Americas

American Football
Australia

Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m).  The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.

Ice Hockey
North America

The North American National Hockey League has effected a remarkable turnaround
Football
Brazil

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Boxing
Canada

Formula 1: Spanish sports agency Mediapro acquired the rights for Formula 1 in a five-year deal, 2009 to 2013, in a deal thought to be worth about €35m (£24m) a year.
Basketball
Argentina

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax
Football
Chile

Domestic league does not control its own rights, and pay-TV coverage is pushing fans towards free-to-air European football
Football
Argentina

Torneos and Clarín give in to demand for big fee increase
Football
Brazil

Bid of over R$500 million per season bid a possibility as Record prepares to launch new sports channel
Curling
Canada

The Canadian Curling Association could find it difficult to agree a new television deal after pulling out of its four-year contract with CBC, the Canadian public-service broadcaster, after only one year
American Football
Asia

Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
Football
Asia

Football: Pay-operator Premiere acquired the Austrian pay-television rights for the top two domestic leagues, the Bundesliga and the Zac Erste division, in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Athletics
Asia

Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.

Swimming
Canada

Canada’s French-language public-service SRC is racing against time to organise the host-broadcasting of the world swimming championships
North America

CBC to re-new Formula One deal
Baseball
North America

Major League Baseball is considering the launch of its own cable network to broadcast games covered by its main television-rights package.

Football
Asia

IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
North America

Venue for 2014 Winter Games is yet to be chosen, and an unfavourable timezone could lower US rights fee
Australian Rules Football
Canada

Ice hockey: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC retained the rights for live coverage of the US National Hockey League in a six-year deal that will keep its flagship Hockey Night in Canada programme…