Asia
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: US golf, sailing and more
Golf: US network NBC signed a six-year extension to its deal with the US Golf Association which gives it the live rights for the US Open, one of golf’s four Majors.
IOC to take Beijing ad income unless China pays higher rate
China will for the first time be pushed to pay proper money for the Olympic Games of 2010 and 2012 by IOC option.
Cricket listed-events decree casts cloud over Nimbus deal
Neo TV forced to share rights for India matches with Doordarshan
Election row may help Indian sports
Indian Supreme Court’s ruling fiercely critical of board’s presidential elections
Zee adds to already-healthy competition
Zee commits to launch of Zee Sports
Why listed events will hit cricket boards worldwide
The government wants to introduce listed-events legislation
Doordarshan bids for key series rights
Low offer by state broadcaster
India’s big winners and losers
Doordarshan looks set to win the exclusive television rights for Pakistan cricket tour
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
TV rights 1: football, golf and Commonwealth Games
Singapore pays up – two days late
Public-service broadcaster MediaCorp agreed to pay its share of rights fees for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, two days into the event.
Yahoo and MSN play for cricket
Yahoo and Microsoft’s MSN are hoping to make a big move into cricket in a bid to target a worldwide Asian audience.
IOC appoints Octagon to help in Korean talks
The IOC will travel to South Korea to start preliminary talks about the broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.
China is make-or-break for high-paying Fifa agencies
The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.