Asia
Currency key to Japan IOC value
IOC deal in Japan looks good in dollars, not so good in Yen
ESPN and DirecTV team up to win Liga rights in Latin America
Competition in Brazil helps Spanish Liga net 70% increase
Sportfive’s gamble paying off
Sportfive set to make healthy profit on Caf rights deal
Bakrie World Cup deal founders
Bakrie's Indonesia World Cup deal with ISM founders
Big three players at the crossroads after changes at the top
Agencies at the crossroads
ESPN Star Sports acquires Bangladesh Premier League cricket rights
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired rights for cricket’s Twenty20 Bangladesh Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014.
Starhub acquires rights to S-League in Singapore
Singapore pay-television operator Starhub acquired rights for the 2012 season of the S-League, the top-tier Singaporean football league, in a deal with the Football Association of Singapore
Taj Television acquires Indian golf content for new channel
Indian pay-television broadcaster Taj Television agreed a three-year deal with the Professional Golf Tour of India for rights to all tournaments sanctioned by the tour from 2012 to 2014
IOC agrees deal in Japan for Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016
The International Olympic Committee agreed a deal in Japan with a consortium of broadcasters for the rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and the 2016 summer Games reported to be worth $472 million…
GMM Grammy targets more sport after Bundesliga rights
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy plans to bid for more major sports rights, after acquiring rights for German football’s Bundesliga from 2012-13 to 2014-15, and has established a new subsidiary, GMM 1…
India’s Premier League Soccer seeks pan-Asian rights deal
Organisers of the Premier League Soccer tournament in India are in talks with three broadcasters about a South Asia rights deal for the competition, according to Bhaswar Goswami, director of Celebrity…
Pitch’s confidence in English football provides boost for FA
FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession
Difficult year ahead in Europe
Eurozone crisis not the only challenge facing sports rights agencies in 2012
Uefa’s Indonesian bonus
Uefa enjoys big increases in Chinese Taipei and Indonesia
Vietnamese cartel frustrates Sportfive
Cartel makes life hard for Sportfive in Vietnam
IMG and NBA in talks to launch Indian league
Executives from the IMG Media agency have had talks with David Stern, commissioner of US basketball league the NBA, about establishing a professional basketball league in India, Bloomberg reports
Sportfive awards Olympic Games rights in Azerbaijan
Public-service broadcaster the Public Television and Radio Company of Azerbaijan (ITV) acquired free-to-air rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and the 2016 summer Games in a deal with the Sportfive…