Timid bids force Dalmiya to relent on Zee exclusion
Asian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya agreed a deal for the rights for a new annual Afro-Asia Cup competition with Nimbus Sport,
RTL in shock World Cup victory in Hungary
Commercial broadcaster RTL Klub snatched the Hungarian rights for the 2006 World Cup
Bartering helps NOS replace loss
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has filled the gaping hole in its schedule with two top foreign football leagues
Buying but maybe selling
RTL Group is understood to be in talks to acquire the Serbian Channel 3,
New Indian law hits cricket
The Indian government is to push through listed-events legislation that will have a major impact on the country’s sports broadcasters
RTL fights for top German rights as it expands abroad
RTL, the broadcasting arm of German media giant Bertelsmann, is facing challenging times
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: F1, motorcycling and more
Formula 1: Spanish sports agency Mediapro acquired the rights for Formula 1 in a five-year deal, 2009 to 2013, in a deal thought to be worth about €35m (£24m) a year.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football and basketball
Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
BSkyB’s monopoly ends on losing viewing streak
Average live English Premier League audience lowest since 2001-02
League wants free-TV deal, but has no power
Domestic league does not control its own rights, and pay-TV coverage is pushing fans towards free-to-air European football