Eastern Europe

Football
Brazil

Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa
Rugby Union
Asia

Olympic Games: Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 acquired the television, internet and mobile rights for the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics in a deal with the Sportfive…
Football
Africa

Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)
Tennis
Austria

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees
Football
Argentina

Romanian pay-TV rivals bolster sports content...Final Copa deals in place...Liga rights talks in Venezuela...Premier League piracy case delay
Football
Europe

Canal Plus and the Polsat Media Group win Ekstraklasa rights to leave TP-TVN alliance with nothing
Football
Europe

Increased pay-TV revenues for Euro Qualifiers the key to Uefa's targets
Football
Africa

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…
Ice Hockey
Africa

NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Asia

Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia
Football
Afghanistan

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Football
Asia

League rights spotlight on Spain's La Liga

Golf
Africa

Golf: Pay-television golf broadcaster the Golf Channel acquired the rights to the Asian Tour in North America, Latin America and Japan in deals with Asian Tour Media, the distributor of the tour’s media r…
Athletics
Africa

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…
Football
Africa

Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…
Baseball
Brazil

Handball: EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, signed media-rights deals with broadcasters in several territories
Football
Europe

Local sources say Romania's two biggest pay-TV operators set to lock horns for domestic league rights.
Football
Africa

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…