China

Cricket
Asia

Olympics: CCTV.com, the new-media arm of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, acquired the new-media rights for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in a deal worth an estimated $7m (£3.5m/ €4.9m
Football
Africa

Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Cuatro and digital satellite operator Digital Plus, both owned by media group Sogecable, acquired the rights for Euro 2008 from Uefa, in a deal brokered by the…
Badminton
Asia

Five provincial channels pool resources and sports content in new joint-venture channel
Asia

Largest 2008 Olympics new media rights fee is nevertheless a fraction of the market value of the rights
Baseball
Asia

Football: French mobile operator Orange acquired the mobile phone rights to France’s Ligue 1 in a two-year deal, covering the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.

Bobsleigh/skeleton
Asia

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football
Asia

The Premier League has sold its media rights in China in what is thought to be the country’s biggest ever sports-rights deal.

Football
Africa

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.
China

Senior executives in the television and sports sectors fear that the decision to change the event schedule of the 2008 Olympics to benefit NBC will undermine the value of Olympic TV contracts.

Basketball
Asia

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

Football: The England Football Association agreed deals for its international rights covering the fouryear period from 2008-09 to 2011-12, bringing in worldwide revenues of over $300m (£144m/€207m) - …
Football
Asia

Football: The threatened delay to the start of the Serie B season in Italy was averted when Rupert Murdoch’s satellite platform, Sky Italia, signed a last-minute, one-season deal to broadcast all Serie B matches live.
China

Broadcasters will push for financial compensation from the IOC it changes the traditional timetable at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to meet NBC's demands.

Badminton
Asia

World Wrestling Entertainment takes its Asian television rights sales in-house
Football
Asia

Sportfive has agreed deals in key South East Asian markets, including Malaysia and Indonesia
Football
Africa

Asian fees alone likely to exceed £40 million
Football
Africa

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

Agency is close to deals for basketball and motorsport, plans aggressive bids for French and German football