Africa

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…
Football

The English Football Association is set to continue its round of international rights sales for 2008-12
Basketball

Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series
Football

Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for the Uefa Europa League in three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the Team Marketing agency,…
Basketball

Doubts over ECJ ruling delay Ligue 1 Euro deal ... Fox explores syndication ... Prisa close to key golf renewals ... Greek basketball’s high hopes ... French football goes to Brazil
Football

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the