Volleyball
Sky to broadcast and promote German beach volleyball
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has signed a five-year deal, beginning in 2013, for the broadcast and marketing rights to the beach volleyball competitions of the German volleyball federation,…
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.
Fuji TV picks up women’s volleyball rights
Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji TV has acquired rights for the women’s competition of the Volleyball Champions League, which is operated by the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, the European voll…
Italian volleyball fits MP & Silva’s growth strategy
Italian volleyball goes global
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
Bandsports picks up Italian volleyball rights
Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Bandsports has acquired rights for Serie A1, the top division of volleyball in Italy, in a deal with the MP & Silva agency
Grand Prix Sports snaps up indoor volleyball rights
Grand Prix Sports, a division of the Grand Prix Entertainment agency, has acquired global broadcast rights for professional men’s and women’s indoor volleyball events organised by the USA Volleyball nat…
MP & Silva to distribute Italian volleyball league rights
The MP & Silva agency has struck an agreement to distribute the Italian Volleyball League’s worldwide media rights for four years, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
University of North Dakota seals regional broadcast deal
US regional sports broadcaster Midco Sports Network has agreed a five-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, with the University of North Dakota for live rights to matches of the hockey, football, basketball…
German volleyball clubs to help cover streaming costs
Deutschen Volleyball-Liga, the German volleyball league, has approved a proposal for its top division clubs to make financial contributions of €10,000 each per season towards the cost of showing games l…
IMG looks east in FIVB expansion plans
IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia
Nelonen and MTV3 to dominate SM Liiga bidding
Two-way battle in Finland
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From March 8 to March 21
FOOTBALL
Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.
IMG and Dentsu to sell global volleyball media rights
The international volleyball federation appointed the IMG Media and Dentsu agencies to market worldwide media rights for its events in an eight-year deal, from 2013 to 2020
FIVB eyes global market in new long-term deals
FIVB set for revamp
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From February 9 to February 22
FOOTBALL
Football:Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015
Laola1 strikes deal for German volleyball streaming
Internet sports streaming service Laola1 will show live coverage of the finals of the DVV-Pokal, the German club volleyball knockout tournament, on March 4, under a deal organised by the service’s parent c…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From January 26 to February 8
FOOTBALL
Football: Public-service broadcaster the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation acquired the rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in a deal with the Sportfive agency