Africa
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
SABC agrees deal for South African national football team rights
South Africa public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a deal with the South African Football Association for rights to the South African national team home matches for the next three seasons, 2012-13…
SABC sets October target for new sports channel launch
South Africa public-service broadcaster the SABC plans to use recently-acquired NBA basketball rights to help launch a long-mooted new sports channel in South Africa on October 1
Al Jazeera, FA and Kentaro talks slow Uefa’s launch plan
Uefa in last-minute talks with Al Jazeera and AMI to buy back England qualifier matches
Portugal’s Sport TV boosts presence in Africa with new channel
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has launched a new sports channel in the Portuguese-language African markets of Angola and Mozambique
ESPN acquires international Aussie rules broadcast rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa for the Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, in a three y…
Deloitte suggests Premier League content sharing to boost Kenyan pay-TV
The Communications Commission of Kenya, the country’s media regulator, should consider forcing pay-television broadcaster DStv to sell on some of its English Premier League content to rival companies i…
Lagardere’s Qatar connection
Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal
Supersport appointed host broadcaster of rugby Junior World Championship
Supersport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, has been appointed host broadcaster of this year’s rugby union Junior World Championship in South Africa.
SuperSport to be delivered via connected-TV app in partnership with Samsung
Samsung and SuperSport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, have partnered to create an application for the electronics company’s internet-connected television sets in South Africa.
NFL closing in on global deal after Nordic renewal
NFL set to follow Nordic deal with IMG Media renewal
NBA bounces back from lockout with a series of deals
Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Octagon treads softly in Africa
IOC adopts revenue-share model in Africa after Fifa 2010 World Cup experiment
Sportfive’s gamble paying off
Sportfive set to make healthy profit on Caf rights deal
Sportfive ‘creating a market where there wasn’t one’
'Creating a market' with no audience measurement data
Namibia gets coverage of Africa Nations Cup
Public-service broadcaster the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation agreed a sponsorship deal with mobile telecommunications company MTC which has helped it fund the acquisition of the rights for the 2012…