http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/area/combo/content_newsitem/360%2C348/feed Areas combo dynamic http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166741/european-iptv-demand-grows-at-250-per-cent The number of households worldwide using IPTV services grew from 4.7 million in 2006, to more than 14 million lat year, according to a report by analysts Parks Associates and demand for IPTV services grew by 250 per cent in Europe last year. Media Europe Broadcast Internet Tue, 6 May 2008 10:45:25 +0100 msherlock 166741 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166652/live-current-media-wins-bcci-and-ipl-website-rights Canadian new media company Live Current Media Inc acquired the exclusive online rights for the Board of Control for Cricket in India and cricket’s Indian Premier League in a ten-year deal worth $50 million. Media India Broadcast Cricket Internet Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:29:27 +0100 msherlock 166652 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166649/championship-of-darts-signs-up-for-internet-distribution The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Perform, the digital sports specialists, launched the Championship of Darts - the first ever darts tournament to be solely broadcast on and funded by internet distribution. Media Broadcast Darts Internet Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:01:42 +0100 msherlock 166649 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166604/mlb-agree-yahoo-deal Yahoo agreed a two-year deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media for the rights to show subscription-based live games and sell video ads for MLB.TV in 2009 and 2010. Media United States Baseball Broadcast Internet Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:19:47 +0100 msherlock 166604 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166587/aol-secures-rights-for-espn-video Web portal, AOL, has acquired the rights to carry ESPN video content on its sites, AOL Video and AOL Sports. Media United States Baseball Internet Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:47:57 +0100 mglendinning 166587 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166574/kse-acquires-itv-s-stake-in-arsenal-broadband Kroenke Sports Enterprises acquired a 50 per cent share in Arsenal Broadband Limited, the broadband service of English Premier League club, Arsenal, for around £65 million. Media United Kingdom Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:00:57 +0100 msherlock 166574 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166561/final-four-to-go-live-online CBSSports.com, in partnership with CBS Sports, CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA are set to provide a live online broadcast of the Final Four and NCAA Championship game for the first time via their NCAA March Madness on Demand video player. Media United States Basketball Internet Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:23:52 +0100 mglendinning 166561 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166547/joost-extends-deal-for-english-premier-league-clips Online TV platform, Joost extended its distribution deal with Nimbus Sport International for English Premier League internet clips. Media Middle East Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:01:14 +0100 msherlock 166547 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166492/nimbus-launches-cricket-web-portal Indian media and entertainment company, Nimbus Communications, is set to launch a new cricket web portal to offer streaming of live matches. Media India Broadcast Cricket Internet TV Rights Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:29:44 +0000 msherlock 166492 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166346/perform-and-bigpond-launch-global-australian-sports-portal Perform and Telstra’s BigPond, Australia’s largest internet provider, agreed a deal to launch a global sports portal, Aussie Sport TV, broadcasting top Australian sports. Media Australia Australian Rules Football Broadcast Internet Motor Racing Rugby TV Rights Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:17:15 +0000 msherlock 166346 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166283/perform-nets-asian-football-digital-deal Perform will launch a digital channel to stream live AFC club and national team football, including FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian qualifiers and AFC Champions League matches. Media Asia Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:16:12 +0000 msherlock 166283 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166273/cctv-agrees-internet-partnerships State-run national broadcaster, China Central Television, agreed partnerships with social networking site MySpace China and online-video site Tudou.com to run an interactive website for the Beijing Olympics. Media China Broadcast Internet Summer Olympics Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:07:29 +0000 msherlock 166273 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166270/perform-launches-multi-platform-daily-sports-news-bulletin Perform launched omnisport.tv, the world’s first and only fully produced multi-platform daily sports bulletin, available in multiple formats for daily distribution across scheduled TV channels, broadband TV services, mobile TV, video on demand and MP4. Media Broadcast Internet Mobile Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:44:09 +0000 msherlock 166270 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/164248/foxtel-looks-to-expand-online-presence Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will use its exclusive internet rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Beijing Olympics to substantially expand its online presence. Media Australia Broadcast Internet Summer Olympics TV Rights Winter Olympics Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:28:10 +0000 msherlock 164248 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/164159/two-new-serie-a-tv-deals-in-germany The MP & Silva agency agreed deals for Serie A in the German market with broadcaster ZDF and with online portal www.maxdome.de. Media Germany Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:52:44 +0000 msherlock 164159 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163690/orange-is-serious-bidder-for-french-ligue-1-rights According to French media reports, mobile operator Orange has bid for all 12 packages of TV rights available in the Ligue 1 tender, including live rights. Media France Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:43:58 +0000 msherlock 163690 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163688/mediacorp-acquires-sport-co-uk Media Corp acquired the domain name and website www.sport.co.uk as part of an ongoing strategy to broaden the scale and scope of the Group’s Web Publishing division. Media United Kingdom Internet Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:43:19 +0000 msherlock 163688 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163621/tbs-extends-nascar-website-deal US cable network Turner Broadcasting System extended its contract with NASCAR to operate its official Web site. Media United States Internet Motor Racing Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:19:50 +0000 msherlock 163621 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163363/jumptv-wins-2010-south-american-world-cup-qualifiers JumpTV acquired the exclusive North American online and mobile rights for the 2010 South American World Cup qualifying tournament from sports, media and entertainment company SCP Worldwide. Media Latin America Football Soccer Internet Mobile Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:53:39 +0000 msherlock 163363 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163265/infront-signs-cba-mobile-website-agreement Infront, the exclusive commercial partner to the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and internet operator KongZhong Corporation, have signed a multi-year cooperation agreement and launched the official CBA mobile website. Media China Basketball Internet Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:06:14 +0000 mglendinning 163265 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163180/new-snooker-league-launched-as-internet-only-sports-event Matchroom Sport and the recently merged Premium TV/Inform Group launched Championship League Snooker, a new league that will be solely broadcast on and funded by internet distribution. Media Broadcast Internet Snooker Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:05:42 +0000 msherlock 163180 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163155/tennis-australia-sets-up-broadband-channel Tennis Australia has launched an on-demand broadband television channel for next year's Australian Open. Media Australia Internet Tennis Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:25:31 +0000 mglendinning 163155 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163146/cctv-awarded-beijing-2008-digital-media-rights The International Olympic Committee awarded the digital broadcast rights for the 2008 Beijing Olympics to CCTV.com, the online arm of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Media China Broadcast Internet Summer Olympics TV Rights Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:56:41 +0000 msherlock 163146 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163062/orange-could-change-its-strategy-for-ligue-1-tv-rights French mobile operator Orange said it could now change its bidding strategy for French football’s Ligue 1 rights and may be interested in rights beyond the mobile and internet packages. Media France Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:16:25 +0000 msherlock 163062 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163054/mlbs-advanced-media-arm-brings-in-profits Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the company created to operate the MLB's digital assets, will report revenues of at least $380 million this year, according to US media reports. Media United States Baseball Broadcast Internet Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:31:30 +0000 msherlock 163054 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162996/mp-silva-agree-serie-a-deals-in-japan The MP & Silva agency concluded deals for Serie A coverage with three top-tier national terrestrial broadcasters in Japan – Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Nippon Television Network (NTV), and Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Media Japan Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:26:04 +0000 msherlock 162996 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162931/sohu-com-and-premiergoals-launch-new-english-football-website Sohu.com and PremierGoals Ltd., the official Chinese content provider for English football, launched a Chinese-language website for 16 English football clubs, on a new Chinese football community site. Media China Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:17:11 +0000 msherlock 162931 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162923/ifl-forms-video-sharing-partnership-with-youtube-and-google-ads The International Fight League agreed a deal with YouTube to provide and share short form content to the largest audience possible. Media Broadcast Internet Martial Arts TV Rights Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:42:24 +0000 msherlock 162923 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162766/deltatre-wins-english-fa-website-deal The FA has appointed deltatre media to work on the relaunch of its website, TheFA.com. Media United Kingdom Football Soccer Internet Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:24:21 +0100 mglendinning 162766 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162752/cbssports-com-leads-consumption-metrics CBSSports.com, part of CBS Interactive, led all major sports sites in ‘visits per person’ and ‘time per person’ for the month of September, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings. Media United States American Football Internet Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:43:25 +0100 mglendinning 162752 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162665/new-ernst-young-report-says-content-is-not-yet-king Price and convenience still sell bundled telecommunications services, rather than content, according to a new report from professional services firm Ernst & Young. Media Europe Broadcast Internet Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:11:42 +0100 msherlock 162665 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162664/mp-silva-acquires-barclays-premier-league-new-media-rights The MP & Silva agency agreed a three-year deal with Singapore-based sports agency, Nimbus Sport International, for new media rights to the Barclays Premier League, for the 2007-08 to 2009-10 seasons. Media China Italy Japan Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:10:11 +0100 msherlock 162664 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162662/intermedia-partners-invests-in-wcsn World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) closed significant financing deal with private equity firm InterMedia Partners. Media United States Broadcast Finance Internet Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:07:42 +0100 msherlock 162662 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162618/france-telecom-launches-orange-sports-tv France Telecom has launched Orange Sports TV, an IPTV service that will feature sports news broadcast on television via the internet and direct to Orange mobile 3G network subscribers. Media France Internet Mobile TV Rights Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:43:29 +0100 nicolarogers 162618 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162609/scp-secures-partners-for-2010-south-american-world-cup-qualifiers SCP Worldwide, the New York based sports, media and entertainment company has secured pay-per-view, cable, internet TV and closed circuit distribution agreements for the South American World Cup 2010 Qualifying matches. Media Football Soccer Internet Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:36:33 +0100 nicolarogers 162609 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162583/sbs-rights-for-barclays-premier-league-on-demand-clips Nimbus Sport has sold the non-exclusive rights to provide on-demand internet clips of the Barclays Premier League for the next three seasons to Australian free TV broadcaster, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Media Australia Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:17:48 +0100 nicolarogers 162583 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162567/iec-in-badminton-web-venture The IEC in Sports agency will launch www.WOB.tv - the first ever dedicated Web TV service created for badminton fans globally, featuring both archive and live streaming of major international badminton tournaments. Media Badminton Broadcast Internet Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:36:25 +0100 msherlock 162567 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162511/fifa-offers-live-online-coverage-of-women-s-world-cup FIFA will offer live webcasts of all 32 matches of the 2007 Women’s World Cup through FIFA.com TV, a free interactive service from its official website. Media China Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:20:48 +0100 msherlock 162511 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162509/wcsn-com-agrees-deal-with-foxsports-com-on-msn World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), agreed a content distribution agreement with FOXSports.com on MSN. Media United States Broadcast Cycling Gymnastics Internet Skiing Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:18:10 +0100 msherlock 162509 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162499/ami-wins-new-media-premier-league-rights The AMI Agency won exclusive new media mobile & internet clip rights to FA Premier League matches for a range of territories within the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asian. Media Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:52:35 +0100 msherlock 162499 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162491/fast-web-media-designs-rfu-micro-site Fast Web Media has been appointed by England rugby’s governing body the RFU to design and create a micro site for England supporters ahead of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Media United Kingdom Internet Rugby Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:58:23 +0100 cbritcher 162491 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162473/touchdown-for-clever-new-search-engine It bills itself as the ‘next generation search engine’ – and now Enth.com has unveiled facilities to search for NFL answers. Media United States American Football Internet Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:09:44 +0100 cbritcher 162473 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162431/espn-snaps-up-rugby-site-scrum-com Rugby website Scrum.com has become the latest acquisition by ESPN as it looks to push outside its North American boundaries. Media United States Internet Rugby Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:21:18 +0100 cbritcher 162431 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162428/ami-extends-english-soccer-rights-deal AMI has secured the exclusive new media mobile and internet clip rights to English soccer’s Premier League. Media United Kingdom Football Soccer Internet Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:15:56 +0100 cbritcher 162428 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162424/infront-kicks-off-serie-a-season-with-broadband-channel Italian soccer’s Serie A will mark its return this month with the launch of a dedicated broadband channel. Media Italy Football Soccer Internet Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:07:32 +0100 cbritcher 162424 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162389/pga-com-sets-record-streaming-and-traffic-numbers Turner Sports said that PGA.com, the official site of the PGA of America, saw record-breaking video streaming and page views during its four days of PGA Championship live coverage. Media United States Broadcast Golf Internet Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:08:38 +0100 msherlock 162389 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162380/jumptv-to-acquire-cycling-tv Internet broadcast company JumpTV Inc. agreed to acquire Cycling TV Ltd for £2.44 million. Media Broadcast Cycling Internet Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:55:06 +0100 msherlock 162380 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162368/nimbus-wins-premier-leagues-mobile-and-internet-rights Nimbus Sport won the mobile and internet rights for the Premier League across 80 countries for three years. Media Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:21:48 +0100 msherlock 162368 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162367/sina-wins-online-rights-for-european-soccer SINA Corporation acquired the online broadcasting rights for China for English Premier League and Italian Serie A football matches. Media China Italy United Kingdom Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:18:29 +0100 msherlock 162367 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162363/cycling-tv-partners-with-unipublic-to-stream-la-vuelta IPTV sports channel Cycling.tv partnered up with Unipublic, the organisers and rights holders of La Vuelta Ciclista A Espana 2007, to stream the third of the three ‘Grand Tours’ live online on the Vuelta Channel on www.cycling.tv. Media Spain Broadcast Cycling Internet Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:13:19 +0100 msherlock 162363 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162272/more-groups-join-premier-league-s-youtube-battle Additional sports right holders joined the Premier League’s class action lawsuit against YouTube and Google including the Rugby Football League; the Finnish Football League Association and boxing companies Knockout Entertainment Limited and Seminole Warriors Boxing. Media Finland United Kingdom United States Boxing Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Rugby Technology TV Rights Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:39:45 +0100 msherlock 162272 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162271/ioc-awards-olympic-rights-in-hong-kong-to-i-cable The International Olympic Committee awarded the exclusive rights for Hong Kong for the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012, to i-CABLE. Media Hong Kong Broadcast Internet Mobile Summer Olympics TV Rights Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:38:34 +0100 msherlock 162271 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162270/stats-in-european-sports-joint-venture STATS LLC, the sports information provider, launched STATS Europe, a joint venture company formed in partnership with European sports industry-experts Warner Leach and JHB Publications. Media Europe United Kingdom Internet Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:37:23 +0100 msherlock 162270 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162258/psg-launches-web-tv-channel French Ligue 1 club PSG launched a web TV channel, www.psg.tv. Media France Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:31:57 +0100 msherlock 162258 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162231/iaaf-to-host-world-championships-with-ntt-europe-online The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) agreed a deal with NTT Europe Online to host and secure its website during the Osaka World Championships this month. Media Broadcast Internet Track And Field Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:28:47 +0100 msherlock 162231 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162226/sportelmonaco-2007-exhibition-space-selling-out With almost three months to go before the start of the 18th annual SPORTELMonaco, exhibition space is 95 per cent sold out, it was announced by David Tomatis, CEO of SPORTEL. Media Broadcast Events Internet Mobile Technology TV Rights Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:03:58 +0100 msherlock 162226 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162225/rugby-world-cup-plus-goes-live-with-video-on-demand-service Online broadcaster MediaZone and the Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) launched RWC Plus, the official and exclusive broadband video On Demand service for Rugby World Cup 2007. Media Broadcast Internet Rugby Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:59:45 +0100 msherlock 162225 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162212/portsmouth-signs-deal-with-premiergoals Premier League club Portsmouth agreed a deal with PremierGoals for the club’s mobile and internet rights in China. Media China United Kingdom Football Soccer Internet Mobile Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:43:09 +0100 msherlock 162212 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162205/cycling-tv-agrees-partnerships-with-blinkx-and-joost IPTV broadcaster, Cycling.tv, agreed video content distribution deals with blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, and with internet TV and video platform, Joost. Media Broadcast Cycling Internet Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:20:54 +0100 msherlock 162205 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162192/wcsn-delivers-exclusive-coverage-samsung-super-league The World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), agreed a deal with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) to provide exclusive live and on-demand coverage of the Samsung Super League events and competitions from around the world. Media United States Broadcast Equestrian Internet TV Rights Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:53:43 +0100 msherlock 162192 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162182/blavatnik-set-to-acquire-premium-tv Len Blavatnik, a billionaire industrialist, is reported to be set to acquire digital sports group Premium TV in a deal worth an estimated £25 million. Media United Kingdom Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:15:19 +0100 msherlock 162182 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162161/cup-races-live-on-internet The Breeders’ Cup world Championships will be streamed live over the internet on the Breeders’ Cup website for the first time this year. Media United States Horse Racing Internet Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:57:13 +0100 nicolarogers 162161 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162147/isporty-launches-cycling-social-network-with-bbc BBC Sport is partnering with sports social site isporty.com to launch social networking features for visitors to the BBC's cycling website. Media United Kingdom Cycling Internet Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:24:57 +0100 msherlock 162147 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162144/mediaset-boosts-website-site-with-sports-content Italian broadcaster Mediaset increased the content offer on its website and added live football matches from the Italy’s Serie A. Media Italy Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:25 +0100 msherlock 162144 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162136/rfl-re-appoints-img-media The RFL, the governing body of Rugby League, extended its existing contract with IMG Media, its exclusive worldwide media agency. The deal covers all media rights including TV, radio, DVD, IN-flight, ship-at-sea and new media. Media United Kingdom Broadcast Internet Mobile Rugby TV Rights Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:40:01 +0100 msherlock 162136 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162107/social-networking-threat-under-spotlight-at-international-sports-media-summit The potential of social networking websites to suck value out of sports will be discussed by leading figures in the international media and marketing sectors when they meet for the first International Sports Media Summit in London on September 27. Media United Kingdom Broadcast Broadcast Services Events Internet Mobile TV Rights Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:43:48 +0100 msherlock 162107 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162069/nba-s-7-4-billion-tv-deals-for-digital-age The NBA agreed a new eight-year $7.4-billion deal with Walt Disney and Time Warner that includes online and mobile rights. Media United States Basketball Broadcast Internet Mobile TV Rights Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:15:57 +0100 msherlock 162069 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162054/softbank-takes-copa-america-wireless Japanese technology company Softbank Creative Corp agreed a deal with Traffic Sports Marketing and Total Sports Asia for mobile video highlights of Copa America 2007. Media Japan Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Mobile TV Rights Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:04:16 +0100 msherlock 162054 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162024/mediazone-serves-up-wimbledon-online Fans of tennis Grand Slam Wimbledon will once again be able to log-on to a raft of video services after partners agreed to extend the Wimbledon Live channel. Media United Kingdom Internet Tennis Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:16:59 +0100 cbritcher 162024 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161998/wcsn-launches-on-youtube-and-aol-video World Championship Sports Network agreed content deals with YouTube and AOL Video that will further extend the network’s reach. Media United States Broadcast Internet TV Rights Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:14:07 +0100 msherlock 161998 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161969/espn-acquires-cricinfo-from-the-wisden-group ESPN has expanded its global on-line business through the acquisition of Cricinfo, the world’s largest cricket website, in a deal with The Wisden Group. Media United Kingdom United States Broadcast Cricket Internet Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:24:20 +0100 msherlock 161969 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161957/french-sports-join-premier-league-action-against-youtube The national French tennis federation, Federation Française de Tennis, and the French football league, Ligue de Football Professionnel, along with Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co joined the Premier League’s class action lawsuit against YouTube and Google. Media France United Kingdom Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Law Tennis TV Rights Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:15:13 +0100 msherlock 161957 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161956/nba-finals-to-reach-record-worldwide-tv-and-web-audience The NBA’s Finals will reach fans in 205 countries and territories in 46 languages via a record 128 TV broadcasters when they start later today. Media Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:13:23 +0100 msherlock 161956 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161953/cycling-tv-partners-with-aso-for-tour-de-france IPTV sports channel Cycling.tv has partnered with Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), the organisers and rights holders of cycling’s Tour de France, to produce daily online highlights shows. Media France Broadcast Cycling Events Internet TV Rights Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:08:44 +0100 msherlock 161953 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161930/fiba-and-sportingo-team-up-for-fan-generated-content FIBA agreed a partnership deal with online sports media company Sportingo, a leading fan-generated website. Media Basketball Internet Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:08:04 +0100 msherlock 161930 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161925/wcsn-signs-up-key-rowing-events World Championship Sport Network acquired the US TV rights for the 2007 Rowing World Cup, World Rowing Championships and European Rowing Championships. Media United States Broadcast Internet Rowing TV Rights Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:57:16 +0100 msherlock 161925 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161901/macau-2007-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-sina-com The Organising Committee for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games (MAIGOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) signed a sponsorship agreement with Chinese's leading online media company SINA Corporation. Media Macau Asian Games Events Internet Wed, 30 May 2007 09:23:10 +0100 msherlock 161901 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161838/sail-tv-begins-live-broadcasting-of-the-32nd-america-s-cup Sail TV, the internet sailing TV channel, is to expand its coverage of the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia. Media Spain Broadcast Internet Sailing TV Rights Tue, 15 May 2007 09:06:08 +0100 msherlock 161838 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161811/barca-online-goes-live Barca TV Online, the new broadband video service of this season’s La Liga leaders FC Barcelona, has gone live. Media Spain Football Soccer Internet Wed, 9 May 2007 10:25:28 +0100 mglendinning 161811 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161795/atp-swedish-open-biggest-swedish-event-for-media-worldwide ATP Catella Swedish Open has become the biggest annual event in Sweden in terms of international media coverage. Media Sweden Broadcast Internet Mobile Tennis TV Rights Fri, 4 May 2007 09:54:04 +0100 msherlock 161795 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161751/wcsn-acquires-iihf-world-championships-tv-rights World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) agreed a three-year deal, from 2007-2009, to provide exclusive coverage of the IIHF World Championships via WCSN’s broadband and TV platforms to fans in the United States. Media United States Broadcast Ice Hockey Internet TV Rights Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:58:23 +0100 msherlock 161751 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161724/itv-chooses-premium-tv-to-extend-coverage-of-uefa-cup-2007 ITV.com extended its commercial relationship with digital services company Premium TV, by agreeing a deal for a UEFA Cup broadband simulcast. Media United Kingdom Broadcast Football Soccer Internet Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:18:12 +0100 msherlock 161724 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161720/telstra-loses-round-one-in-nrl-rights-row Australian telecoms company Telstra lost round one of its legal battle to prevent pay-broadcaster Fox Sports from screening rugby league rights on mobile phones and the internet. Media Australia Broadcast Internet Mobile Rugby TV Rights Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:30:50 +0100 msherlock 161720 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161708/espnsoccernet-com-launches-german-and-french-sites ESPNsoccernet, the news and scores website, launched two new language versions. The site will now be available to users in both French (soccernet.fr) and German (soccernet.de). Media France Germany Internet Technology Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:06:49 +0100 msherlock 161708 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161655/telstra-set-to-sue-partners-over-digital-rights Australian telecoms company Telstra is to sue Fox Sports in a battle over rugby league media rights. Media Australia Broadcast Internet Law Rugby TV Rights Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:22:29 +0100 msherlock 161655 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161639/milan-channel-to-launch-on-youtube The Milan Channel, the official club channel dedicated to AC Milan will launch a football branded Channel on YouTube - the first Italian channel on the site. Media Italy Broadcast Football Soccer Internet TV Rights Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:33:43 +0100 msherlock 161639 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161638/sail-tv-to-broadcast-the-32nd-america-s-cup Sail TV, the internet sailing TV channel, will broadcast coverage of the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia online through a deal with Alcatel-Lucent, the Official New Media Provider for the event. Media Broadcast Internet Sailing TV Rights Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:30:52 +0100 msherlock 161638 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161614/chelsea-launches-korean-language-website Chelsea Football Club launched a Korean language website with web partners MediaCorp in Seoul. Media South Korea Football Soccer Internet Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:43:15 +0100 msherlock 161614 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161605/secondsout-com-plan-to-sue-youtube The UK’s Times newspaper reports British boxing entrepreneur Robert Waterman is planning to sue YouTube for $1 million after it carried clips of the WBO World heavyweight boxing title bout between Vladimir Klitschko and Ray Austin from Mannheim, Germany on March 10. Media United Kingdom Boxing Broadcast Internet Law TV Rights Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:31:00 +0100 msherlock 161605 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161602/ioc-launches-tender-for-internet-and-mobile-rights-in-china The International Olympic Committee launched the tender process for the sale of its internet and mobile rights for the territory of China for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Media China Broadcast Internet Mobile Summer Olympics TV Rights Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:11:05 +0000 msherlock 161602 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161438/nascar-revs-up-on-itunes Apple’s iTunes store is to sell downloadable video highlight clips from yesterday’s Daytona 500 after striking a deal with NASCAR.com. Media United States Internet Motor Racing Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:25:11 +0000 cbritcher 161438 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161119/secondsout-com-to-show-klitschko-world-heavyweight-title-fight-exclusively-via-internet SecondsOut.com has acquired the rights to screen the March 10 IBF world heavyweight bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Ray Austin from Mannheim, Germany, live and exclusively in the UK. Media Germany United Kingdom Boxing Broadcast Internet TV Rights Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:04:17 +0000 msherlock 161119 at http://www.sportbusiness.com