A potential drop in revenue for TV rights sales for the upcoming 2014 Football World Cup Finals could see governing body FIFA pursue further pay TV deals for future events, according to Tim Westcott, Principal Analyst, TV Programming, IHS Technology. He notes that FIFA’s reported revenue from sales of the 2014 finals amounts to $1.733 billion so far, with Europe accounting for 50 per cent of the total, ahead of Asia and North Africa with 22 per Read more [...]

BBC and ITV have signed a new deal with FIFA to broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup across TV, radio and online Securing the shared exclusive rights for BBC and ITV continues the free-to-air broadcasting of FIFA World Cup tournaments to UK television viewers, as well as encompassing online and radio coverage. The 2018 finals will be the 14th consecutive FIFA World Cup that BBC and ITV broadcast together, continuing their long-running Read more [...]

TRENTON — Mediation efforts by Mercer County officials on behalf of various charitable organizations have succeeded in freeing cash from the owners of the defunct Trenton Titans hockey team, but season ticket holders are still owed thousands, and more than a half-million dollars is sought by creditors in bankruptcy court proceedings. The Titans, a former East Coast Hockey League member based at Sun National Bank Center, went out of business a year ago and all but shut their doors to appeals Read more [...]

AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- An Ohio woman whose medical record was posted to Facebook, revealing her name and a syphilis diagnosis, has sued the hospital where she was treated and the worker who accessed her information.The 20-year-old Cincinnati woman, who filed the lawsuit this week in Hamilton County court, said that the events of the case were set in motion Read more [...]