Tennis
IEC closing in on Nordic deal
Nordic WTA talks
Australian tennis rights set to be put out to tender, report says
Tennis Australia, the governing body for the sport in the country, is expected to put out to tender its next cycle of free-to-air domestic rights for the Australian Open tournament, according to the Australian…
Crisis forcing rights re-think
Recession weighing heavily on state broadcasters across southern Europe
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From September 27 to October 10
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa, football’s European governing body, appointed newly-created company CAA Eleven as its global sales agent for the European Qualifiers package of media rights.
Eurosport aces deal for Düsseldorf ATP event
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired media rights and become the host broadcaster for the annual tennis tournament operated by the ATP World Tour, the men’s professional tour, in Düsseldorf, Ge…
Ten Sports extends US Open coverage
Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has extended a rights deal for live coverage of the US Open tennis tournament for four years, from 2013 to 2016
‘Ambitious’ MCS stocks up
MCS advances in France and beyond
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
FOOTBALL
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
NBC serves up French Open renewal
US network NBC has renewed its rights agreement with the Fédération Française de Tennis, the French tennis federation, for rights to the French Open, until 2024.
Comcast requests stay of FCC Tennis Channel ruling
US pay-television provider Comcast has requested a stay of the decision by the country’s media regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, that it discriminated against pay-television broadcaster T…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From July 12 to July 25
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa agreed rights deals in Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15
FCC rules in favour of Tennis Channel in Comcast carriage dispute
The Federal Communications Commission, the United States media regulator, has ordered pay-television provider Comcast to place pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel on its digital basic tier
MP & Silva boosts tennis portfolio
The MP & Silva agency has agreed an exclusive deal with the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 250 series event, to distribute the international rights to the tournament
Canal Plus picks up ATP rights dropped by Orange
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights for ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 men’s tennis tournaments from now until the end of the 2013 season.
Sport1 deal confirms WTA strategy switch
WTA drops Eurosport to go market by market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From June 28 to July 11
FOOTBALL
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Oceania for the Champions League and Europa League in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.
Wimbledon men’s final pulls record audience for ESPN
US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN attracted its largest-ever audience for a tennis match for its live coverage of the men’s final of Wimbledon on July 8, according to audience measurement company N…