events in the Middle East in 2012