Media

UEFA announced on Wednesday that i-Cable had retained its exclusive broadcast rights for the 2012-15 Champions League and Europa League in Hong Kong.

The National Hockey League (NHL) confirmed on Tuesday that NBC and Versus would stay on as the competition’s broadcast partners in the United States for the next 10 years after a bumper new agreement was reached.

International sports marketing agency Sportfive has been appointed by Chelsea to market the Barclays Premier League club’s first team players across Europe.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has appointed IMG Media to act as the official television consultant to the US Open for a number of territories across the globe.

Telecinco, the Spanish commercial broadcaster owned by Italian media group Mediaset, is set to acquire the broadcast rights for UEFA’s Euro 2012 tournament in a deal worth Eur70 million, according to Spanish media reports.

Rugby World Cup matches will be aired in 3D for the first time later this year after Auckland-based 3DLive was installed as the official 3D broadcaster of the tournament in New Zealand.

Fox Sports Media Group has snapped up the broadcast rights to the Big 12 Conference in the United States in a deal worth an estimated US$1.1 billion over 13 years.

Le Mans 24 Hours, the legendary annual motor racing event in France, will be carried by Eurosport for the next three years after the pan-European broadcaster sealed a new rights deal with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO).

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has penned a new four-year agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Amir Khan admits he has lost “a big lump sum” by apparently refusing to have his fight against Paul McCloskey broadcast on Sky Sports 3 in the UK this Saturday.

The media rights to Italy’s top division, Lega Serie A, are likely to be put out to tender this summer, according to press reports.

Sport and The City details how Formula 1 technology is racing into the future.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expects to have a new and improved US broadcast deal in place by mid-June, according to the body’s chief rights negotiator Richard Carrion.

World Rally Championship (WRC) manufacturers have called for the sport to endorse live Internet streaming.

Chime Communications has signalled its intention to expand its presence in sports marketing by acquiring The Icon Group for £11 million.

ZDF has wrestled the German free-to-air rights for the UEFA Champions League from rival Sat.1 in a new deal that will run through the 2012-15 cycle.