talkSPORT will only air sports coverage from Aprill 2nd when it switches to a 24 hour sports station, allergy Seven days a week..

It will offer breaking sports news both day and night and increase its coverage of international sports, click including NBA, NFL and MLS updates, with correspondents around the globe.

talkSPORT has been extending its sports focused output over the past couple of years, with Richard Keys and Andy Gray joining the station in February 2011 to take over the mid morning 10am to 1pm slot and The Sports Bar joining the schedule last September.

The station is an official broadcaster of the Barclays Premier League and will broadcast every match of UEFA EURO 2012 live. Last autumn talkSPORT was the exclusive UK radio broadcaster of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the first time a commercial station has been the sole holder of the rights.

From this Friday evening The Sports Bar will be extended to five nights a week, replacing The Week With George Galloway on Friday nights and from 2 April overnight programming will focus on sport.

Moz Dee, talkSPORT programme director said: “Turning talkSPORT into a 24 hour sports station is an exciting yet natural next step for us. We want to change expectations of overnight radio, focusing on up to the minute sport news and information from around the globe. It gives us a great opportunity to work with an international network of sports reporters covering everything from American sports to British teams and athletes competing on the other side of the world, and makes us the only UK station focused on sport all of the time.”

by Ismail Uddin

MLB’s San Francisco Giants has agreed a new seven-year contract with radio station KNBR to continue to broadcast all its games.

“The Giants are delighted to extend our partnership with KNBR Radio through 2018,” team President and CEO Larry Baer said. “KNBR has played an integral role in the success of our franchise and is our primary link to our fans during Spring Training, the 162‐game regular season, post‐season and the off‐season. It is only fitting that KNBR, one of the great sports stations in the country, continue its long‐standing and successful association with the Giants as we work to deliver the best baseball experience for our fans and the Northern California community.”

This season marks the 34th year that KNBR has broadcast the Giants on its air. The new deal will keep San Francisco on 680 AM through the 2018 season.

The games will continue to be called by Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Jon Miler,  Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper.

by Ismail Uddin

Time Warner Cable and the Los Angeles City and San Diego Sections of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) have announced that they have entered into a 5-year agreement for Time Warner Cable to become the official content distributor of all Los Angeles City and San Diego high school sporting events beginning with the 2012 – 2013 season.

The deal, allergist supplemental to the landmark 2011, 15-year agreement for distribution rights to all CIF Regional and State Championship games, gives Time Warner Cable rights to distribute all LA City and San Diego Section high schools sports programming for games and matches through cable television, internet and mobile platforms.

The CIF has grown to become one of the largest youth sports organizations in the nation and has a proud heritage of providing equitable athletic competition for more than 1,500 high schools in California. The Los Angeles City Section includes all Los Angeles Unified School District schools and the San Diego Section includes all schools in San Diego County. Through this new relationship, Time Warner Cable brings additional elements to the overall high school athletic experience benefiting more than 757,000 student athletes involved in CIF.

“We are thrilled to begin this relationship between the CIF Los Angeles City Section and Time Warner Cable,” said Los Angeles City Section Commissioner Barbara Fiege. “We look forward to showcasing our student athletes, and providing this great opportunity for their parents, schools and communities.”

“The San Diego Section is very excited about the agreement with Time Warner Cable,” said CIF San Diego Section Commissioner Jerry Schniepp.” The exposure this will give to our student-athletes and schools will be very positive and we’re looking forward to working with Time Warner.”

Time Warner Cable’s CIF sports programming will feature a variety of sports, including coverage of boys and girls competitions, as well as profile pieces on student-athletes and coaches.

“As the largest cable provider in Southern California, Time Warner Cable is extremely supportive of local high school sports. We commend the CIF for providing opportunities to our youth, developing future leaders and creating stronger communities both on and off the field,” said Barry Rosenblum, Time Warner Cable’s Senior Vice President, News and Local Programming. “Our new agreement with CIF will provide local high school sports fans a myriad of opportunities to connect with their favorite local teams, players and coaches. We are thrilled to have the privilege of covering our hometown heroes.”

In addition to full length High School game coverage, Time Warner Cable’s Local Programming Channel SoCal 101 will feature weekly high school sports programming. Varsity Round-Up, a roundtable analysis and preview of the top games of the week, airs on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM, along with other seasonal interactive call-in shows that feature up-to date scores, highlights, interviews and more. 

Select games and other content from the CIF, and the LA City and San Diego Sections, are also expected to be available on Time Warner Cable Sports’ new Los Angeles based English and Spanish language Regional Sports Networks, which will launch in 2012.

by Ismail Uddin

Die Münchner The Sportsman Media Group, cheap München, medic hat die kompletten Medienrechte an der Spanischen Fußballliga „La Liga“ für Deutschland und Österreich erworben. Das umfassende Rechtepaket beinhaltet die TV-, Internet- und Mobilfunkrechte.

Eine entsprechende Vereinbarung hat die Münchner Sportrechte und –marketing Agentur mit dem spanischen Medienkonzern Mediapro für einen Zeitraum von drei Jahren ab der Saison 2012/13 geschlossen. The Sportsman hält die entsprechenden Rechte bereits seit der Saison 2009/2010, dieser Vertrag läuft im Sommer diesen Jahres aus.

Thomas Krohne, CEO the sportsman, sagt: „La Liga ist seit vielen Jahren eine der besten Fußball-Ligen der Welt. Sie genießt im deutschsprachigen Raum erst recht seit dem Wechsel der deutschen Top-Spieler Özil und Khedira zu Real Madrid eine hohe Popularität. Wir werden weiter dafür sorgen, dass die deutschen Fans kein spanisches Top-Spiel verpassen müssen.“

Seit dem Rechteerwerb 2009/2010 wird La Liga sehr erfolgreich auf LAOLA1.tv ausgestrahlt. LAOLA1.tv erzielte mit den Live-Übertragungen von Spielen der Spanischen Liga in den vergangenen Spielzeiten wiederholt Traumquoten im Internet. Für die neue Rechtelaufzeit werde the sportsman alle Möglichkeiten der Rechtverwertung prüfen, erläuterte Thomas Krohne, und kündigte entsprechende Gespräche mit Interessenten im Markt an. 

RTL, clinic VRT and Telenet get media rights to the 2012–15 UEFA Europa League in Belgium replacing current content partners AB3 and EXQI Sport.

Free-to-air broadcaster RTL has won the French-language rights to the best match in each kick-off slot every matchweek. RTL will show both live matches as well as a highlights programme each matchweek on Club RTL.

In the Flemish language, national broadcaster VRT will screen live the best game of the matchweek on its channel Canvas, while pay operator Telenet will show a comprehensive selection of games every matchnight in both kick-off slots on its three Sporting Telenet-branded channels.

Both VRT and Telenet will broadcast highlights programmes each matchweek in the Flemish language.

Commenting on the award of UEFA Europa League media rights, UEFA said: “UEFA is delighted to continue its successful relationship with VRT in respect of the UEFA Europa League in Belgium and also to welcome RTL and Telenet into the UEFA Europa League family of broadcasters. Each of the three broadcasters has significant experience of working on the UEFA club competitions and their extensive broadcast knowledge and strong programming commitments will ensure significant exposure of the competition across Belgium.”

by Ismail Uddin

The Rome Braves, cure a Class-A minor league affiliate of Atlanta Braves has announced a a radio broadcasting agreement with TTA Broadcasting for the 2012 season.

Fans will be able to hear all regular season games on 95.7 FM The Ridge. J.B. Smith will handle play-by-play duties for all 140 games. 

95.7FM reaches northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama and is owned by TTA Broadcasting and the signal covers 9 counties. “We are happy to continue our relationship with the Rome Braves for the tenth consecutive season, health ” said General Manager Jim Bojo. We look forward to another great season at State Mutual Stadium.’ 

J. B. Smith will be behind the microphone for the play-by-play duties once again in 2012. It will be Smith’s third season as the “Voice of the Rome Braves.”

“We’re excited to broadcast Rome Braves baseball to Rome, Floyd County, and Northwest Georgia,” says Rome Braves General Manager Michael Dunn, “We truly enjoy our association with Jim Bojo and Randy Davis and are ready for the tenth season to begin.”

by Ismail Uddin

WGBA, Channel 26, in Green Bay, and WTMJ, Channel 4, in Milwaukee have reached an agreement with the Green Bay Packers in a multi-year partnership to lead the Packers Television Network.

The partnership between the Packers and the Journal Broadcast Group will include airing of Packers preseason games and “The Mike McCarthy Show,” as well as other programs. Journal Broadcast also owns WTMJ (620 AM), the flagship station of the Packers Radio Network.

“The Packers are excited to be working with the Journal Broadcast Group on the Packers Television Network and its programming,” Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said Friday.

The Packers’ statement did not disclose either the length of the deal or its financial terms.

In addition to the television programming, the partnership calls for an increase in cross-produced content with the Packers Radio Network.

“Our radio network partnership with the Packers dates back to 1929, and we are very excited to add the TV network to our long-standing relationship,” said Carl Moll, director of network operations for Journal Broadcast Group.

The Packers Television Network affiliate lineup is still being finalized. Other television programs are being developed.

WFRV, Channel 5 in Green Bay, had partnered with the Journal Broadcast Group on the Packers’ state TV network since 2003. Before that, WBAY, Channel 2, was the Packers’ local TV broadcast partner for more than 20 years.

by Ismail Uddin

UEFA announced that they have awarded all media rights for the 2012–15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in the Philippines to ABS-CBN.

Free-to-air channel Studio 23 and basic cable TV channel Balls will both broadcast one live game and a highlights programme each UEFA Champions League matchnight, pharmacy as well as one delayed game each matchweek.

Regarding the UEFA Europa League, sick up to three live matches per matchweek will be shown across the two channels. In addition, case a highlights programme and one delayed game will be screened every matchweek on each channel.

by Ismail Uddin

English soccer club,Sheffield Wednesday face a “distinct possibility” of going into administration, BBC Sport understands.

The Australian Rugby League Commission has ensured American households will have access to Rugby League through a key broadcasting agreement with American cable and satellite network FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer.

The exclusive US media rights agreement brings live coverage to FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccerbeginning March 1 through to the end of the 2013 season.

The network has committed to live coverage of the Telstra Premiership Grand Final, doctor | all three Harvey Norman State of Origin matches, see two live games from the Telstra Premiership each week and a half hour highlights program that features the key moments of every game in each round.

“By bringing the NRL Telstra Premiership to our family of networks, we have ensured that Rugby League fans across the United States have access to the sport’s most esteemed competitions,” said David Nathanson, General Manager of FOX Soccer.

“The NRL is an exciting, fast-paced brand of Rugby League, with some of the richest rivalries in the sport today. Coupled with the historic State of Origin series, we are providing our fans with a full slate of premier Rugby League properties.”

Australian Rugby League Commission Chief Executive, Mr David Gallop, said today that the partnership provided tremendous exposure for Rugby League.

“There is a strong competition being played in the US and healthy audience of people there who look for coverage of our games,” he said.

“This agreement gives a real sense of certainty around our telecasts going forward and the opportunity to expose the game to more fans.

“Rugby League is an amazing television sport and it is one that we believe can grow audiences in the US.”

by Ismail Uddin