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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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ESPN Gets NextGen Series Rights
ESPN has acquired the multimedia rights to football's NextGen Series, a European competition of football featuring players from 24 top European clubs. The contract is valid from the '12-13 season until the end of the '15-16 season. ESPN will have the exclusive rights to the event in the U.S., Brazil ...
Singtel Gets Singapore UEFA Rights
Media rights for the '12-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in Singapore have been awarded to Singtel. The pay-TV operator will broadcast two live Champions League fixtures each matchnight on its channels Mio Sports 1 and Mio Sports 2, as well as a highlights program to be shown at prim ...
HBL Extends Rights Deal With Sport1
The German Handball Bundesliga (HBL) "extended its TV contract with private-TV channel Sport1 through the '16-17 season," according to the DPA. Sport1 "will continue to be Germany's handball channel No.1." The Munich-based TV channel and the HBL extended their contract, "which expires in '13," for a ...
Canal+ Makes Offer For F1 Rights
Pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has "made an offer" to take the F1 TV rights in France from TF1, according to Stéphane Colineau of LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE. After the UEFA Champions League, Ligue 1 and the Top14, another "major sporting competition could fall in the hands of a pay-TV channel." The "s ...
F1 Leads RTL And Sky To High Ratings
The Singapore F1 Grand Prix, the year's only night race, "obtained high ratings" for both free-to-air TV channel RTL and pay-TV channel Sky in Germany, according to Manuel Weis of QUOTENMETR.de. RTL's broadcast of Sunday's two-hour race "was watched by a very strong" 5.19 million viewers. The peak a ...
NRL Deal In Danger If Nine Goes Bankrupt
Sending Nine Entertainment into receivership would "put at risk vital sports contracts including the record" A$1.1B ($1.15B) deal with the National Rugby League, according to Davidson & Gluyas of THE AUSTRALIAN. Nine management "warned creditors at the opening of crucial rescue talks for the sec ...
Ten Sports Closing In On IMG-Reliance
Zee-owned sports broadcaster Ten Sports has said that it was "close to signing a deal with IMG-Reliance" for the broadcast rights of India's top football league, the I-League, and the annual Federation Cup tournament, according to INDIANTELEVISION.com. Indian business conglomerate Essel Group sports ...
UEFA Grants China, Finland Media Rights
UEFA has awarded media rights for the '12-15 UEFA Europa League in China to Great Sports Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group. Each matchweek, one live match and a highlights program will be broadcast on Great Sports, BesTV and Power Sports. In addition, Great Sports will sublicense each matc ...
Sky TV Is Heading Toward A Shake-Up
A "high-level personnel shake-up is underway in Sky TV's sports department," according to Kathryn Powley of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. The company's four top execs sports producers, Martin Crowe, Tui McKendrick, Andrew Fyfe and James Cameron, "were called into meetings on Friday where they were told ab ...
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Broadcaster SporTV has announced a broadcasting deal with the Tour of Rio through '25. The Tour of Rio is "the biggest cycling competition in Latin America." Terms of the deal were not disclosed ( MAQUINADOESPORTE.com, 9/21 ). ... UEFA has awarded certain media rights for the '12-15 UEFA Champions ...
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