Caribbean
Indian rights boom hits ceiling as saturation reached
Saturation effect puts brake on Indian cricket rights boom
ESS gets more content as rights fee remains flat
ESS gets more Australia cricket for its dollar in five-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Fifa World Cup, South Asian Championship and more
Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).
Fifa rejects Jack Warner’s TV rights allegations
Fifa, football’s world governing body, refuted its former vice-president Jack Warner’s claim that he was allowed to purchase World Cup television rights at a nominal cost in return for helping Fifa pre…
Warner revelations ‘damage his own reputation too’
Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner tarnished his own credibility as well as that of football’s world governing body when he claimed last week that he was allowed to purchase World Cup television r…
Fastrack: Issue 15:21
FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Uefa competition rights up by 150% in the Americas
Brazil deals help Uefa achieve big increase in the Americas
News in brief, Issue 15:20
Six Nations set to split international TV rights ... NFL takes rights to global market ... No ESPN-Al Jazeera joint bid ... ARD/ZDF force ski concessions
World Cup windfall for busy Fifa
Fees double across Asia, Australia, the US, Canada, the Middle East and Latin American territories
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football deals outside Europe for Champions League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a series of pay-television and free-to-air television deals for 2012-13 to 2014-15 for the rights to the Champions League and Europa league i…
Europa League proving big attraction in US
Rights fee increases for Uefa in the US and Caribbean
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: German national team, Ligue 1, La Liga, pre-season
Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF renewed their rights for the home matches of the men’s national team, women’s national team, men’s domestic league third-tier (3. Liga
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, badminton, baseball, IPL cricket, MMA and more
Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: IAAF athletics, Major League Baseball, IPL cricket and more
Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Motorsport, Olympics, rugby union, tennis and more
Kickboxing: German commercial broadcaster Sat.1 agreed a two-year deal, beginning immediately, for rights to the fights of World Kickboxing Association world champion Christine Theiss
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Boxing, ICC and IPL cricket, cycling and football
Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, IAAF athletics, European basketball and cricket
American Football: NFL team the New York Jets extended its television and marketing partnership in a multi-year deal with regional sports network SportsNet New York (SNY)
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Boxing, cricket, golf, handball, hockey and motorsport
Boxing: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat