Asia
Asia

Ecclestone desire for more races in Asia will hit audiences in Europe, which is still the biggest television rights revenue generator
Cricket
Asia

Broadcasters deliver "wake-up call" in the form of nominal bids for rights
Asia

Room for "tremedous growth" in Olympic coverage in Asian markets
Asia

But IOC are "waiting for the Japanese economy to come out of the doldrums"
Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Pan-Asian satellite channel Ten Sports agreed a sub-licensing deal with Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan for highlights of the forthcoming Indian tour of Pakistan
American Football
Asia

Football: German sports agency Infront did not take-up its €595m (£412m) option for the Deutsche Fussball Liga rights for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, failing to reach agreement over price. 
Boxing
Asia

Football:  German commercial broadcaster RTL acquired the rights for a package of seven or eight Sunday matches from the 2006 World Cup from agency Infront Sports & Media.
Cricket
Asia

Television rights for Asian cricket have traditionally been among the most competed-for in the world.

Football
Asia

Football’s ongoing European Championships may be attracting huge television audiences across Europe but in some of the poorer Asian markets it is not being shown at all.
Football
Asia

ESPN Star Sports is in the middle of tough negotiations with cable operators as it seeks to refund its huge outlay for English football’s Premier League.
American Football
Asia

Ice Hockey: The US National Hockey League signed a two-year deal with the NBC network, with an option to renew for a further two years
Basketball
Denmark

Football/Basketball: JCS Sports, owner of Israel’s two Sport 5 cable and satellite channels, acquired the rights for top Israeli football and basketball matches in a three-year sublicensing deal with pay-per-view company Charlton

Football
Czech Republic

Football: The Latin American broadcasting union, Organización de Telecomunicaciones Ibero-americanas, acquired the rights for the 2006 World Cup in 15 countries, excluding Brazil, from the Infront Sports & Media agency.

Basketball
Albania

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the rights for up to 49 matches in football’s 2006 World Cup from Swiss agency Infront Sports & Media.

Hockey
Argentina

The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.

Football
Asia

The ABU, according to the critics, faces an uncertain future

Football
Asia

Malaysian commercial broad-caster TV3 is close to signing a deal for the 2006 World Cup
Asia

The legal and administrative chaos surrounding the Board of Control for Cricket in India will almost certainly cost it millions of dollars