Brazil

Cricket

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.

Football

Brazilian broadcaster Globo won the tv rights to the next two football World Cups despite making a lower bid than rival broadcaster Rede Record.

Football

Football: The English Premier League signed a number of deals in several territories for its television rights for the the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Athletics

Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Basketball

Increased fees and coverage in Italy and Spain, but no renewal in UK, and fees and contract lengths fall in France and Germany
Football

Eight of the world’s Top 10 leagues for domestic audiovisual revenue are European and two Latin American, according to a new report comparing rights deals by TV Sports Markets.

Basketball

Football: Middle-East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for European club competitions the Champions League and the Uefa Cup in three-year deals worth a combined $200m (£102m/ €136m). 
Cricket

African football revenue sharing, Digitürk spoiler, legal challenge to funding of Brazil's Record, CSI drops cricket commission rate
Football

Nordic alliances, Royal League dead, bid for Israel's Sports Channel, Record Canadian Audiences for English Premier League
Football

Global TV wants compensation for disrupted feed
Football

Football: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF acquired the rights for all 31 matches of the Euro 2008 tournament in a deal worth €10m (£7m). 
Football

Football: France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel agreed new deals for top-tier Ligue 1.

Football

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

Football

Football: The English Premier League sold the rights for its internet and mobile clips packages to various companies worldwide for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10, bringing in about $40m (£20m/€29m).
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Football

Olympics: Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster I-Cable Communications acquired the new media rights for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and all media rights for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and…

Brazil’s only free-to-air sports channel, TV Esporte Interativo, is seeking financial investment
American Football

Boxing: German public-service broadcaster ARD acquired the rights for a minimum 12 fights a year from Sauerland Promotions in a four-year deal, 2008 to 2011, renewing a previous contract