Rugby Union
Rugby World Cup broadcast rights tender launched in France
The rights in France for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and 2019 have been put on sale
NFL Network acquires rights for Rugby Sevens series
The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by American football league the NFL, acquired rights in the US for the 2013 Professional Rugby Sevens series in a deal with promoter Grand Prix Entertainment
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 8 to March 21
FOOTBALL
Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.
Premium Sports to appeal US pub sports broadcast ruling
US sports broadcaster Premium Sports said it would appeal a decision by a New York court to allow a bar in the city to show sport to customers through a Slingbox device, which allows programmes to be shown…
USA Rugby extends deal with promoter for rights to Rugby Sevens series
Grand Prix Entertainment, a sports and entertainment event promoter, extended its deal with USA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the US, for worldwide broadcast distribution rights for the Professional…
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.
MCS scores IRB Sevens World Series rights in France
French pay-television operator Ma Chaîne Sport acquired live rights for rugby union’s Sevens World Series in a deal that covers the remaining four rounds of the 2011-12 season and the entire 2012-13 ca…
Supersport appointed host broadcaster of rugby Junior World Championship
Supersport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, has been appointed host broadcaster of this year’s rugby union Junior World Championship in South Africa.
Three in running for French rugby rights
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6, and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, the incumbent rights-holder, submitted bids for the domestic rights for France national team Test rugby union m…
Australia hopes to cash in on digital-savvy fans
Australian football federation outlines future rights strategy
France national team rugby bids due
Bids are due in today, January 26, for the domestic media rights for France national team Test rugby union matches from July 2012 to June 2016
Setanta seals new carriage agreement in Thailand
Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports agreed a carriage deal with Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions
French federation looks set to cash in on rights boom
French rugby set for gains
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: American football, athletics, hockey, handball and more
American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…
Six Nations deal sheds light on BBC cuts strategy
BBC strategy comes into focus with Six Nations renewal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
IRB set to cash in on World Cup heroics of Les Bleus
France holds the key for 2015