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IPL's TV Ratings Suffering From Ratings Decline, But Advertisers Are Unfazed05 / 20 / 13The recent spot-fixing scandal and the beating the Indian Premier League brand is taking because of it "are not the only worries for the sporting extravaganza," according to Gaurav Laghate of the Indian BUSINESS STANDARD. Its all-India TV ratings (TVR) are also falling as the enthusiasm among TV vie... |
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Nürburgring Keeps F1 Hopes Alive
Liquidators revealed that "an F1 Grand Prix at the financially struggling Nürburgring racetrack is back in the realm of possibilities after private racetrack operator NAG and the bankrupt, state-owned Nürburgring GmbH agreed to a compromise," according to the SID. Liquidator Thomas Schmidt ...
Globo, Fox Look To Trade Rights
Brazilian broadcaster Globo confirmed that it is negotiating with Fox Sports a "trade in the rights that both possess," according to Franceschini, Castro and Konchinski of UOL. If the negotiations go well, Sportv will go back to airing the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sul-Americana, while Fox will ...
CONCACAF, Traffic Sports Partner Up
CONCACAF has accepted a bid from São Paulo-based Traffic Sports for the commercial partnership rights to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the '13-14 and '14-15 CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. Under terms of the deal, Traffic Sports acquires the right to package and market these tournamen ...
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Super Rugby The Big Loser Of TV Report
As if the Australian Rugby Union did not have "enough problems on its hands with disgruntled five-eighth Quade Cooper, now comes a report that shows viewers are turning off the game in droves," according to Stuart Honeysett of THE AUSTRALIAN. Global sports research agency Repucom "has just finished ...
F1 Boss Sees U.S. Growth In NBC Deal
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has lined up the series' "biggest TV partner to date in NBC, encouraged team sponsors to use drivers to promote the brand Stateside and will turn to its deep-pocketed celebrity fanbase to rev up interest in the sport,” according to Marc Graser of DAILY VARIETY. Ecclest ...
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F1 nets 10 Million German TV Viewers
German free-to-air TV channel RTL has broken the 10 million viewer mark "for the first time this season" with its broadcast of Sunday's F1 Grand Prix of Brazil," according to Manuel Weis of QUOTEN METER. Starting at 5pm CET, the Cologne-based channel recorded 10.62 million viewers, which equaled a m ...
CL Final In France Up For Bidding
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has put the right for the next three Champions League finals up for sale, according to Etienne Moatti of L'EQUIPE. The rights can only be bought by free-to-air TV channels as the Champions League final is "an event of major importance" that by law has to air on a fre ...
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German public broadcaster ARD "has appointed sports journalist Alexander Bommes to host its football talk show following German national team matches." Bommes succeeds Waldemar Hartmann, "who left ARD in the summer because he was dissatisfied with the offer the public broadcaster presented" ( DPA ...
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EPL Racks Up $8.8B From TV
One of the world's poorest countries, Burma, "where workers earn an average of just £819 ($1,300) a year, has splashed out £25M ($40M) to buy the rights to show Premier League football on television," according to the London DAILY MAIL. With Burma's current TV contract "worth a mere &pou ...
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Fox Agrees To EPL Deal
Broadcaster Fox Sports has signed a three-year broadcast deal with the Premier League, "gaining coverage of every match until '16," according to Darren Davidson of THE AUSTRALIAN. The contract runs from '13 to '16 and is "believed to be worth" more than the estimated A$28M ($29.3M) Fox Sports p ...
