The Football League has agreed a record five year overseas broadcasting deal with global agency Pitch International for the worldwide distribution of matches from the beginning of the 2012/13 season.

A recorded rise of 15% in TV viewers for the AFC Champions League so far this year across Asia and the Middle East points to the growing popularity of club football in the region.

The Football Association announced that it has appointed BBC Worldwide as its licensing agent for the England and The FA Cup brands.

The Swiss Football League (SFL) will now receive SFr28 million ($34 million) per season over the next five years – a hike of SFr13 million from the previous television and marketing rights contract.

The Montreal Impact and the Quebecor Media Group announced a five-year partnership as the team prepares to join Major League Soccer in 2012, and TVA Sports has been named the official broadcaster of the club.

The in-home television coverage of the 2010 World Cup South Africa reached over 3.2 billion people around the world

Viewing figures released today that reveal a 28 per cent year-on-year increase for live Scottish Premier League games could prove an key bargaining tool in forthcoming discussions over television rights.

The women’s World Cup is proving popular in football-mad Germany as nearly 20 million viewers tuned in to watch the host team beat Nigeria and set a new television record.

Japan, China and Korea were the top three viewership markets with Japan capturing 43.2 percent of the total AFC Asian Cup 2011 audience, according to CSM Media Research released by the Asian Football Confederation

All-time highs for spectators and TV audience on first night of the tournament. Munich 2018′s Winter Olympic hopes boosted by record audiences at Women’s World Cup.