Rugby Union
ERC and Premiership Rugby locked in talks over TV deals
Representatives of the Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh rugby union clubs that participate in the sport’s top European competition, the Heineken Cup, will be asked to approve measures to allow English a…
Pitch wins Six Nations international rights
Pitch wins Six Nations battle
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From August 30 to September 12
FOOTBALL
Football: Norwegian basic-tier broadcaster TV Norge acquired rights for Norway’s five away qualifying games for the 2014 Fifa World Cup from the Sportfive agency.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 26 to August 29
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Football: Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports acquired the US rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier home games of all Concacaf nations, excluding the US and Mexico
BT Vision acquires French domestic rugby union rights
UK broadband operator BT Vision, owned by former state telco BT, has acquired rights for the French Top 14, the top-tier domestic rugby union competition in France, according to the Daily Mail newspaper
Bandsports acquires Top 14 rights
Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Bandsports has renewed a rights deal for the Top 14 French domestic rugby union tournament.
The deal will run for two seasons, from 2012-13 to 2013-14
Sportitalia to serve as Pro12 host broadcaster in Italy
Italian digital sports channel Sportitalia has been appointed by Federazione Italiana Rugby, rugby union’s governing body in Italy, to serve as the host broadcaster for the Pro12 tournament’s games in …
BBC Alba commits to Scottish rugby coverage
BBC Alba, the Gaelic-language channel operated by UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, has eased concerns over its commitment to Scottish rugby union by announcing enhanced coverage plans for Edinburgh…
Sky extends live coverage of Lions
Pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired exclusive UK rights for live coverage of the British & Irish Lions rugby union team’s tour to Australia in 2013.
LC2 Médias agrees distribution deal with African rugby union body
African rugby union’s governing body, the Confédération Africaine de Rugby, appointed African media company LC2 Médias as its media partner in an agreement designed to boost the growth of the sport on t…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 14 to June 27
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a deal in Germany with commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
E.tv steps in after SABC rejects delayed Springboks rights
South African commercial broadcaster E
FFR makes small gains at home and abroad
French rugby makes modest gains
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From May 31 to June 13
FOOTBALL
Football: The English Premier League agreed deals for its domestic live rights with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and telco BT for the seasons 2013-14 to 2015-16, worth a total of £3.
BeIN Sport to show French rugby tour of Argentina
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the rights in France to the French national rugby team’s upcoming Test matches away to Argentina.
France Télévisions renews French national team rugby rights
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has renewed its rights deal with the Fédération Française de Rugby for the domestic rights to the national team’s Test rugby union matches, in a four-year deal, …
France Télévisions bids for Rugby World Cup, but not European Qualifiers
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions said it had tabled an offer for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup media rights, but had decided against bidding for the rights for Uefa’s new European Qua…
A ‘strange meeting’ in Brussels over Murphy
'Strange' meeting in Brussels