Broadcasting
We have extensive experience of drafting and negotiating broadcasting agreements. We advise both buyers and sellers on packaging, producing, acquiring/selling programming across all media platforms throughout the world. We advise on production and host broadcast agreements; magazine and highlights programming; international licensing and distribution of programming; format licensing and rights protection; satellite and technical services; broadcast sponsorship and regulation; broadcast rights protection and disputes; off-tube commentary; etc.
Through years of experience of dealing with broadcast rights for major sports events, we have developed the skills and contacts to deal with any sports broadcasting projects. As digital TV platforms, broadband uptake and mobile wireless technologies change the options available for buyers and sellers of rights, we advise our clients on capitalising upon the new value-creating opportunities that are emerging in the sports and media sectors.
Contacts: Jon Higton, Dan Harrington
Recent experience includes advising on:
- Nimbus' US$612,000,000 acquisitions of global media rights to all cricket matches played in India until 2011
- Several bids and subsequent acquisitions of FA Premier League TV rights and mobile and Internet clips rights for various territories through to 2010
- A number of successful bids for the acquisition of the FA's TV, Internet and mobile rights for various territories
- Ascot racecourse's new media distribution joint venture for licensing of racing footage live to bookmakers
- Six Nations Rugby's broadband rights agreements with AOL and Virgin Media and mobile rights agreement with O2
- Global listed events/anti-siphoning legislation for an African broadcaster
- Acquisitions of premier sports and entertainment programming by a new pan-African DTH satellite broadcaster
- Acquisitions of broadcast and Internet rights to Italian Serie A football
- Nimbus' bids to acquire media rights for the FIFA World Cup, Euro 2008 and the ICC Cricket World Cup
- A1 Grand Prix's global media rights distribution and implementation
- ITF's Davis Cup licensed broadcaster agreements
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