Rugby League

Rugby League

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for rugby league’s Super League, which comprises clubs from England and France, and will also continue to broadcast Australian competition the NRL, according to Mediasportif.fr.

Australian Rules Football

A new television channel offering coverage of Australian sports properties, and targeted at the Asian market, will launch on November 1.

Boxing

UK telecommunications provider TalkTalk has added specialist boxing channel BoxNation and pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports to its pay-television service YouView.

American Football

Media rights clips from January 30 to February 12

Cricket

Sky keeps BT at arm’s length with seven long-term rights deals

Rugby League

Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have announced that they would consider supporting a summer rugby league ‘nines’ competition, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Rugby League

Rugby Football League chairman Brian Barwick has hit back at criticism of the national governing body’s new rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, claiming that it comes with “significantly enhanced” financial terms.

Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB today announced the acquisition of long-term rights deals for rugby league’s European Super League, the British and Irish Lions rugby union touring team, the England national cricket team, Scottish football, speedway and WWE wrestling entertainment.

Baseball

Media rights clips from December 19 to January 15

Rugby League

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights for the inaugural National Rugby League Auckland Nines competition.

Rugby League

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has said it has no plans to switch coverage of the ongoing Rugby League World Cup national team tournament to its main channel despite complaints from some people who have been unable to watch the action.

Rugby League

UK pay-television channel Premier Sports has resolved its long-running dispute with pay-television operator Virgin Media by agreeing a carriage deal on the platform ahead of the start of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup tournament.

Action Sports

Media rights clips from 26 September to 9 October

Rugby League

BeIN Sport lands Rugby League World Cup as part of plan to become 'home of rugby' in France

Rugby League

The stand-off between UK pay-television channel Premier Sports and pay-television operator Virgin Media over coverage of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup shows no sign of abating ahead of the tournament’s kick-off later this month.

Rugby League

The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group of MPs has urged pay-television operator Virgin Media to agree a carriage deal with Premier Sports ahead of the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Rugby League

Australia’s National Rugby League is engaged in a legal dispute with pay-television operator Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Nine over coverage plans for the build-up games to Sunday’s Grand Final, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Rugby League

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast Rugby League World Cup 2013 matches in France.