Rugby League
NRL calls for scheduling rethink after ratings collapse
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.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From June 27 to July 10
Media rights clips from 27 June to 10 July
Fijian rugby league secures television exposure
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.
Seven snaps up Rugby League World Cup rights
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
Aviva converts Premiership extension
Premiership Rugby has agreed a three-year extension to Aviva’s title sponsorship of English rugby union’s top-tier league.
Ten hopes summer will follow winter
Network Ten buys rights to Sochi winter Games but its real target is Rio 2016
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Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired exclusive rights for Uefa Euro 2016
Sky NZ strikes late deal for Australia v New Zealand game
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
Premier Sports and BBC acquire Rugby League World Cup rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports have acquired domestic rights for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup tournament
New Zealand rugby league chief confident of late rights deal for Australia game
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¦
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Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches
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Sky NZ secures last-gasp extension with NRL
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
Premier Sports converts UK rights deal for NRL
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
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the worldās biggest media markets
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TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From December 6 to December 19
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Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster MegavisiĆ³n acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.
IMG and NRL to develop online channel
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