Americas
Last-minute deal puts Al-Jazeera on Formula 1 grid
Middle East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport has acquired the region’s television rights for Formula One in a last-minute deal.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
Motorsport: German pay-broad-caster Premiere acquired the exclusive live rights for US motor racing’s Nascar and Indycar series for the 2006 season.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, golf and Commonwealth Games
Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.
TV RIGHTS 2: New Media round-up, baseball, rugby, tennis
Football: French mobile operator Orange acquired the mobile phone rights to France’s Ligue 1 in a two-year deal, covering the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.
TV RIGHTS CLIP 1: Football, Olympics, motor racing and others
Football: Italian broadcaster Mediaset acquired the broadcast rights across any medium to top Serie A club Inter Milan in a two-year deal worth €200m (£137m), covering the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
Expat TV rights soar in US, and cricket leads way
Expatriate communities in North America have turned themselves from a niche television audience into one of the fastest growing sports rights markets in the world.
Why NFL put long-term strategy above high cash bid
The decision by American Football’s National Football League to turn down strong commercial offers to its NFL Network is a major strategic move to develop the channel.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, cricket, motorsport, handball and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: ICC, World Cup and Euro football and more
Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.
Surprise win brings Score into the mainstream
Canadian cable sports channel The Score’s acquisition of English Premier League football rights was a surprise win over Rogers SportsNet.
Euro 2008 set to bring in $100m outside Europe
Uefa, European football’s governing body, is on course to bring in about £51 million for the 2008 European Championship outside Europe.
Fifa keeps faith with Globo despite Record’s big bid
Brazilian broadcaster Globo won the tv rights to the next two football World Cups despite making a lower bid than rival broadcaster Rede Record.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, Real Madrid, F1, rugby and more
Fox double in US and Australia
The Fox Soccer Channel and pay-operator Setanta acquired the Premier League rights in the USA for $57 million.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Premier League, other football, rugby, tennis
IAAF buys time on NBC to win back the public
The International Association of Athletics Federations has bought time on the NBC network in order to get free-to-air coverage in the United States of its flagship World Championships.
But $1bn may be hard for ICC
The ICC is struggling to generate the same intensity of bidding for its television rights as that seen for Indian cricket earlier this year.
TV RIGHTS 1: World Cup, Euro 2008, F1, golf, cricket and more
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.