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KEITH WOOD SIGNS Radodirect deal - 28 Feb 2013
RaboDirect, the savings bank and sponsor of the RaboDirect PRO12, has announced that former Ireland and British and Irish Lions international Keith Wood will become the bank’s Voice of Rugby. read more
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BT Sport acquires ESPN UK channels - 25 Feb 2013
BT Sport took another step towards a serious challenge on BSkyB’s dominance of the football world in the UK after the telecommunications giant announced the acquisition of ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels business. The agreement means that FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Europa League and the German Bundesliga will now be added to the increasi… read more
Nolan Partners SI Breakfast Club reveals lineup - 21 Feb 2013
The Nolan Partners Sport Industry Breakfast Club is delighted to announce its first two speakers of 2013, with some of the industry’s most influential figures once again gracing the stage this year. read more
Sky Sports News makes International Debut - 21 Feb 2013
As part of its international channels activity, BSkyB has entered into a multi-year agreement with Modern Times Group (MTG), parent company of European pay TV operator Viasat, that will see Sky Sports News HD and a selection of support programming and features distributed exclusively to sports fans in the Nordic and Baltic regions. read more
Triathlon Series reveals record viewership - 19 Feb 2013
The ITU World Triathlon Series has announced record television viewing figures for 2012, with an 18% increase recorded, according to analysis conducted by IFM Sports, with broadcast time also topping 1,000 hours for the first time. read more
BBC Radio to continue horse racing coverage - 18 Feb 2013
BBC Radio has extended its coverage of live horse racing until at least 2016, with Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra's Cheltenham Festival broadcast covering all 27 races are broadcast live. read more
NBA fans treated to unlimited stat access - 18 Feb 2013
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched a new digital platform, which aims to provide fans with previously unprecedented levels of access to the statistics behind the sport with the development of NBA.com/Stats. read more
Sport remains dominant UK sports mag - 15 Feb 2013
Sport, the weekly free magazine published by UTV Media, remains the country’s biggest dedicated sports magazine according to official industry figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. read more
Channel 4 extends Paralympic partnership - 11 Feb 2013
Channel 4, official broadcaster of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, has won the British broadcast rights to the 2014 winter Paralympics in Sochi and the next summer Paralympic Games, Rio 2016. read more
Norwich reveals Bloomberg Sports deal - 11 Feb 2013
Bloomberg Sports has agreed a deal with Norwich City, brokered by the club’s marketing partner Front Row Marketing Services, which will see the Premiership side become the first football club in the League to use Bloomberg Sport’s BSports Match Analysis System. read more
ARSENAL reveals WEBSITE RE-DESIGN - 06 Feb 2013
Arsenal Football Club has re-launched its award-winning website, www.arsenal.com, with a range of developments designed to make it easier for fans around the world to learn all the latest about the club. read more
RBS 6 Nations reveals YouTube partnership - 04 Feb 2013
The RBS Six Nations has announced a partnership with YouTube that will see match highlights and exclusive content made available for YouTube viewers worldwide for the next three seasons, with the first pieces of content online within minutes of the action taking place during the opening weekend. read more
Live football increases talkSPORT figures - 31 Jan 2013
talkSPORT achieved over 3 million listeners according to industry figures released by RAJAR on Thursday, with the station’s live football commentary on Saturday afternoons providing a 32% increase in listeners from the previous quarter. read more
Future & PA launch new football magazine - 28 Jan 2013
Future, the international media group and digital publisher, is partnering for the first time with the Press Association (PA) to launch Football Week - a weekly international iPad magazine for global followers of the English Premier League. read more
News International obtains football rights - 24 Jan 2013
The Premier League has awarded domestic near-live clip rights to News International for all 380 league fixtures from next season, until the 2015/16 season. read more
Football demographic study reveals record imports - 22 Jan 2013
The CIES Football Observatory has published its annual Demographic Study, with data contained in the 2013 edition revealing expatriate presence in the European games has reached a new record high. read more
Jon Culshaw in Prostate Cancer Appeal - 21 Jan 2013
Impersonator Jon Culshaw has added some famous faces from the world of sport to his repertoire for the first time for a series of adverts aimed at raising awareness of prostate cancer. In three ads - with a serious message - Culshaw appears as football manager Harry Redknapp, racing pundit John McCririck and Italian sports journalist Tizia… read more
BT appoints Pitch for sport channels launch - 18 Jan 2013
BT, who will venture into the world of sport broadcasting this summer with its own sports channel, has appointed Pitch PR to handle the launch as part of a brief potentially worth up to £3 million. read more
BT Sport acquires women’s tennis rights - 14 Jan 2013
BT Sport has agreed a new deal with the Women's Tennis Association to acquire a package of rights to show live women’s tennis, as the channel bolsters its rights portfolio ahead of its launch later this summer. read more
European Clubs Lament AFCON timing - 14 Jan 2013
Managers across Europe have voiced their concerns over the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations and the effect it has on their teams. The tournament - which kicks off on Saturday - features 368 players from clubs in 55 countries, resulting in key players leaving their clubs at a crucial period of the season. read more
Sky Sports announces NBA coverage deal - 08 Jan 2013
The NBA has expanded its media coverage in the UK after agreeing a new live broadcast deal with Sky Sports, who will also show NBA London Live 2013 exclusively live this month, as part of a new agreement for live games throughout the current season. read more
ESPN & Budweiser team up for FA Cup - 04 Jan 2013
Following last season’s successful tie-up, ESPN and Budweiser are set to continue their collaboration around this year’s FA Cup - with an integrated campaign covering advertising and content, including several new elements. read more
Coral reveals Olympic legacy results - 02 Jan 2013
Coral has commissioned a poll to see how many Olympic fans had transferred their passion for London 2012 to take up a new sport this winter, and it appears the Olympics may well have had a lasting impression on British sport with 72% of the public questioned revealing they have done just that. read more
RFU set for first ever RefCam trial - 20 Dec 2012
The RFU Championship will trial the first ever use of “RefCam” in a live rugby union broadcast when Newcastle Falcons take on London Scottish this Sunday. The RFU Championship fixture will show footage from a camera placed on the shirt of match referee Matt Carley, including close-ups of the scrum. read more
ESPN UK continues Euroleague coverage - 20 Dec 2012
ESPN UK is set to continue its coverage of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague from the beginning of this season’s Top 16 phase, after announcing a new deal with Euroleague Basketball. read more
SPOTY peaks at 14.5m viewers - 18 Dec 2012
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012 was watched by a peak audience of 14.5 million on Sunday, as the event pulled in its largest viewership for two decades, with the BBC1 end-of-year review show also watched live by a record 16,000 people at the London Excel Centre. read more
RMG to manage Ascot’s media rights - 17 Dec 2012
Ascot is set to join Racecourse Media Group, the parent company of Racing UK TV, which will be responsible for the distribution of all of the racecourse’s media rights in the UK and overseas from June 2014. read more
Sky Sports secures Caribbean cricket deal - 14 Dec 2012
Sky Sports will show England’s next four tours to the West Indies as part of a new eight year deal with West Indies cricket. The agreement includes every major Test playing nation live from the Caribbean and features all Test, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals played in the region until 2020. read more
BBC to broadcast 2013 world champs - 14 Dec 2012
Channel 4 has given up the rights to the 2013 World Athletics Championships meaning the BBC will broadcast next year’s event. The BBC already has rights to broadcast the World Championships in 2015 and 2017, with the latter set to be staged in London’s Olympic Stadium. read more
Sports Revolution & Absolute Radio Team Up - 14 Dec 2012
This weekend, Sports Revolution, the sports media and marketing group, and UK radio network Absolute Radio, will team up by using Twitter to connect fans at 16 UK football stadia with Ian Wright’s Saturday show, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Football’, the station’s home of live Barclays Premier League commentary every Saturday. read more
Best of British break records for #SIA2013 - 12 Dec 2012
As a landmark year in British sport draws to an end, entries to the Sport Industry Awards 2013 have closed with a record number of campaigns, brands and programmes submitted for the industry’s flagship celebration of commercial success in sport. read more
MP & Silva report MLS growth - 06 Dec 2012
International media rights company MP & Silva has reported a 28% rise in the number of countries signing up for media rights to broadcast Major League Soccer (MLS) matches. The latest figures reveal considerable growth in a second successive season with Asia, Central Asia, Caribbean and Eastern European regions becoming major supporters. read more
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