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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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Scottish Football Could Get 'Huge Boost'
Scottish Football Association CEO Stewart Regan said that the SFA "could rake in a £60M ($95M) TV jackpot" when UEFA sells the rights to Scotland games from '14, according to Ewing Grahame of THE SUN. The current four-year broadcast deal covering internationals and Scottish Cup ties expires th ...
ICB Wants Controversial Ads Banned
The Indian Cricket Board has asked its sponsors "to withdraw a controversial advertisement that shows its' stars, including Sachin Tendulkar, recreating funeral scenes," according to Peter Lalor of THE AUSTRALIAN. In the commercial, Tendulkar, "clad in the white robes of mourning," appears carrying ...
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Bundesliga club Bayern Munich launched its official Twitter handle @FCBayern Thursday. Fans of the Bundesliga record champion took immediate advantage of the team's new communication tool, which acquired more than 14,000 followers during its first nine hours ( Bayern Munich ). ... The German Footbal ...
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UEFA Awards Media Rights in China
UEFA has awarded the '12-15 UEFA Champions League media rights to Chinese public broadcaster CCTV and the '12-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League Internet rights to Sina and QQ in China. CCTV will broadcast each matchnight one live UEFA Champions League match as well as a highlights prog ...
ITV Bids For Production Contract
ITV "has denied it is interested in airing any of BT's Premier League matches," but admitted that it is planning to pitch for the £100M ($158.7M)-plus contract to produce the telecoms company's live football coverage, according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. BT, which owns the BT Visio ...
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Billion Dollar Deal Secures Rugby's Future
The Australian Rugby League Commission has agreed to a five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports in a deal worth more than $1B, marking the largest agreement in Rugby League history. The deal allows Nine and Fox to broadcast all games in Australia, and leaves the ARLC free to pursue ...
No Pay-Per-View For Bundesliga Games
German pay-TV channel Sky "will continue to offer its Bundesliga broadcasts through subscription only, and not on pay-per-view as it does with boxing bouts," according to the DAPD. Sky said that the pay-per-view option "is simply not profitable." Sky Deutschland Chief Officer for Sports & New Bu ...
C4 Paralympic Ad Opening Draw Interest
Tesco, Apple and Google "are among more than 50 non-Olympic-sponsor brands" who have bought ad packages around Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympic Games, according to Maisie McCabe of MARKETING MAGAZINE. Other brands include Auto Trader, Aviva, B&Q, Colgate, Comet, Gocompare.com, Kellog, Land ...
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Scottish publishing company Johnston Press "has said that the Olympics failed to provide the regional newspaper market with an advertising uplift, with revenues down almost 15%" in the period including the London Games. Johnston, the second largest publisher of regional newspapers in the U.K., with ...
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NRL Bid Negotiations Heat Up
TV networks "bidding for the highly coveted National Rugby League rights are pushing for the new Australian Rugby League Commission to accept advertising as a bigger part of the package," according to Darren Davidson of THE AUSTRALIAN. This proposal would mean the "cash value of the deal is unlikely ...
