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Billionaire Carlos Slim's Foray Into Mexican Football First Division Rattles TV Rivals05 / 21 / 13Mexican 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... Tags: Media, North America |
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Football Tramples F1 Ratings Saturday
German private-TV channel RTL "was unable to rack up big-time numbers for its F1 qualifying broadcast on Saturday, despite German driver Sebastian Vettel's chance to clinch a third consecutive driver's title on Sunday," according to David Grzeschik of QUOTEN METER. RTL obtained a 13.6% market share ...
IMG Media Partners With Vans
IMG Media has agreed to a deal with Vans to distribute the rights to its events including skateboard and surfing competitions and lifestyle media content developed for Vans’ offthewall.tv digital network depicting action sports, music, art and youth culture. The agreement will see IMG develop ...
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Germany, Netherlands Net Big Ratings
German public broadcaster ARD "attracted more than 10 million viewers to its broadcast of Wednesday's int'l friendly between Germany and the Netherlands," according to Sidney Schering of QUOTENMETER. A total of 10.18 million watched the 0-0 draw between the arch rivals. The game, which started at 8: ...
Sky Sports May Broadcast F1 In 3D
Sky Sports Managing Dir Barney Francis "wants to introduce 3D to F1 and will have talks" with F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone at the end of the season, according to Kevin Eason of the LONDON TIMES. If the proposal receives the OK, it "could be just the start." Sky's ambitions "could go as far as providing ...
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Recently established cable-TV operator Cable Thai Holding "won the broadcast rights" for EPL games for the next three seasons '13-16, according to the BANGKOK POST. CTH major shareholder Wichai Thongtang said that the company won the rights for not only Thailand, but also Cambodia and Laos, "but he ...
Media Threatens Cricket Boycott
Major int'l news agencies are "likely to suspend coverage" of the India-England series after the Board Of Control For Cricket In India "barred photo agencies from covering the series," according to REUTERS. The News Media Coalition, which champions freedom of the media, has "urged the BCCI to lift t ...
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BSkyB Says EPL Rights To Hurt Margins
BSkyB said that the costs to acquire broadcast rights to air EPL games "may affect margins next year," according to Thomson & Schweizer of BLOOMBERG. BSkyB "won the bidding in June" to show 116 matches starting in the '13-14 season, while BT won 38 matches. The sale raised £3.02B ($4.8B). ...
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Globo Choose Football Over F1
Brazilian broadcaster Globo has decided it will air the U.S. Grand Prix live, "but only" on pay-TV channel SportTV, according to Ferreira, Felix & Berredo of TAZIO. The timing of the second to last F1 race of the calendar year coincides with Week 36 of the Brasileiro season, which could see lege ...
Now TV Wins EPL Rights In Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Now TV has regained the exclusive broadcasting rights of the EPL for three seasons, beginning with the current one in session, according to Choya Choi of THE STANDARD. The pay-TV operator had lost the broadcasting rights in '10 to Cable TV. A source reported that the new deal is costing ...
BT Considers Appeal On Pricing
BT might appeal a recent court decision that blocked attempts to force Sky to lower the wholesale price for its sports programming as the telecom "considers whether to sell on its own recently acquired sports rights," according to Thomas & Budden of the FINANCIAL TIMES. BT CEO Ian Livingst ...
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