Tennis

Tennis
North America

US pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel reached a new multi-year carriage agreement with IPTV operator Verizon FiOS TV, ending a four-month blackout
Tennis
Canada

TSN, the Canadian sports broadcaster majority-owned by the Bell Media group, renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis tournament in a 10-year deal, from 2012 to 2021, with Tennis Australia, the…
Football
Europe

BBC strategy comes into focus with Six Nations renewal

Tennis
Europe

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC confirmed reduced coverage plans for the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament, which starts on Monday
Tennis
Europe

The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of European public-service broadcasters, retained the contract to provide the technical distribution of the global broadcast feed for the Wimbledon Tennis…
Sailing
Asia

Pan American Games: Brazilian commercial broadcaster Record acquired rights for the 2019 Pan American Games in a deal said to be worth more than the $30m (€21.6
Football

Tennis deals put spotlight on growing betting rights market

Tennis
Europe

Large increase in UK rights fee as Sky pushes ITV
Ice Hockey
Canada

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.
Basketball
Africa

Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series
Mixed Martial Arts
Africa

Mixed Martial Arts: US pay-television channel Spike TV will stream live on its website preliminary bouts from season five of the US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Badminton
Asia

Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook

Football
Europe

MP & Silva set for long rally with Spanish broadcasters

Tennis
Canada

WTA deal with Perform has industry asking: is this a game-changer or a one-off?
Rugby Union
Asia

Rugby Union: Canadian sports broadcaster TSN acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2015 editions of the Rugby World Cup in a deal with Rugby World Cup Limited, the event rights-holder
Tennis

WTA confident of big rights bump but long-term focus is still on merger with the ATP
Snooker
Asia

Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee agreed media-rights deals in France, Germany and Korea for the Olympic Games (see story this issue)
Football
Europe

NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN