Fox (USA)
Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
US boxing landscape transformed by new deals, but broadcasters more cautious than advertised
DAZN bids for Sudamericana rights in Latin America after modifying Diez Media deal
A new day for Fox as it bets big on Thursday Night Football
Fox’s acquisition of broadcast rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football package is the first step in the US media group’s rebuilding project after many of its assets were sold to Disney.
ANFP earns increase in value of Chilean national team matches
The Chilean football federation has earned a slight increase in the value of its national team friendly and qualifier matches in a new deal with Chilevisión.
Uefa close to signing off club deals in China, Japan and the US
Americas success story drives Formula E renewal
A successful inaugural Formula E season drove Fox to extend its Latin and North American deals ahead of time.
Fox deal spares Fifa further court appearance and possible exposure of 2022 award process
Fifa avoided the prospect of going back into a US court by agreeing to extend its World Cup rights deal with Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Sports last month. But getting off the legal hook comes at a price, in terms of questions about Fifa’s governance and also, possibly, in having sold the rights at well below market value.
Did Fifa get the best possible deal from the US market?
US could help centenary event double TV income
The centenary version of the Copa América, which will take place in the US in June 2016, looks likely to earn at least twice as much in media rights income as the 2015 Copa América.
IOC and NBCU take leap of faith as US scramble for sport intensifies
The International Olympic Committee has robustly defended last week’s long-term deal with US media group NBCUniversal on the three key areas in which it has come under scrutiny.
Silva sets sights on motorsport
The MP & Silva agency said that its deal earlier this month for the FIM Superbike World Championship in Latin America, excluding Brazil, and the Caribbean, was part of a strategy to expand into the region and into motorsports generally.
All signs positive as soccer continues inexorable US rise
The top US football league, Major League Soccer, and the country’s national football association, US Soccer, enjoyed a five-fold increase in the value of their domestic media rights at the end of a long and complex set of negotiations with broadcasters ESPN, Fox and Univision Deportes.
Gerard Romy, managing director, Mediapro
Interview with Gerard Romy, managing director of Mediapro, following the company’s Formula One rights deal in Central and South America, and the Caribbean
Mexico finally set to open up
Mexico could finally be opened up to competition after regulatory intervention
Murdoch needs Uefa battering ram
Murdoch pays Champions League premium in US and Germany
Boos, cheers and indifference – broadcasters on the winter World Cup
Broadcasters around the world have very different views on winter World Cup
Fox losses to the networks start to look like a trend
Fox loses more sport to the networks in Australia
Ten picks up Champions League T20 rights for a song
CAA Eleven gets off to good start in uphill struggle
CAA Eleven gets off to a good start with sales of the European Qualifiers but still has uphill battle to hit Uefa targets
Bidders run the numbers on ESPN America channel
A buy-out deal for ESPN America could be weeks away, with Setanta, Chello and Eurosport all in the frame
Premier League in-house policy
Sky football deal was world No.1 for 2006
UK pay-operator’s English Premier League deal was year's largest television sports-rights deal.
Setback for rugby as ESPN ‘doesn’t even return’ calls
HBO on ropes for putting all top fights on ppv
US television networks HBO, Showtime and ESPN set to increase amount of boxing shown