Americas

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

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…
Football

Football: UK commercial operator ITV and pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights for the FA Cup knock-out competition and England national team matches in a four-year, £425m (€623m) deal with the En…
Cricket

Tennis: Asian broadcaster Ten Sports sublicensed coverage of the finals of this year’s French Open tournament to rival pay-operator Zee Sports.

Football

Football: Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Cuatro sublicensed the non-exclusive rights to at least seven matches from the upcoming World Cup from rival broadcaster La Sexta in a deal worth €20m (£14m).

Athletics

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.

Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 
Baseball

Olympics: Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster TV Record acquired the Brazilian media rights across all platforms for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympics Games in London in a $60m (£31m/€45m) de…
Football

North American deals now total €27 million
Football

Some larger clubs in favour of breaking with traditional broadcast partner, despite threat of legal action
Ice Skating

ISU president's 'threat' to move figure skating championship from United States is a 'negotiating tactic'

Brazilian commercial broadcaster pays huge fee to capture important rights deal
Baseball

Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 agreed a deal with the Infront agency for the pay-television rights for the 2006 World Cup and sublicensed them to pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and its own cable and satellite channel Eurosport.

Cricket

Global Cricket Corporation will be handicapped when it bids for the next round of rights.

Football

Football: Caribbean sports cable channel SportsMax acquired the free-to-air and pay-television rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014 in a deal worth $18m (£9.3m/€13.7m). 
Football

TV Azteca and Televisa have unofficially agreed not to compete for football

Football

Brazilian broadcaster agrees to sublicense premium channels to pay television rivals
Football

FIFA: World Cup rights were not Caribbean Football Union's to sell