Africa

Premier League enjoys massive increases in more key territories but cooling Middle East market provides a major challenge

New West Indies deal reflects changing world order in cricket

Nordic WTA talks

South African pay-television operator TopTV has agreed a deal to carry Setanta Action, a new action sports channel operated by pay-television broadcaster Setanta

Premier League turns to trusted partners in Africa and Singapore

BT Vision ambitions shake up UK rights market

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired exclusive rights from the Confédération Africaine de Football, the African football confederation, for the Africa Cup of Nations national team t…

Netball South Africa, the sport’s governing body in the country, has reached a five-year rights deal, from 2013 to 2017, with African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.

African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has extended its rights for the English Premier League for three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16

China deals push up Europa League values as Team ends sales cycle on a high

Mahfoud Kerbadj, the president of Algeria’s professional football league, is confident the competition’s domestic rights fee income for Ligue 1, the country’s top division, will “double or even treble”…

South African commercial broadcaster E.tv has acquired rights for the Uefa Champions League, Europe’s top club football tournament, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15. E.t

East African pay-television operator Zuku has acquired rights in Kenya for Ligue 1, the top division of French football, in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15

Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales

YouTube football deals good timing for Premier League

Pay-television broadcaster Al Janoubia has acquired and sublicensed on live rights for the Tunisian national football team’s qualifying match for the 2013 African Cup of Nations away to Sierra Leone t…