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Russian Cabler NTV Plus Picks Up Broadcast Rights To Spanish Basketball League05 / 24 / 13The Spanish Basketball League (ACB) will be broadcast in Russia starting with the upcoming playoffs thanks to Russian cable leader NTV Plus, according to the EP. The ACB is now aired in 101 countries on four continents. ACB Dir General Albert Agustí "showed his satisfaction" and said, "With R... |
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BT Starts Olympic Charity Movement
BT is hoping to make "volunteering the next social movement," after signing up as the first commercial partner of the Olympic legacy charity Join In, according to John Reynolds of MARKETING MAGAZINE. Join In is a government-backed charity launched after the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, with the ai ...
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Seven Wins Rights To Top Matches
Seven West Media has netted the domestic broadcast rights for two "star-studded football matches" featuring ManU and Liverpool to be played in Australia, "as Ten Network's bid for Cricket Australia's media rights prompts soul-searching at rival Nine Network," according to Darren Davidson of THE ...
Media Notes
Barcelona was honored at the Social Star Awards 2013 as the best club in the world on social networks. Barcelona was one of four finalists including ManU, Chelsea and Real Madrid. The club's new technologies Dir Dídac Lee said, "This is a prize for each and every one of the fans and followers ...
TVB Wins '14 World Cup Rights
TVB "has won the Hong Kong broadcasting rights for the 2014 World Cup," according to Benjamin Li of CAMPAIGN ASIA-PACIFIC. The deal "covers TVB's free-to-air TV stations, radio, internet and mobile platforms." TVB Deputy Controller S.T. Tso said that "the agreement with FIFA does not allow ...
ManU Scores EPL's Top TV Money Share
ManU emerged as the EPL's top earner when it comes to TV revenue, according to Tom Sharp of the LONDON TIMES. The champion's total income from TV for the '12-13 campaign was £60.8M ($92.2M), but even the division’s bottom club "will earn more than that next season under the terms of the ...
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Bayern Receives Biggest TV Money Share
Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich "has received the most money from the German Football League's (DFL) TV-rights deal," according to the DPA. The Munich club received a reported €36M ($46M) in TV money and therefore €6M ($7.7M) more than Bayer Leverkusen, which is second on the list with & ...
CA Considers Social Media Policy
Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland conceded that "the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy in light of the recent David Warner Twitter controversy," but insisted that "he will continue to encourage players to use the forum," according to Angela Habashy of the ...
Slim Purchases Mexican Football Clubs
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's latest acquisitive foray "is meeting resistance" after touching a national passion: football, according to the AP. Slim recently bought part of two of Mexico's first division football teams, setting up another showdown with TV giants Televisa and TV A ...
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ESPN Makes Quiet Exit From England
ESPN will always be "The Little Channel That Could" in England even as it "prepares to pack its bags and head home after four years of poking around looking eager," according to Jonathan Liew of the London TELEGRAPH. This "may seem odd given the scale and global reach of the ESPN megalith." How ...
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NBL De-Merger Faces Complications
The proposed de-merger of the National Basketball League from under Basketball Australia's umbrella "has hit a major sticking point over free-to-air television rights with Network 10," according to Boti Nagy of THE ADVERTISER. The deal Ten has with BA to televise NBL games extends for a further ...
