Africa

Football

Chief Executive confident making up for loss of Uefa Cup television rights business
Athletics

Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Basketball

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Football

Football: Indonesian media group Media Nusantara Citra, owner of free-to-air broadcasters RCTI, TPI and Global TV, acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying between $11m (£5.4m/€7.5m
Football

Competition between GTV and Supersport leads to big fee increases for African domestic football leagues

Boxing

Football: The England Football Association agreed deals for its international rights covering the fouryear period from 2008-09 to 2011-12, bringing in worldwide revenues of over $300m (£144m/€207m) - …
Football

International rights split between several agencies - revenue increases 275 per cent

Football

Football: Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 acquired the rights for the Danish national team home matches, paying DKr41.5m (£3.9m/ €5.6m
Cricket

African football revenue sharing, Digitürk spoiler, legal challenge to funding of Brazil's Record, CSI drops cricket commission rate
Football

African deal paves the way for IMG contract extension
Rugby Union

Rugby World Cup viewing in Europe, Oceania, Argentina, South Africa
Football

Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Cricket

The World Sport Group agency is set to recoup the bulk of its outlay on the overseas rights for cricket’s Indian Premier League from just two territories
Football

Football: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal worth €10m (£7m). 
Cricket

Rugby Union: Pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for South Africa’s domestic Currie Cup competition and home Test matches outside the Tri-Nations tournament.

Cricket

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star has got off to a strong start in its global sales for International Cricket Council events
Rugby Union

A new five-year deal for South African rugby is the latest example of pay-broadcaster Supersport’s land-grab of top rights
American Football

Athletics: The Dentsu agency signed a 10-year, €180m (£122m) deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations for the worldwide marketing rights and worldwide television rights outside Eu…