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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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Sophomore Slump For Twenty20 BBL
The Twenty20 Big Bash League "has stalled at the start line of its heavily promoted second edition, with ratings down 30% and crowds dipping nearly 40% from the same stage of the competition last year," according to Chris Barrett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. In "a blow for Cricket Australia and the ...
German Cup Scores Big Ratings
German public broadcaster ARD "obtained high ratings with its Wednesday coverage of the German Cup's round of 16," according to Manuel Weis of QUOTEN METER. ARD attracted 6.25 million viewers with its broadcast of the match-up between Dortmund and Hannover. The market share for the game, which start ...
U.K. Sport Attendance Tops 75 Million
The U.K.’s "amazing year of sport" was reflected in attendances of more than 75 million at professional sports events during '12, according to analysis by the Deloitte Sports Business Group. This was reinforced by huge TV audiences for the London Games and Paralympic Games, and other establish ...
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Sunset+Vine To Produce For BT Sport
BT Sport "has named Sunset+Vine as the production company" for its showcase of 38 live Premier League games that start next season, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. This follows a second tender after BT’s original preferred production partner ITV Sport’s London studios ...
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NRL Signs TV Deal With IMG Media
The National Rugby League secured a new int'l TV deal with IMG Media that will guarantee access to all Telstra Premiership matches, as well as State of Origin, Test matches played in Australia, AAMI City-Country and the Harvey Norman All Stars. The five-year partnership covers free-to-air TV, subscr ...
Sky To Broadcast Beach Volleyball
Sky Media Network, the marketing subsidiary of Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG will market the German Beach Cup Tour and the official DVV German beach volleyball championships. The contract has an initial duration of five years. Sky has also acquired int'l marketing rights. Sky will broa ...
Olympics Topped Sports News In Korea
A poll of local media by Yonhap showed Monday that South Korea's record-setting performance at the London Games "was voted the top sports news of the year '12" as other Olympic-related topics dominated the list, according to YONHAP. Baseball pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin "signed with the L.A. Dodgers in MLB ...
More Than 14 Million Watch BBC's SPOTY
Bradley Wiggins being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year "was watched by a five-minute peak audience of 14.5 million viewers on Sunday, as the BBC1 show pulled in its biggest audience for at least two decades," according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. The BBC1 end-of-the-year sport ...
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ServusTV's DEL Ratings Treding Upward
Austrian free-to-air TV channel ServusTV "can breathe a sigh of relief" as its ratings for the German Hockey League (DEL) trend upward, according to Manuel Weis of QUOTEN METER. The channel's "Servus Hockey Night" program, which showed Sunday's DEL game between Mannheim and Ingolstadt, "was watched ...
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MTG’s Nordic pay-TV broadcaster Viasat has signed a deal with the NBA to bring games to Russia, the CIS and Georgia. The Viasat Sport East channel will broadcast up to five regular season games each week along with major NBA events including the NBA All-Star Game, the Eastern and Western Confe ...
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