Wrestling

Wrestling
North America

US online streaming service Hulu Plus has agreed an exclusive multi-year deal with the WWE wrestling organisation to stream all its television shows and some of its online series
American Football

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
Wrestling

The Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées, the international wrestling federation, has agreed a new global rights deal with the European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service br…
Athletics

FOOTBALL Football: Canadian pay-television broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired rights for more than 250 international football matches in the lead-up to the 2014 Fifa World Cup
American Football
Africa

IOC adopts revenue-share model in Africa after Fifa 2010 World Cup experiment
American Football
Africa

FOOTBALL
Wrestling
Europe

German pay-television operator Sky Deutschland renewed its rights deal with Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling to cover 2012
Mixed Martial Arts
Africa

Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
Baseball
Brazil

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories
Rugby League
Asia

Rugby League: Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Asia acquired rights for the Australian National Rugby League’s Premiership and State of Origin competitions in a two-year deal, covering 2011 and 2012, w…
Boxing
Asia

Boxing: Triumph Media Group extended its deal with Klitshcko Management Group covering the distribution of the global media rights to the 2011 fights of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
Rugby Union
Asia

Motorsport: Formula One Management agreed deals with incumbent rights-holders in Germany, Russia and Israel for media rights for the Formula One motor-racing series
Mixed Martial Arts
Europe

The Ultimate Fighting Championship drew its second-biggest pay-per-view audience ever last weekend.
American Football
Belgium

American Football: UK pay-broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for NFL Monday Night football in a two-year deal covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The deal covers live, repeat and pre-game programming
Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)
American Football
Asia

American Football: Pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired the rights in Flanders for the National Football League in a four-year deal with the IMG agency from 2009 to 2012
Athletics
Europe

The IAAF has returned to the European Broadcasting Union in its attempts to find a buyer for the European media rights for its events for the next four-year period.
Football
Asia

The EBU has renewed television rights deals for gymnastics, weightlifting and Greco-Roman wrestling, but pulled out of broadcasting judo, as part of a “reshaping” of its sports portfolio.