Africa

Football

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation’s hopes of raising the funds needed to acquire rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament were boosted after mining company First Quantum M…
Football

Public-service broadcaster the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for rights to this year’s Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
Horse Racing

Horse Racing: Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ agreed a two-year rights deal, for 2012 and 2013, with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses, for races in Ireland.
Football

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Cricket

Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom

Cricket

ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal

Football

Football: Uefa agreed deals in the Netherlands for the Champions League and Europa League for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Football

Zambian public-service broadcaster the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation has appealed for sponsorship in a bid to raise the funds needed to acquire rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Supersport, the sub-Saharan Africa pay-television broadcaster, acquired rights for the 2012 Olympic Games, which take place in London next summer
Football

The Confederation of African Football, the governing body for football in Africa, accused the International Olympic Committee of “disrespect” following the IOC’s reprimand of Caf’s president Issa Hayatou…
Basketball

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Basketball

Loss for Greek basketball clubs is smaller than expected
Rugby Union

France holds the key for 2015

Rugby Union

Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing

Basketball

Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league
American Football

Six Nations set to split international TV rights ... NFL takes rights to global market ... No ESPN-Al Jazeera joint bid ... ARD/ZDF force ski concessions
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, completed its Champions League rights process in Brazil by renewing deals with pay-television operator ESPN and free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte I…