The political economy of television sports rights [electronic resource] / Tom Evens, Petros Iosifidis, and Paul Smith.

Sport on television is big business. Broadcasters across the world regularly agree highly lucrative deals for the television broadcast rights to cover major sporting events or competitions. At the same time, however, sport is about more than just commerce. Sport is a social and cultural activity pra...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Evens, Tom, 1983-
Other Authors: Iosifidis, Petros, Smith, Paul, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Palgrave global media policy and business.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Sports-Media-Business Complex
  • 2. The Sports Broadcasting Market
  • 3. The Social and Cultural Value of Sport
  • 4. The Importance of Free-to-Air Sports Broadcasting
  • 5. Competition Law and Sports Broadcasting
  • 6. The Regulation of Access to Major Sporting Events
  • 7: Australia
  • 8. Brazil
  • 9. India
  • 10. Italy
  • 11. South Africa
  • 12. Spain
  • 13. United Kingdom
  • 14. USA.