SportBusiness International Newswire

English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has reportedly offered to meet protesting supporters to discuss the cost of ticket prices at football matches.

  • Slovakian public-service broadcaster Slovak Television has been granted a licence to operate a second sports channel by the country’s Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission.

  • The Canadian arm of Korean automotive company Kia will continue its partnership with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal events on the UCI WorldTour circuit.

  • UK media regulator Ofcom will investigate pay-television broadcaster BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels following a complaint by telecommunications company BT.

  • Major League Baseball (MLB) is being sued by the city of San Jose, California, after being accused of preventing the Oakland Athletics from moving to the region.

  • The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) government reportedly plans to build a new undercover stadium in Canberra by 2020, to host multiple events including rugby union and football matches.

  • New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ has confirmed a partnership with the Coliseum Sports Media company to acquire rights to English Premier League football for the three seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

  • NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) lacrosse championships in North America have suffered a 42 per cent decline in attendance over the last five years, despite setting participation records.

  • Car rental brand Hertz has renewed its title sponsorship of the MotoGP British grand prix motorcycling race at Silverstone.

  • Jeff Browne, the managing director of Australian commercial broadcaster Nine, said that he expects the International Olympic Committee to sell rights in the country to the 2016, 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games as a package.

  • Car maker Chevrolet has signed up as the title sponsor of Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby event on July 15 in New York.

  • Brazilian footballing giant Flamengo has been strongly linked with a return to Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium, but insists that any decisions will be not be rushed.

  • There has been a significant increase in the amount of time British sports fans spend consuming sport, according to a report produced by Perform in conjunction with Kantar Media Sport and TV Sports Markets.

  • Liberty Global-owned broadcaster Chello Central Europe has renewed rights for Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the next three years, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

  • Canadian Tire Corporation and Senators Sports & Entertainment, owners of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, have announced a strategic partnership that will result in the renaming of the team’s home arena to Canadian Tire Centre.

  • If anyone is in any doubt that basketball is a global sport with ambitions to match then a visit to its new headquarters will soon put them right. A glance round the scene at the building’s grand opening and the roll call of the great and good in attendance show very clearly that basketball is a force to be reckoned with.

  • Adidas has announced that it expects to achieve a record €2 billion in sales from football products in 2014.

  • Genii Capital, owner of Formula One's Lotus F1 Team, has sold a 35% stake to investment consortium Infinity Racing.

  • Louise Martin and Gideon Sam have been awarded leading roles in Commonwealth sports development projects.

  • NASCAR track owner International Speedway Corporation (ISC) has approved $400 million funding to redevelop the frontstretch of the Daytona International Speedway, home of the Daytona 500.

  • The English Football Association has sealed a two-year extension to its partnership with Big Cola, the flagship brand of the multinational beverage company AJE.

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