Tennis
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, Austrian ice hockey, motorcycling and ATP tennis
Handball: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish men’s and women’s national teams and leagues in a four-year deal, from 2011-12 to 2014-15, with the rights-holders, the Dan…
ATP Masters stokes ESPN competition
First serious UK rights battle between ESPN and BSkyB.
News in brief, issue 14:22
Eurosport wary of WTA future ahead of talks ... Serie A looks for Greek partner ... "Historic day" for NASL ... Real Madrid TV expansion
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Boxing, Formula 1, horse racing, ice hockey, rugby and tennis
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster Prosiebensat
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
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Handball, Pan American Games, tennis and volleyball
Handball: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for the International Handball Federation men’s and women’s World Championships in 2011 and 2013 in a deal with the Ufa Spo…
Muller steps aside as SBS focuses on entertainment
Euro football qualifiers and darts set to be latest casualties of brutal Dutch market.
Will ATP and WTA create doubles team for media rights?
ATP and WTA have tentative talks on centralising media rights in bid to boost revenues and draw together a fragmented sport.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby and more
Athletics: Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster, acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2013 World Championships in a three-year deal with the IEC in Sports agency
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Basketball, college sports, F1, golf, Olympics and tennis deals
Basketball: Rights agency MP & Silva sold rights to the Spanish professional basketball league, the ACB, to Italian pay-television platform Dahlia TV and French pay-television operator Canal Plus covering…
TV RIGHTS DEALS 2: Football, Formula One, US PGA Tour, Olympics and Wimbledon
Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…
Watching on TV as good as being there, survey finds
As many people said they preferred to watch live sport on TV as said they preferred to attend events in a survey of UK consumers.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, cricket, handball and tennis
Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
F1 and US PGA Tour make hay in the Nordics
Resurgent competition between pay-television operators Modern Times Group and Canal Plus is driving up fees in the Nordics.
Five-way Spanish race nears climax
A three-broadcaster deal involving TVE, Telecinco and Sogecable looks set to end a remarkably complex negotiation.
FASTRACK: News in brief, Issue 14:12
O'Brien comes out fighting over IPL ... Sportklub looks for elbow room ... Canal Plus to hold Wimbledon
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Asian Games, baseball, motorcycling, rugby union and tennis
Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Ageing Roland Garros audience drops again
Early eliminations of French players and World Cup clash hit ratings.