Africa

Football

Senegalese telecommunications company Excaf Telecom has acquired rights for Ligue 1, the top division of football in France. The deal will run until the end of the 2014-15 Ligue 1 season
Cricket

IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Cricket

ECB bullish about growth in North America

Athletics

Latest ARD/ZDF athletics deal confirms market correction

Football

Agency defends Cup of Nations fee demands which broadcasters in Nigeria say are 'unsustainable'
American Football

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W
Football

The Nigeria Football Federation national governing body has complained to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) continental governing body about the fees being demanded for rights to the Africa Cup…
Football

The Africa Cup of Nations football tournament kicked off on Saturday without the tournament being available on free-to-air television in Nigeria after talks over a rights deal broke down, according to…
Football

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament
Football

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for all friendly matches featuring the South Africa national football team
Cricket

The recipe is simple: take the world’s most popular sport in a market primed for growth, get in while the sport, the broadcast market or the economy more generally is underdeveloped, invest in long-term p…
Basketball

Industry leaders highlight digital as the biggest game-changer in the last 15 years
Cricket

BT pushes Sky on Windies deal

Cricket

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has acquired live domestic rights for the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket matches between South Africa and New Zealand, but…
Cricket

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC and Cricket South Africa are yet to agree a rights deal for the national cricket team’s forthcoming home series against New Zealand, which begins this F…

A new sports television channel in Tunisia, called T Sport, will begin broadcasting on January 14
Football

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports, international sports broadcaster ESPN and UK pay-television broadcaster Sports Tonight acquired rights for a South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) game…
Basketball

Dutaret says events business can grow despite the crisis