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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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Channel Ten Needs Sports Boost
Channel Ten faces pressure "to get a big sporting code over the line in the next year" or face seeing its share of the $2.9B TV ad market and audiences remain static, according to Julian Lee of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Nine and Fox Sport's $1B bid for the TV rights to the rugby league "has ratchet ...
EBU And Fila Extend Deal
The European Broadcasting Union and the wrestling governing body FILA have signed a media rights deal covering all FILA World and European Wrestling Championships from '13-16. The new contract covers media rights in Europe for seven championships: four European and three World Championships -- there ...
A Separate Game Feed For Asian Markets
German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen plans to produce a separate game feed for Asian TV channels "to increase the club's marketing potential in that region," according to Mathias Peer of the HANDELSBLATT. Bayer Leverkusen sees Asia as its "most important market for growth." Leverkusen Managing Di ...
Channel 4 Hopes For Paralympic Gold
Channel 4's recent "Meet the Superhumans" promotional campaign for its wall-to-wall Paralympics coverage in the U.K. "won widespread praise," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. To a booming Public Enemy soundtrack, it demonstrated the elements many hope the broadcaster would bring to i ...
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Pietersen Could Be Banned From TV Gig
Cricketer Kevin Pietersen’s "miserable summer took another turn for the worse" on Friday when it emerged that his attempt to take up a commentator’s role at the World Twenty20 next month could be vetoed by the Int'l Cricket Council, according to Derek Pringle of the London TELEGRAPH. ESP ...
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Volleyball League Signs New Media Deal
The German Volleyball League (DVL) signed a new three-year, media-rights deal with GIP (Gesellschaft für Internetportale mbH) regarding production and marketing of men's and women's Bundesliga games. Starting in October, volleyball fans will be able to regularly watch live broadcasts online at ...
Nine Slams Seven Over NRL Deal
Australia's Nine network has hit back at claims from Seven network CEO Don Voelte that its billion-dollar National Rugby League deal is "too costly and will harm its ability to invest in new programming," according to Darren Davidson of THE AUSTRALIAN. Nine exec David Hurley said, “It’s ...
BeIN Sport To Broadcast U.S. Football
Qatar Media’s beIN Sports has acquired the U.S. TV rights to all away U.S. men's national football qualifying matches in the CONCACAF region, "starting with the game in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sept. 7," according to Jack Bell of the N.Y. TIMES. To date, beIN is available to the "combined 34 mill ...
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No Advertising Boost Due To Paralympics
British Channel 4 is "not expecting to bring in more ad revenue" than it would normally take during the time period of the Paralympics, according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. Channel 4 is regarding the venture instead as a chance to promote its brand and burnish its public service broadcas ...
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ESPN Int'l To Air Paralympic Games
ESPN Int'l will present coverage every day of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games will take place Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, and air on ESPN throughout the Caribbean and Spanish-speaking Latin America. It will be the first time that the Paralympic Games have been televised on ESPN Int'l ...
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