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Badminton claims new strategy increases TV fees
The international badminton federation said this week that it has brought in higher television-rights fees and better worldwide exposure for its top events this year.
Balancing act to exploit China
The International Badminton Federation is set to sign an unusual television-rights deal with the pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports.
Forget cricket, Ciclitira banks all on Asian golf
David Ciclitira, former Chairman of World Sport Group, talked this week about how the financially-troubled agency split into two.
Masters expands world coverage
Fifty broadcasters around the world will show the tennis’s Masters series this year.
Asian dilemmas, bids and pacts
The bidders and the winners in South-East Asia
How battle for Hong Kong led to Asian bonanza
Rights revenue increases 141 per cent on last round of Asian deals
Fifa wants more cash, but it also has other aims
More control over television coverage sought, including ability to ensure greater exposure for Fifa events
Murdoch set for Olympic bid
Bid could be critical for IOC chance's of improving value of rights
State oil sponsors F1 TV coverage
State oil company, state broadcaster, and Chinese host circuit agree interlinked deals for sponsorship and television rights
Formula 1’s move to Asia could hit TV rights cash
Ecclestone desire for more races in Asia will hit audiences in Europe, which is still the biggest television rights revenue generator
IOC hopes to win increased TV rights fees from Asia
Room for "tremedous growth" in Olympic coverage in Asian markets
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, horseracing, boxing and tennis
Football: German sports agency Infront did not take-up its €595m (ÂŁ412m) option for the Deutsche Fussball Liga rights for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, failing to reach agreement over price.Â
Forget TV fees, for now, hockey wants coverage
The revival of the India-Pakistan hockey test series after an interval of five years has attracted high television interest.
China’s key role in ABU’s other pan-Asian bids
The ABU, according to the critics, faces an uncertain future
Japan and China face major tensions over World Cup bids
Fifa’s approach to the sale of the 2010 World Cup television rights is leading to major tensions among Asian broadcasters
Why viewing for Chinese F1 wasn’t as bad as it seems
The inaugural Chinese grand prix, regarded generally as a huge success, failed to excite European television audiences
Agency success shows badminton how to sell to TV
The International Badminton Federation, like other federations, is considering taking at least some of its television rights in-house
Fifa may sell World Cup TV itself
Sepp Blatter, president of Fifa, world football’s governing body, said that Fifa may take the selling of television rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in-house.