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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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JAMAICA OBSERVER's Paul Rodgers noted Olympic TV company CVM has been ordered to "immediately" improve its coverage of the London Games. The Broadcasting Commission issued a notice of breach of license to CVM Tuesday, complaining of "poor to very poor" coverage. The commission said in a statement ...
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Sky Sports Reveals New SPL TV Deal
Sky Sports has reached an agreement with the Scottish Premier League to "continue its coverage of Scottish football for at least another five years," according to the BBC. Five live Rangers fixtures in Division Three are included in the deal along with 30 from the top flight. However, no figures hav ...
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BBC Olympics Ratings Remain High
The biggest Olympics audience in Great Britain Monday came during the swimming finals and semifinals when 8.8 million viewers were tuned in during a five-minute peak, according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. Team GB's Tom Daley missing out on an Olympic Medal in the synchronized platform d ...
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IOC Lifts BBC Online Overseas Ban
BBC Radio 4's Today and Chris Evans's Breakfast Show on Radio 2 will once again be heard online overseas after the corporation resolved rights issues with the IOC, according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. Radio 4 news programs including Today and PM faced "an int'l blackout" for the durati ...
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ESPN Star Bags Hockey India Rights
ESPN Star Sports has entered into a multi-year agreement for broadcast rights of the Hockey India League beginning in January, according to the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. ESS inked the agreement with India's governing body for field hockey which "gives the broadcaster rights to all int'l hockey test matche ...
BBC ALBA Commits To More Rugby
BBC ALBA "will be covering more Scottish Rugby matches this season," according to the SCOTSMAN. BBC ALBA stepped in two years ago to "fill the void in coverage of Scottish professional rugby," and although the commentaries remain in Gaelic, much of the program is in English, including "half-time int ...
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ARD Spends $860M On Football Rights
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF each pay about €70M ($86.1M) for "Olympic broadcast rights," according to HORIZONT.net. ARD has a budget of €1B ($1.2B) for sporting event rights. More than €700M ($861.4M) of this budget is only spent on football rights. ARD pays about €368 ...
BBC Scores With British Bronze
Nearly 11 million viewers watched British swimmer Rebecca Adlington win the women's 400m freestyle Bronze Medal, according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. That is the "biggest audience" for the London Games outside of the Opening Ceremony. Adlington's Bronze Medal win had a peak audience of ...
Survey: Chinese View The Most Sports
Multimedia sports provider Perform commissioned a global survey of sports fans that showed the Chinese "have an appetite for all things athletic," according to Rick Morton of THE AUSTRALIAN. Chinese sports fan average 11.7 hours a week viewing sports. Brazil and the U.S. are second and third, respec ...
Perform Group Acquires Turkish Firm
Digital media company Perform Group has acquired a majority stake in Mackolik Internet Hizmetleri Ticaret A.S., which owns a number of Turkey's leading independent sports websites including mackolik.com and sahadan.com. Perform is acquiring an initial 51% stake in the company for 40.8M Turkish Lira ...
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