Tennis
TV Rights Deals 2: Rugby World Cup 2011, baseball, cricket, golf and more
Basketball: Eurosport Deutschland acquired live rights for nine selected playoff matches from Germany’s top league, the Basketball Bundesliga, in a deal with the league and rights-holder Sportdigital.tv.
TV Rights Deals 2: Sportfive’s Olympic deal, basketball, motor sport and more
Olympics: The Sportfive agency acquired the rights in 40 European countries for the 2014 Winter Games at Sochi and the 2016 Summer Games in a deal worth €250m ($315m) with the International Olympic Committee.
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The IAAF has begun a second round of talks for its European television rights after a cut-price opening offer from its incumbent partner, the EBU.
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The lack of government legislation in India over news access to sports events is provoking further tension between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Nimbus Communications agency.
Uefa tops UK viewing charts
In a major year of sporting action, Uefa events accounted for the biggest audiences for the BBC, ITV1, Five and BSkyB.
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Globo said that it was in talks with the Team Marketing agency about the possibility of acquiring rights for European football’s Champions League competition from 2009-10 to 2011-12.
ATP 500s follow Masters’ footsteps
The centralisation of media rights for the new ATP 500 series is set to generate significant increases in exposure and television rights income.
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English football’s Premier League has blocked its Greek licensee Nova from showing its Saturday 3pm matches.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Olympics and more
Olympics: Spanish media group Telefónica’s Latin American digital media arm Terra acquired the internet and mobile platform rights to the 2008 Olympic Games.
Nadal late show boosts Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal’s epic five-set win over defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer drew large audiences across Europe.
ESS braced for local challenge
The next round of negotiations for pan-Asian Formula One and Wimbledon rights will have a wider resonance for ESPN Star Sports.
New challenge to non-compete pact
A new potential bidder for the Middle East rights for Wimbledon and Australian Open tennis emerged last week.
Audiences tire of Nadal v Federer
Roger Federer is not the only one tiring of his French Open tennis finals with Spanish star Rafael Nadal
Tennis non-compete pact first signs of Middle East collusion
Middle East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport has agreed a non-compete pact with rival ART for two major tennis properties
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, tennis and more
Football: Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS acquired the rights for all 64 matches of football’s 2006 World Cup in a deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.
Premier League sets ball rolling for tough Asian battle
Rights are top sports property in SE Asia, and crucial to ESS carriage deals
Al-Jazeera looks for more football
Broadcaster to launch sports channel in November
F1 blow for Dutch RTL
van Westerloo: RTL5 must acquire premium sports rights or consider moving in a different direction