Asia
Unchallenged Sky pays increase for ICC rights
ESS bucks the trend and gets increase from Sky
Sport escapes Indian airtime squeeze
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has introduced strict limits in television advertising in the country but sports broadcasts will be exempt.
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Sri Lankan broadcasters in Olympics rights dispute
Sri Lankan state broadcaster SLRC plans to take free-to-air network MTV to court over a dispute surrounding the media rights to the London 2012 Olympic Games
Carlton acquires Sri Lankan Premier League cricket rights
Sri Lankan terrestrial sports broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network has acquired rights for the Sri Lankan Premier League, the new Twenty20 cricket competition
ESPN Star snaps up Spanish Liga rights in Singapore
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has acquired Spanish Liga football rights in Singapore in a deal covering three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
ESPN Star Sports joint venture split ‘imminent’, report says
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is on the verge of completing a buyout of Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN’s stake in their jointly-owned pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports, according to …
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
US Open serves up increases in Asia to match Euro deal
IMG Media helps US Open land 50 per cent increase in Asian rights
MP & Silva busy with football rights in Asia
MP & Silva takes big portfolio of club football rights to Asia
ChungHwa expects subscriber boost during Olympics
Chinese Taipei telco ChungHwa Telecom expects to attract at least 140,000 new subscribers to its digital television services for its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Nimbus interested in Pakistan Twenty20 league rights
The Nimbus Communications agency is interested in acquiring the rights for a proposed new Twenty20 cricket league operated by the Pakistan Cricket Board, according to the national governing body’s chairman, Z…
La Liga coverage in Thailand to be shown free-to-air
Coverage of live Spanish La Liga football will be available on free-to-air television in Thailand next season after the country’s La Liga rights-holder, pay-television operator RS, agreed sublicensing d…
News Corp set to buy out ESPN stake from ESS joint venture
ESPN withdrawal leaves Murdoch well placed for drive into India and China; BCCI deal confirms ESS demise
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Big CCTV deal pushes Sportfive towards fee target
CCTV keeps Sportfive on track
Sky muscles European Tour live rights off BBC
Sky muscles out BBC
Malaysian content-sharing regime will hurt Astro, say analysts
New regulations in Malaysia demanding sharing of sports rights content are a significant setback for local pay-television broadcaster Astro and could particularly benefit its key rival, Telekom Malaysia,…