Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family with a reported fortune of £15 billion, toppled Roman Abramovich in British football's rich list.
Portuguese free-to-air broadcaster Sic and pay-broadcaster Sport TV agreed deals with UEFA, European football's governing body, for the media rights for the 2009-12 UEFA Europa League.
Irish public-service broadcaster, RTÉ, agreed a three-year deal with the Association of Irish Racecourses for the rights to show live Irish horse racing until 2011.
UEFA, European football's governing body, announced that the tender process for the media rights for Euro 2012, will be launched in early 2009.
Tennis is the sport in which most Australians are interested, according to a new report by sports research consultants, Sweeny Sports.
The National Football League (NFL) launched its official UK website, NFLUK.com.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it is seeking requests for proposals (RFPs) from companies interested in providing specialist audio-visual archive management services.
Sky Sports signed a new deal with ERC for the exclusive rights for at least 50 live games a season from the Heineken Cup and Challenge Cup competitions.
UK pay-television broadcasters Setanta Sports and Sky Sports agreed a three-year deal with Premier Rugby Limited (PRL) for the live rights for the Guinness Premiership, from 2010-11 to 2012-13.
Football usually peaks in interest during international tournaments when non-fans tune in to watch the British home nations compete.
Former FA executive director David Davies has been chosen by UK Culture Secretary Andy Burnham to review 'crown jewels' list that guarantees major sporting events are broadcast on free-to-air TV.
ESPN Star Sports agreed partnerships with three major broadcasters to make International Cricket Council (ICC) events exclusively available tofans in Pakistan, Canada and the USA from 2009-2011.
Pan-European broadcaster, the Eurosport group acquired the live broadcast rights for three major 2009 Ice Hockey World Championships from the sport's governing body, the IIHF.
UEFA, European football's governing body, agreed deals for the UEFA Champions League rights and UEFA Europa League media rights in Italy and Spain respectively, from 2009-12.
The world’s premier global sailing challenge, the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 generated record television coverage, according to new figures released today.
Independent US boxing website, MaxBoxing.com,agreed a new partnership with SecondsOut.com, the current number one ranked sports partner channel on Youtube.com in the UK.
UK free to-air-broadcaster, ITV, will not renew its contract to broadcast The Boat Race beyond next year.
UK free-to-air broadcaster, the BBC agreed a six-year deal with UK Athletics (UKA) to remain as host broadcaster for its major indoor and outdoor events until December 2014.
US broadcaster, ESPN, agreed an eight year deal to show all four rounds of the Ricoh Women’s British Open live on ESPN with the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Gator Sports Marketing, a division of IMG College that markets the media rights for University of Florida athletics on behalf of FOX-owned Sun Sports, appointed Cathy Weeden its new general manager.
The European Volleyball Confederation renewed its partnership with Infront Sports & Media, for the sale of worldwide media rights for the CEV Indesit European Championships until 2013.
STATS LLC, acquired SportVU, a Tel Aviv based innovator in automated ID and motion capture technology.
The Women's World Team Squash Championship will be streamed live by both the World Squash Federation and online broadcaster 247.tv.
The German football league, the DFL awarded Premiere pay-TV and Web rights to show live Bundesliga football matches for the next four seasons.
Observers are concerned about future TV revenues for Australian sports leagues amid reports that Channel Nine could go into receivership next year.
As these audience figures from TV Sports Markets highlight, last weekend’s sporting action on Sky demonstrated that even mid-tier Premier League action trumps top-class international cricket and rug
Alasdair Bell and Francesco Savino at international law firm McDermott Will & Emery, look at the impact on sports licensing and marketing of a major case now at the European Court.
The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) agreed a deal with FIFA, football's world governing body, for the free-to-air terrestrial TV rights for the 2010 World Cup.
Dubai-based Ten Sports agreed a five-year, $140.5 million deal for the TV rights for cricket matches in Pakistan from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), from 2009 to 2013.
MPS was appointed exclusive global media rights distributor of the Speedcar Series until 2011.
MP & Silva (MPS) agreed a five-year deal for the Middle East’s premier men’s tennis tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, until 2013.
Ukrainian broadcaster, Poverkhnost, acquired the media rights for the 2009-12 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League from European football’s governing body, UEFA.
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has been appointed as the long-term global TV production partner for cricket's Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
US broadcaster ESPN agreed a four year deal with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) for the TV, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for 15 BCS games from 2011 to 2014.
The IAAF has reached a major broadcasting agreement with the Asian Broadcasting Union.
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is close to a deal with US broadcaster ESPN for the television rights to college football's championship game and biggest bowls, according to US press reports.
Chinese free-to-air channel, CCTV 5, agreed a three year deal with UEFA for Champions League television rights, from 2009 to 2012.
European airline, Lufthansa AG, agreed a deal with the Sportsman Media Group to show highlights of the German Bundesliga for the current matchday on board all of its intercontinental flights.
Members of the US Senate have asked the NFL commissioner to make more game-day broadcasts available to local fans at no cost on broadcast television.
Australian broadcaster, Channel Nine, acquired the television rights to the RFL's two marquee competitions - the engage Super League and Carnegie Challenge Cup in a three year deal brokered by IMG.
Sports information company, STATS LLC, agreed a partnership with online search engine Google to provide STATS’ global sports information through Google’s search and sports gadgets.
Australian pay broadcaster Foxtel again called for the right to transmit sports events that free-to-air TV broadcasters are not covering.
US broadcaster, Turner Sports, will not renew its current seven-year rights deal to carry golf’s British Open when the deal expires after the 2009 event in July.
GolTV acquired the North American rights for the international friendly between Germany and England on November 19.
Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and chief executive of the world's second largest advertising group, has said the economy is “not heading for Armageddon” and major televised sporting events in two yea
Australian commercial broadcaster, Ten, has acquired the exclusive rights for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The University of Texas is to launch its own 24 hour sports network.
The International Olympic Committee’s preference for direct relationships in key markets looks set to further loosen the grip of the pan-regional broadcast unions that have traditionally acquired Olympic television rights.
Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and chief executive of the world's second largest advertising group, has said the economy is "not heading for Armageddon" and major televised sporting events in two years' time will significantly boost the advertising industry.
Singapore-based telecom company, SingTel, acquired the internet rights for Italian football’s top-tier domestic league, Serie A, for its 'mio TV' IPTV service.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) launched a new subscription service, offering fans in nearly 20 countries access to a complete season of live NBA game webcasts on NBA.com.
Britain’s leading horseracing television channel, Racing UK, has re-launched its website.
UEFA, European football’s governing body, invited interested parties to bid for the media rights for the European Under-21 Championship.
Red Bull Air Race GmbH appointed IMG Sports Media to act as the exclusive sales agent for the international TV rights to the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
The Formula One Grand Prix final in Brazil registered record TV audiences worldwide.
UK pay-TV broadcaster, Sky Sports, agreed a new five-year deal for the rights to show live England Rugby with the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
An imminent new US TV deal will help keep ticket prices for golf’s 2009 Open at Turnberry at the same level as this year's championship, organisers have said.
Greece’s premier football league, the Superleague, has agreed deals worth over €162 million for the broadcasting rights for the next three seasons, from 2009 to 2012.
Germany’s top-tier domestic football league, the Bundesliga, launched a tender for its domestic broadcast rights.
Public service broadcasters in Europe could get more freedom to charge for services and build up reserves to expand their activities under proposals due to be unveiled by the EU this week.
Arabic-language sports channel, Al Jazeera, agreed a $23.5 million (Dh 86,362,000) deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast the 19th Gulf Cup.
Brian Clarke, contracts director for NEP Visions, the largest outdoor broadcaster in the UK and one of the largest in Europe believes the UK sporting events industry – and it outside broadcast cover
Turkish national broadcaster, Fox Turkey, has acquired the broadcast rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the 2016 Olympic Games from the IOC.
Australian commercial broadcaster, Network Ten, is to launch a 24-hour free-to-air sports channel in April.
Pan-European broadcaster, Eurosport, agreed a two year deal with Powerboat F1 for the rights for the rights for the UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU)and the Austrian Skiing Association (OSV) signed a landmark agreement to broadcast key European skiing events.
Chinese media group, XFMedia, has acquired the free-to-air media rights for the UEFA Europa League for three years from European football’s governing body, UEFA.
Terra, the largest internet company in Latin America, has acquired the internet and mobile platform exhibition rights within Latin America (excluding Brazil) for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.
US network, ESPN, is to re-brand and re-launch its premier rugby website, Scrum.com.
The assumption that British consumers will sit out the recession at home with a beer and Premier League football on pay TV has been challenged by a recent survey, which showed that 10 per cent of BSky
Italian pay-television broadcaster, Sky Italia, has acquired the broadcast rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 from the IOC.
FL Interactive, the online arm of The Football League, has paid out record financial distributions to clubs of more than £3 million for the 2007/08 season.
The Eurosport Group has acquired the exclusive live rights for the Bundesliga, Germany’s top-tier domestic football league from the DFL Sports Enterprises GmbH.
Pan-European broadcaster, Eurosport, has renewed its TV rights deal with MotorSport Vision to broadcast the British Superbike Championship for a further two seasons.
Switching to four-year contracts could allow owners of the rights to plan better and could raise more money for the league, the magazine said, citing league sources as saying discussions with German a
Neo Sports Broadcast president affiliate sales, Arun Poddar, said: "We are targeting pay-TV revenues of Rs 1.5 billion.
The Sportfive agency agreed a deal for international rights for the Bundesliga for the 2009-10 – 2011-12 seasons in parts of Europe and Asia.
Italian Serie A club, Juventus has agreed a long-term partnership with MP & Silva to jointly develop the club’s official local-language websites and mobile sites in China, Japan and Indonesia.
Sony Ericsson unveiled the Mobile Event Guide, a new initiative to be launched for the first time at the Sony Ericsson Championships, the prestigious season ending women’s tennis event.
Portuguese public service broadcaster RTP and pay-television broadcasters RTP agreed a three-year deal with UEFA for the TV rights for the UEFA Champions League.
Dorna Sports appointed IMG Sports Media to work as the exclusive global agents for broadcast rights sales for the MotoGP World Championship in key markets across the globe for the next three years.
MP & Silva (MPS) acquired the exclusive media rights in Korea for France’s top-tier professional football league – Ligue 1 for two years from French media group, Canal Plus.
Perform launched two new channels for the e-Player, the free-to-view multi-channel video player, which delivers premium sports highlights and video clips across the web.
ESPN, and Major League Baseball extended their digital rights partnership for what they describe as most comprehensive multiplatform collection of baseball rights ever, until 2013.
TSN agreed a deal with the the NHL to become the exclusive global distributor of real-time NHL game statistics to Web sites, broadcasters, arenas, fantasy games and selected mobile applications.
The Shanghai Media Group (SMG) agreed a three-year deal with the IAAF for the TV rights for the IAAF World Athletic Series competitions from 2010 to 2013.
The Kentaro agency agreed a six-year deal with the US Soccer Federation (USSF) to distribute its global media rights.
FIFA and UEFA will address the latest media issues affecting the football industry as part of the inaugural International Football Club Summit at Soccerex 2008.
UEFA has set up a working party to investigate ways of controlling football clubs' debts, general secretary, David Taylor has said.
IMG Sports Media agreed a four-year partnership with the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) to distribute FIVB tournaments worldwide.
Ma Guoli, the former COO of Beijing Olympic Broadcasting, was appointed the new CEO and Managing Director of Infront China.
Worldwide media coverage of The Artemis Transat 2008 was worth over €10 million, according to figures published by race organisers.
FA chairman Lord Triesman warned football clubs against the dangers of spiralling debts, while Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore rejected the concerns, arguing clubs' debts were manageable.
Organisers of next year’s Australian Open announced that prize money for both the men's and women's singles champions will be increased to A$1.62 million.
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Viasat, the DBS distributor and TV broadcaster owned by Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group, has restructured its premium sports offering in the Nordic region.
Universal Sports agreed a new partnership with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for the exclusive rights to broadcast the 2008-09 Champions Hockey League (CHL).
Modern Times Group (MTG), acquired the exclusive media rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden for the UEFA Champions League from UEFA.
