Australia
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro 2008 host country deal and other football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, cricket, hockey, boxing and NFL
Ad growth drives new media
English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Olympics, Fifa, Italian, Brazilian, English football
TV to score rugby windfall
Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Commonwealth Games, cricket, NHL and more
Commonwealth Games: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten and pay-operator Foxtel acquired the rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
How World Cup smashed viewing records in Europe
Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.
ICC waits on Indian ruling
African deal brings up $3bn for IOC
ESS needs new entrants to boost shaky market
French, German league football will top 2008 list
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Tennis, Olympics, football, hockey and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, cricket, motorsport, golf and more
Cricket: Asian pay-broadcaster Zee Sports acquired the Indian cable and satellite rights to India’s three-Test series against Sri Lanka in a deal with the newly elected Board of Control for Cricket in India
Aussie Rules talks stumble over rights-fee split
Tennis (mostly, Hewitt) breaks up Aussie Rules
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Formula One, football, others
Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV
F1 lifts fees in four major markets, even flagging Italy
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Snooker, cricket, tennis, cycling and others
Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m). The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.