Rugby League

Australia’s National Rugby League has conceded that it and broadcast partners, pay-television operator Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Nine, need to rethink their scheduling strategy after recording substantial ratings drops this season.

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Fijian commercial broadcaster FBC TV has agreed a two-year deal with the Fiji National Rugby League to air live and delayed coverage of its national club competition.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Premiership Rugby has agreed a three-year extension to Aviva’s title sponsorship of English rugby union’s top-tier league.

Network Ten buys rights to Sochi winter Games but its real target is Rio 2016

FOOTBALL Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired exclusive rights for Uefa Euro 2016

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the upcoming Australia v New Zealand rugby league international match on April 19, according to the Stuff.co.nz news website

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports have acquired domestic rights for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup tournament

Phil Holden, the chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby League, has said that the governing body of rugby league in the country is still in talks over a late deal to sell domestic rights for the upcomingā€¦

FOOTBALL Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed an extension to its rights deal with the National Rugby League, the top rugby league competition in Australia

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights for the National Rugby League, the top rugby league competition in Australia. The rights will run for five years, from 2013 to 2017

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the worldā€™s biggest media markets W

FOOTBALL Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster MegavisiĆ³n acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.

The IMG Media agency will work with the Australian National Rugby League to develop a new online digital channel as part of a new five-year international rights distribution deal, from 2013 to 2017