Asia

Football

I-Cable pays out to keep crucial content as battle with PCCW continues
Football

Deals made directly with broadcasters boost earnings
American Football

American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined…
Football

Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency. 
Cricket

Three Asian cricket deals renegotiated in a week

Consortium of Japanese broadcasters unwilling to pay more for loss-making content

Cricket

Formula One: French commercial broadcaster TF1 renewed its deal for Formula One, paying a significant increase.

Cricket

Cricket’s inaugural Super Series is being blacked-out in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Japan’s five main commercial broadcasters have agreed to pay a bigger share of the country’s television rights fees for the winter Olympics
Football

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Cricket

Indian sports fans face a stark choice next summer
Cricket

Pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to sign a deal for the England cricket team’s tour to Pakistan
Cricket

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal

Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will issue another controversial television-rights tender next week.
Cricket

Ice hockey: Nordic pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus acquired the live pay-television and pay-per-view rights for the Swedish Elitserien, the country’s top-tier league, from the Svenska Hockeyligan in a four-year deal, 2006-07 to 2009-10

Cricket

Asian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya agreed a deal for the rights for a new annual Afro-Asia Cup competition with Nimbus Sport,
Cricket

The Indian government is to push through listed-events legislation that will have a major impact on the country’s sports broadcasters
Basketball

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax