Australia
ESPN Star Sports and Cricket Australia renew rights deal
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports renewed its deal with Cricket Australia for exclusive rights to the home matches of the Australian national team and Australian domestic cricket for a further five…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
IRB set to cash in on World Cup heroics of Les Bleus
France holds the key for 2015
World Cup income keeps growing
Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, ice hockey, Olympics and more
Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Euros, Spanish national team and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).
Setanta pays more but Sportfive still challenged in Asia
Euro 2012 fee up in Australia but agency faces a challenge in remaining markets
World Cup windfall for busy Fifa
Fees double across Asia, Australia, the US, Canada, the Middle East and Latin American territories
One, but not the same: two sides to a tale of failure
Divided opinions on why digital sports channel One HD failed
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Actions Sports, basketball, ice hockey, MMA, tennis and more
Action Sports: Apparent Gravity Media, the US-based distributor of action sports and motorsports, agreed a number of deals for the Dew Action Sports Tour and the AMA Motocross Championship series
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3:American Football, athletics, boxing, handball and more
American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
RFL bucks the UK trend with solid rights fee increase
Rugby's international tender
Golden Boy to take rights in house from next year
Golden Boy taking over
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: MMA, Olympics, skiing, table tennis, wrestling and more
Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Asian Games, athletics, boxing, darts, golf and more
Asian Games: The organising committee of the 2014 Asian Games signed memorandums of understanding with Korean networks KBS, MBC and SBS, provisionally appointing them as host broadcasters
DFL on the way towards target for international rights
Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Ice hockey, mixed martial arts, motorsports, sailing and more
Ice Hockey: Internet operator Laola1.tv acquired live rights for the Kontinental Hockey League, streaming its first match on September 15