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BBC Adds Cricket Radio Rights For England's Ashes Tour To Portfolio05 / 17 / 13The BBC "has added the rights for the upcoming England Ashes tour to Australia to its extensive portfolio of cricket coverage on Radio 5 Live's Test Match Special," according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. The BBC "has struck an exclusive deal to provide ball-by-ball radio coverage of the As... Tags: Media, United Kingdom |
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ARD, ZDF Post Top Winter Sports Ratings
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF "obtained top ratings with their winter sports broadcasts on Friday," according to Manuel Nunez Sanchez of QUOTEN METER. The third of four ski jumping events of the annual Vierschanzentournee from Innsbruck, Austria, which aired on ARD, "attracted an average of ...
Ten Sports Secures WTA TV Rights
Taj Television-owned Ten Sports "has secured the broadcast rights" to televise WTA Premier tournaments for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka from '13-16, according to INDIAN TELEVISION. In addition to TV rights, Ten Sports has also acquired the rights to distribute t ...
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Star India Launches New Website
News Corp.-owned Star India, which has invested more than Rs 100 crore ($19M) in technology "for enhancing viewer experience for sports consumption," has launched its new website starsports.com, according to the Indian BUSINESS STANDARD. Currently in its beta form, "the site gives Indian cricket fan ...
ITV Forces Bookmaker To Cut Savage Ad
BBC pundit Robbie Savage, "known as football’s Mr. Marmite" because of the way he polarises opinion, certainly was not rival broadcaster ITV Sport’s idea of "the right personality to promote" its FA Cup coverage, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Bookmakers William Hill ...
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Spain's satellite pay-TV operator Canal+ "has removed Discovery Channel, Eurosport and Eurosport HD from its platform." The move comes after rumors that Eurosport "is to be bought into by Discovery Channel and follows the disappearance of Eurosport and Eurosport 2 from the grid of Spain's main cable ...
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TVN Wins Rights To NSW, Victoria Racing
Broadcaster TVN will control the media rights for New South Wales and Victorian thoroughbred clubs "in a landmark deal for Australian racing," according to the AAP. An agreement to aggregate the media rights of all thoroughbred clubs "in Australia's two strongest racing states" was signed on Dec. 24 ...
Sky Extends PGA Tour Deal Through '15
German pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland has extended its media rights deal with the U.S. PGA Tour for another three years through '15. The agreement provides Sky with the exclusive live TV rights to the tour in Austria and Germany. In addition to the live TV rights, Sky also secured the IPTV and mobil ...
Sportsnet Lands Tour De France Rights
Doping scandals have not "dampened Canadian broadcaster interest in the prestigious French cycling event," the Tour de France, according to Etan Vlessing of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Cable sports channel Sportsnet "has signed a six-year agreement to air the Tour de France, starting in '14 and stretchi ...
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Ski Jumping Lands Sunday's Top Rating
German public broadcaster ZDF obtained Sunday's afternoon top rating with its winter sports broadcasts, according to David Grzeschik of QUOTEN METER. The first of four events of ski jumping's annual Vierschanzentournee from Oberstdorf, Germany, which started at 3:45pm local time, attracted a total o ...
Pakistan-India Cricket Tour Blacked Out
Pakistan’s first cricket tour to India in five years "faced a media blackout" Monday after int'l news agencies, including the AFP, suspended coverage over a decision to bar their photo counterparts, according to the AFP. News outlets said that they would not be filing any text or pictures afte ...
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