Africa
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, Serie A football, Formula One
Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
FA tender to ignite ‘platform wars’ and double fees
Platform-specific packages aimed at pitting broadcasters against mobile and internet operators for new media rights
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: More football, handball, basketball and ice hockey
Football: Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub acquired the live rights for all matches in Germany’s Bundesliga 1 and Bundesliga 2 in a one-year sublicensing deal with German pay-broadcaster Premiere.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Fifa, Italian, Brazilian, English football
Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…
TV to score rugby windfall
Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: African, German, English and Scottish football
Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC sublicensed the rights for 143 matches of the Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, from pay-broadcaster SuperSport.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World, European and domestic football
Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Tour de France, Euro 2008, African Cup of Nations
Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.
South Africa first in line for ICC deal
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is close to agreeing its first overseas deal for International Cricket Council events from 2008 to 2011
ESS eyes up Twenty20 deals
Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close
ICC waits on Indian ruling
India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Golf, football, horseracing, basketball and more
Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.
African deal brings up $3bn for IOC
Latest deal, with South Africa's SABC for 2010 and 2012 Olympics, worth $18 million
Octagon fights to retain cricket renewal rights
The United Cricket Board is hoping to drop a contract with the Octagon agency so that it can take its international television rights in-house.
ESS needs new entrants to boost shaky market
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports faces a tough challenge to hit
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: NBA, Euro 2008, French, Spanish, Italian football
Basketball: US Disney-owned broadcasters ABC and ESPN and Time Warner’s Turner Sports extended their deals with the National Basketball Association for a further eight years from 2008-09 to 2015-16.