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Fina seals long-term Brazil deal with eye on Rio Olympics
Growing anticipation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro helped Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, to seal an increase in the value of its Brazilian rights in an eight-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Globosat.
Fina happy with long term deal and modest increase
The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.
Peter Hall, head of marketing and TV, Fina
Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 16 to January 29
Media rights clips from January 16 to 29
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 10 to October 23
Media rights clips from 10 October 23 October
Money and visibility as Fina renews with EBU and IEC
Fina closes deals with EBU and IEC in Sports
Fox moves away from football for second channel
Fox is expanding in Brazil and won't be relying on football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 10 to January 23
EBU targets top rights and warns about the lure of ‘strategic money’
Octagon treads softly in Africa
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Boxing, golf, motorcycling, rugby, swimming and tennis
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.
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The court date set for this month that was to rule, once and for all, on the ownership of television rights to Spain’s football Liga has been postponed by at least six months, to next June or July.
TV Rights Deals 2: England rugby, swimming, hockey and more
Olympics: Turkish commercial network Fox Turkey acquired the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.
Ten goes Fox hunting with free-to-air sports channel
The launch of Australia’s first-ever free-to-air sports channel, One, is an unprecedented challenge to leading pay sports broadcaster Fox Sports.
TV Rights Deals 1: Formula One, Serie A and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the rights for Twenty20’s cricket’s Champions League.