Skiing
News in brief, Issue 15:20
Six Nations set to split international TV rights ... NFL takes rights to global market ... No ESPN-Al Jazeera joint bid ... ARD/ZDF force ski concessions
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Ice hockey, ice skating, Olympics, skiing, tennis and more
Ice Hockey: Regional sports channel Fox Sports Florida agreed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with the NHL’s Florida Panthers. The new deal begins in the 2012-13 season.
Austria warning for EBU members
EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
Déjà vu for Infront as EBU beats it to Austria rights
Infront outbids EBU but loses
Infront takeover marks end of ‘entente cordiale’ with Sportfive
Bridgepoint's Infront set to be a more aggressive rights player
Fastrack: Issue 15:14
Fastrack: EBU and Infront battle for Austrian ski rights; Thai pay-TV battle boosts Uefa; Polish league has no free-to-air deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Sailing, world cup skiing, squash, US college sport and more
Rugby League: Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Asia acquired rights for the Australian National Rugby League’s Premiership and State of Origin competitions in a two-year deal, covering 2011 and 2012, w…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, GAA, golf, ice-hockey, skiing and more
Basketball: Pan-regional sports broadcaster ESPN International extended its deal with Euroleague Basketball in a one-season contract for the 2010-11 season
Skiing will weather spending freezes, says Infront
Ski federations and the Infront agency are renewing deals with public-service broadcasters gripped by recession.
Infront denies ex-Rai boss claims
A former Rai head of sports rights acquisitions claims he was forced out after resisting political pressure to overpay for rights to save Infront from bankruptcy.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, boxing, F1, golf, Paralympic, swimming and more
Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.
Football still in a league of its own
Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.
Wintry market set to hit skiing fees
The International Ski Federation is facing a cut of at least 10 per cent in worldwide media and marketing fees for the Alpine and Nordic Skiing World Championships.
FASTRACK
Mediapro is close to finalising domestic mobile rights deals for Spanish football’s La Liga, the first such deals to be agreed after a three-year hiatus caused by the football war between Mediapro and Sogecable.
TV Rights Deals 2: Cricket, handball, Olympics, tennis and college sport deals
Athletics: US free-to-air broadcaster NBC extended its deal with the New York City Road Runners for the television rights for the New York City marathon for three years from 2009 to 2011
What now for Channel Four after skiing goes?
Channel Four’s decision to drop its coverage of the alpine skiing, snowboarding and Nordic World Cups has drawn strong criticism from both the sports and television production sectors.