Asia

Athletics
Albania

Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.

Cricket
Asia

“We want eyeballs and that's what matters to us foremost. You can't get bigger and better than our strategy. People all over the world ask me where can we watch IPL - now I can always say - you can watch it on You Tube." - Lalit Modi.

Football
Africa

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC said that it had secured the rights for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and other CAF events through to 2016 after agreeing a deal, reportedly worth…
Football
Asia

Australia-based FSA Media picks up Asia-Pacific distribution rights for next year’s Copa America.
Football
Albania

The major agencies are battling to add to their football federation portfolios in the countdown to the Euro 2012 qualifying draw next month.
Football
Africa

Football: Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI and sister channel Global TV sublicensed the rights for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from PT Electronic City Entertainment, the original licensee
Football
Africa

The international rights sales of English football’s Premier League continues to throw up interesting outcomes.
Football
Asia

The Premier League achieved an increase of some 15 per cent in Hong Kong after pay-operator I-Cable surprised observers by bidding strongly to retain the rights it lost three years ago.
Football
Asia

The success of Fifa in attracting a record television rights fee in China in its recent deal for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups may owe something to the IOC and the success of the Beijing Olympics.

Football
Africa

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights for all Fifa events between now and 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal worth about $125m (€83m).
Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)
Cricket
Asia

The Nimbus Communications agency’s newly extended deal for Indian cricket could guarantee the safe future of its broadcast subsidiary, Neo, for the best part of a decade.
Football
Africa

Indian broadcaster Zee is in the process of completing its takeover of Dubai-based sports broadcaster Ten Sports.
Baseball
Asia

Baseball: Chinese broadcasters Shenzhen TV, Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV acquired packages of rights for Major League Baseball matches in 2009 and 2010 in deals with Major League Baseball International,…
Football
Africa

A takeover of Saudi-owned Middle East pay-broadcaster Arab Radio and Television by Qatar-based Al Jazeera Sports is likely to still go ahead, according to industry insiders.
Asia

The success of new-media coverage in Chinese Taipei of last year's Beijing Olympics has helped the IOC secure its first-ever Winter Games deal in the country.
Cricket
Asia

Football: Middle East pay-broadcaster Al Jazeera Sports acquired the rights for Euro 2012 and 2016 in a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, worth $100m (€67m) overall. Al
Basketball
Asia

Boxing: German public service broadcaster ARD extended its television rights deal with boxing promoter Sauerland for one more year, taking it to the end of 2012, paying about €14m ($21m).