Having secured the rights to elite Japanese soccer’s J-League last week, One World Sports has obtained exclusive North American rights to South Korea’s K-League soccer under terms of an agreement signed with World Sport Group.

An exclusive Game-of-the-Week will be presented on television for each round of the K-League season, which runs for 30 weeks, ending October 30 with games also made available on broadband and mobile.

Preston Bornman, President, One Media Corp, parent company of One World Sports, said: “With the acquisition of the multi-screen K-League football rights, we continue executing on our strategy to deliver Asia’s best soccer events live on TV, broadband and mobile to U.S. sports fans. With Korea’s solid World Cup showing and many Korean players active in Europe, the K-League is an obvious high-quality product to provide US audiences.”

Mark Hardess, President, ASEAN and Australia, World Sport Group, added: “One World Sports did an outstanding job covering the AFC Asian Cup 2011 Qatar, and this license will provide additional fuel to accelerate the growth of K-League soccer coverage in the United States. With this multi-screen K-League football license, we continue to deliver Asia’s best soccer events live on TV, broadband and mobile to U.S. sports fans.”

The K-League is the country’s highest and most prestigious level of soccer competition and the popularity of soccer has exploded in Korea with the 2011 K-League stadium attendance growing 138 per cent since 2010.

Having successfully delivered the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup, leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery, GlobeCast has announced that it will also deliver the on-going Indian Premier League (IPL).

Under the terms of the agreement, GlobeCast will bring the world feed in HD to Nimbus/Times Internet and a unilateral feed for Sony (Multi-Screen Media) in SD. The global content transmitter will be delivering 450 hours and 74 matches from over 12 venues in 51 days for the Twenty20 tournament. 

In March, GlobeCast delivered the ICC Cricket World Cup for ESPN Star Sports, the host broadcaster and rights holder of the series. GlobeCast deployed a crew to over 13 venues in three countries, moving between India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. GlobeCast covered 49 matches in the series and a cumulative 600 hours over 43 days.

ESPN Star Sports received the live feed from the stadiums via GlobeCast at its studios in India for production and further customization for its networks.

For both events, several sets of HD and SD SNG vehicles were deployed at all venues. GlobeCast uplink the feeds straight from the event sites via the HD/SD SNGs on-site, sending the signals to the Americas, Asia and the rest of the world via its network agnostic hybrid satellite and fiber (GlobeCast Backbone Network) network.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has secured a broadcast agreement with Pan-African sports network SuperSport that will ensure TV coverage across Africa of all ITTF events.

SuperSport agreed a deal to retain the Pan-African rights for the UEFA Champions & Europa League tournaments and has signed this agreement due to the proactive drive of the ITTF to increase TV exposure of the sport in every continent.

ITTF president Adham Sharara said: “I am delighted that ITTF events will now be available on African TV screens. This has been a long-term goal of our Federation to provide top event access to our African member associations.

“This is now a reality due to the great efforts deployed by our Marketing Division as well as our Marketing and Media partners TMS International and Total Sport Asia. The synergy and positive work between these three entities is now bearing fruit to the benefit of our African members.”

ITTF – Africa President Khaled El-Salhy added: “It is a great opportunity for African table tennis to ensure the broadcasting of world class events through a well known broadcaster – SuperSport TV.”

Online forex broker UFX.com has signed a sponsorship agreement with Hennessy Sports and Golden Gloves for the anticipated WBC Silver Middleweight Title bout between Domenico Spada v Martin Murray.

The ‘Title Tornado’ event will be held at the Salle des Etoiles event hall, ed which is situated at the Sporting Monte-Carlo on Saturday 25^th October.

UFX.com will have their logo displayed in the centre and around the perimeter of the ring as well as on each of the four corner posts.

This is the first major sport event which the trading company has endorsed since their inception in 2007.

Dennis de Jong, site managing director of UFX.com, prostate said: “We are delighted to associate ourselves with such a high-profile sporting event. The Salle des Etoiles is a world-class venue and with what is at stake for the fighters involved, it is comes as no surprise the global interest already shown.

“It is expected that the action will be broadcast to over 100 countries, including China, USA, Canada, Western Europe and Africa. UFX.com attracts individuals who are looking for a dynamic and competitive environment which will be reflected in the type of action we will witness in the ring on Saturday evening.”

The weekend’s action in the Principality sees Murray from Great Britain put his WBC Silver title on the line when he takes on the 34-year old Italian, Spada.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that ClearPlex, cure makers of leading automotive glass protection film, have entered into a multi-year agreement as an associate sponsor of their Verizon IndyCar Series and Tudor United SportsCar programs.

In addition, ClearPlex was named the Official Windshield Protection of RLL, with their proprietary films to be installed on all team vehicles and transporters providing an instant proving ground.

“We are excited to be partnered with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” said Chris Tomaszewski, VP/Counsel of ClearPlex Direct, the exclusive USA based distributor. “Rahal Letterman Lanigan are synonymous with excellence and the team is a perfect fit for ClearPlex, the first and only Patented and optically clear windshield protection film. ClearPlex is designed to take what the road or racing surface dishes out. Partnering up with a world class racing organization is the perfect way to showcase our technology on the world stage.”

“We are very pleased to welcome ClearPlex to the team,” added Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with CBS Late Show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. “I’m particularly pleased that they are a new sponsor to motor racing and I’m very proud and appreciative of their support.

“It’s a great product that we believe in and the Bobby Rahal Automotive Group will be utilizing this product at our dealerships in Pennsylvania. As more people learn about it through this partnership, I think it will produce a great return on their investment. We are very excited to help the company achieve the goals they have set by entering into this sponsorship.”

Team highlights for 2014 include a second place finish in race one of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Verizon IndyCar Series race by Graham Rahal as well as six podium finishes for BMW Team RLL, the team’s two-car sports car program that competed in the GTLM class of the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship.

A deal worth a combined A$1.25 billion (US$1.37 billion) to the Australian Football League (AFL) has been agreed by Seven West Media, ed Foxtel Management Pty Ltd. and Telstra Corp. to broadcast matches from 2012-16.

Seven West Media will broadcast four games each week during the AFL Premiership season, ask while pay-TV provider Foxtel will show every game of the season live except the grand final and re-establish a dedicated channel for the sport, salve the AFL said today.

Combined with the agreement with Telstra for online rights, officials including AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Demetriou negotiated the sport’s biggest broadcast deal as the league moves toward an 18-team competition from 2012 with the addition of a club based in western Sydney. The total cash contribution is worth A$1.118 billion ($1.218bn) compared with A$749 million ($815.8m) in the previous agreement, Demetriou said.

“This is a great outcome for the football industry,” Demetriou said in a televised news conference in Melbourne. “We didn’t set out to set records. We tried to do the best in the interests of the code.”

Foxtel is Australia’s biggest pay television operator with 1.55 million direct subscribers at December 31. Foxtel is half-owned by Telstra, the nation’s largest phone company, while 25 per cent stakes are held by Rupert Murdoch’s News. Corp. and James Packer’s Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. (CMJ).

Foxtel acquired the rights to exclusively show five of the nine regular-season games live in each round starting next year. Seven West secured free-to-air rights for four matches a week and hasn’t ruled out on-selling some games to rival Ten Network Holdings Ltd. (TEN), according to CEO David Leckie.

Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens has signed a sponsorship deal with Draftster.com, a leading daily fantasy sports platform.

This endorsement deal further confirms the attraction of professional athletes to this relatively new sector.

“We are very excited and proud to be working with a player the caliber of Terrell Owens. He has an edge that fans relate to and players are going to love having the opportunity to engage and challenge him in our contests,” said David Peterson, Draftster, CEO.

According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA), 32 million Americans spend $467 per-person or about $15 billion in total playing. Of that, roughly $11 billion is spent on football. That is a 13% gain from IPSO Public Affairs’ 2013 study.

“I’m very excited about joining the Draftster family. I spent a lot of time researching DFS platforms and can say they offer the best user experience I’ve seen,” said Terrell Owens. “I am really looking forward to challenging other players and expect to keep my name (terrellowens) in the top of the standings.”

“Athletes are the sole reason professional sports exist. Having them as an integral part of the Draftster experience is both a strategic decision and an issue of quality for us. We have great things planned and we’re stacking our decks for success,” commented Peterson.