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Media Notes: ESPN Acquires Euro 2016, 2018 FIFA World Cup Broadcast Rights In Brazil

ESPN "has acquired the Brazilian TV rights" to a package of qualification matches for Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The pay-TV broadcaster "has sublicensed the package from incumbent rights holder Globosat and will televise upcoming Euro 2016 qualification matches involving the likes of England, Holland and Portugal" (SOCCEREX, 3/23). ... Vizrt, a provider of production tools for the digital media industry, is working with sports media services company deltatre to deliver an end-to-end solution for producing data-integrated broadcast graphics. The new package is designed for broadcasters carrying live sporting action from the 2016 Rio Games and will be available for them to rent through dedicated Games rate cards (deltatre). ... Tanzania-based pay-TV operator Azam Media Ltd. "announced a three-year broadcast rights partnership" worth Sh202M ($2.2M) with the Football Kenya Federation Premier League. The deal will see the 16 clubs in the newly formed FKFPL each receive grants worth Sh10M ($110,000) annually (NATION, 3/20). ... ONE World Sports announced that it has extended its programming agreement with the Nippon Television Network Corp. for Nippon Professional Baseball club Yomiuri Giants in '15. The network will carry, live, all 71 of the team’s home games, all but three of them exclusively in the U.S., beginning with Friday's home opener (ONE World Sports). ... ESPN Player will bring fans across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (excluding the U.K., France, Italy and South Africa) live and on-demand coverage of the Verizon IndyCar Series season as a new channel on the digital subscription service. The first race of the Verizon IndyCar Series will be held on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla (IndyCar Series).

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