Americas
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Horseracing, cycling, swimming and more
Horseracing: Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network acquired live rights to 13 premier race meetings in 2007 from the Australian Racing Board, which brokered the deal through TVN, owners of …
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Aussie Rules football, rugby league and tennis
Australian Rules: Australian pay-television operator Foxtel acquired pay-television rights for the Australian Football League in a sub-licensing deal worth A$315
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, rugby union, motorsport and more
Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired a package of free-to-air rights for English football’s Premier League in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10.
Will deals work for ABC, ESPN?
The elimination of NFL costs will push ABC towards near-term profitability
How deals will hit other sports
Commentators believe that the NFL deals will have a marked effect on other sports
One more NFL deal to agree one
There remains one last piece of the NFL puzzle to be sold
Shock switch of NFL rights marks TV strategy changes
Domestic deals for American football’s National Football League signals major changes of strategy
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, ice-hockey, golf and Olympic sports
Football: Czech commercial broadcaster Prima TV acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying €4m (£2.6m) in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup and national team football, Formula 1
Football: The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.
CBC to keep NHL after commercial challenge fades
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC is expected to renew its long-standing rights deal with US ice-hockey’s National Hockey League, although it will have to pay more and share the most attractive m…
New F1 TV deals last beyond key Concorde date
Ecclestone bolsters control by agreeing long-term television deals
IOC eyes high rising Hong Kong
The IOC will also start separate talks this spring in Hong Kong, a rights territory which, like China, has been treated as part of the ABU deal until now
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics and football
Olympics: The Bell Globemedia-Rogers Communications consortium won the Canadian rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
What losing means for EBU’s future
Uefa was disappointed with the EBU’s final presentation
CBC ‘should know bids are not about market rate’
CBC has come under widespread criticism for bidding too low for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
‘We bid to ensure victory, but we’ll get our money back’
there were three reasons for the unexpectedly high bid from the consortium of Bell Globemedia and Rogers
Winners, losers, and increased fees
The Bell Globemedia-Rogers bid is a huge rise on what CBC paid
CBC needs rethink on sport after misjudging Olympic bid
Failure of Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC to hold on to the television and new-media rights for the Olympic Games