Times Online: ITV ad revenue up as companies scrum for Rugby World Cup slots

Posted on 8 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

ITV1 ad revenues are up by an estimated 4 per cent to 5 per cent in September. All 48 Rugby World Cup games are being shown live on ITV, with 26 on ITV1. ITV paid £40m for the exclusive UK rights to the 2003 and 2007 tournaments.

Sunday Times: Media threaten walkout [at Rugby World Cup]

Posted on 2 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

AFP, one of more than 40 new organisations in dispute with the IRB over arrangements for covering the Rugby World Cup, threatened to pull out of reporting on the tournament.

Wall Street Journal: Sports Leagues Impose More Rules on Coverage

Posted on 17 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Sports entities, flush with television cash, are exerting more control over access, and reporters say their ability to provide fans with critical, unfettered analysis has been hampered along the way."

Hollywood Reporter: ESPN shut out of All-Star Game

Posted on 9 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Major League Baseball has limited ESPN's access to Tuesday night's All-Star Game after the network broke an embargo and broadcast news of the players' selections a few minutes after an exclusive, rain-delayed telecast on TBS."

Chron.com: NFL: Video: McClain, Anna-Megan try to avoid breaking 45-second rule

Posted on 2 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle has a hilarious protest against the National Football League''s new 45-seconds-of-video-a-day rule. (via PaidContent)

paidContent.org: NFL’s Totalitarian Policies About Online Video Coverage: Some More Details

Posted on 2 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

American football has joined the long list of sports leagues with rules restricting sports reporting in order to protect exclusive broadcast rights. Rafat Ali has some funny video showing the effects.

Tyndall Report: Copyright limiting sports and showbiz news clips online?

Posted on 28 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[S]ports leagues and movie studios should relax their ban on online use of their footage in legitimate news stories. Otherwise two interesting--although admittedly inessential--areas of coverage will get squeezed out of the mainstream video news agenda."

Followthemedia: The Collective Media Had Better Not Take Its Eye Off This Ball!

Posted on 26 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Aussie rules, college baseball, cricket, rugby, football -- lots of major sports are trying to contol journalists' access to protect the exclusive rights they sell to broadcasters. This issue is not going to go away soon.

Martin Stabe

A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism

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