Media

Liberty Global has placed its Chellomedia television-channel business up for sale, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Sportsman Media and Red Bull Media House have formed a new company to market the media rights to the World Rally Championship.

Manchester United has received a record broadcast payment of £60.8m for the 2012-13 Premier League season.

The Sun Belt Conference, Cox Sports Television and Comcast Sports Southeast have agreed a one-year extension of the Sun Belt Network.

Wananchi Group has defended its broadcast deal with Kenyan Premier League club AFC Leopards, stating it does not interfere with the league’s agreement with SuperSport.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten Network is in talks to renegotiate a rights deal for the National Basketball League, the sport’s top division in Australia.

The Asian Paralympic Committee has struck a deal with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union to help enhance the television coverage of Asian Paralympic events.

DirecTV Sports and its Root Sports regional sports network has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Mountain West US college sports conference.

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The Tour de France will continue to receive extensive free-to-air television coverage in its home market after the cycling event’s organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), extended its deal with France Televisions through to 2020.

World Snooker and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have become the latest sports organisations to seek to boost their global viewership by establishing YouTube channels.

World Snooker and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have become the latest sports organisations to seek to boost their global viewership by establishing YouTube channels.

The International Motorsport Federation’s (FIA) Formula E Championship has agreed a deal for the MP & Silva agency to act as its exclusive partner in devising and implementing a media and broadcast strategy ahead of its debut season.

Italy’s top six clubs are facing the threat of a reduction in their income from media rights after the country’s competition watchdog called on the government to alter the current revenue distribution model in the domestic game.