Africa
Falling market drops South Africa fee
Asian broadcaster Ten Sports secured the rights for international cricket in South Africa despite reducing its initial offer by about $10 million.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football: Premier League gets £1.78bn, La Liga, Serie A sales
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, basketball, cricket, golf, F1, motorsport and rugby
African boom busted as GTV dream dies in the downturn
The collapse of GTV this week has raised fears that the African sports rights boom of the last two years is destined to be short-lived.
SABC ‘wants cake and icing for free’ in listed-events claim
Show me the money: the Top 10 deals of 2008
New domestic deals for two of Europe’s top five football leagues accounted for two of the three biggest television rights contracts signed in 2008.
South Africa deal hits the skids as banks feel the heat
TV Rights Deals 2: Athletics, women’s British Open and more
TV Rights Deals 1: Bundesliga, Bulgaria and more
SABC listed-events lobbying ‘unlikely’ to change much
A review of South Africa’s listed-events legislation is generating concern among the country’s broadcasters and rights holders.
TV Rights Deals 1: Football World Cup, Brazil and more
Football: The African Union of Broadcasters signed a deal with Fifa for the English, French and Portuguese-language television and radio rights to the 2010 World Cup.
World Cup deal ends Africa’s “big brother” relationship
A new strategic cooperation between the African Union of Broadcasters and Fifa, covering the 2010 football World Cup, will give Fifa a direct relationship with broadcasters in the region for the first time.
BSkyB grabs RFU to leave Premiership, Sanzar in a fix
UK pay-operator BSkyB’s new five-year deal with the Rugby Football Union was a classic smash-and-grab move that will strengthen its position in the ongoing negotiations for English rugby union’s top-tier domestic league.
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Globo said that it was in talks with the Team Marketing agency about the possibility of acquiring rights for European football’s Champions League competition from 2009-10 to 2011-12.
TV Rights Deals 1: Champions League, World Cup, Bundesliga and more
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