Canada
CBC threatens legal action after curling quits deal
The Canadian Curling Association could find it difficult to agree a new television deal after pulling out of its four-year contract with CBC, the Canadian public-service broadcaster, after only one year
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Athletics, basketball, motorsport and more
Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.
Canadian TV in uphill race for world swimming
Canada’s French-language public-service SRC is racing against time to organise the host-broadcasting of the world swimming championships
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice-hockey, baseball, basketball and more
Ice hockey: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC retained the rights for live coverage of the US National Hockey League in a six-year deal that will keep its flagship Hockey Night in Canada programme…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Latest football deals in Europe and Americas
Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup, Euro, Copa and other football
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body.Â
Canada buys all Serie A rights
North American deals now total €27 million
Skating on thin ice as TV ratings take a tumble
ISU president's 'threat' to move figure skating championship from United States is a 'negotiating tactic'
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football in the Americas, Europe; rugby union
Football: Caribbean sports cable channel SportsMax acquired the free-to-air and pay-television rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014 in a deal worth $18m (ÂŁ9.3m/€13.7m).Â
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Horseracing, cycling, swimming and more
Horseracing: Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network acquired live rights to 13 premier race meetings in 2007 from the Australian Racing Board, which brokered the deal through TVN, owners of …
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, rugby union, motorsport and more
Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired a package of free-to-air rights for English football’s Premier League in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10.Â
One more NFL deal to agree one
There remains one last piece of the NFL puzzle to be sold
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup and national team football, Formula 1
Football: The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.
CBC to keep NHL after commercial challenge fades
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC is expected to renew its long-standing rights deal with US ice-hockey’s National Hockey League, although it will have to pay more and share the most attractive m…
New F1 TV deals last beyond key Concorde date
Ecclestone bolsters control by agreeing long-term television deals
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics and football
Olympics: The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
What losing means for EBU’s future
Uefa was disappointed with the EBU’s final presentation
CBC ‘should know bids are not about market rate’
CBC has come under widespread criticism for bidding too low for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics