Greece

Nova Sports this week picked up the pay-television rights for the Champions League after an initial deal with IPTV company On Telecoms fell victim to the financial crisis.

Football: Pan-African pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the sub-Saharan pay-television rights for all Fifa events in 2009 and 2010, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2009 Confederations…

Sony is facing a massive loss on its coverage of India’s cricket tour to New Zealand, which started this week.

Football: The Sportfive agency acquired the fixed-media rights to Fifa events in a four-year deal with international football’s governing body from 2009 to 2012, including the 2010 World Cup in South A…

Greek commercial broadcaster Alpha is pulling out of its commitments to domestic football.

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT, commercial broadcaster Mega and triple-play operator On Telecoms acquired packages of Champions League rights for the three-year period from 2009-10 to 2011-12.

Greek telecoms company Forthnet, owner of the country’s leading pay broadcaster Nova, is facing its biggest challenge yet after rival telecoms companies last week acquired sports rights for the first time, much earlier than anticipated.

Football: The African Union of Broadcasters signed a deal with Fifa for the English, French and Portuguese-language television and radio rights to the 2010 World Cup.

Greek football’s top-tier Superleague finally approved a new collectively-negotiated television rights deal, albeit without the two clubs presently top of the league table.

Baseball: US sports network ESPN extended a deal with Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media arm for inter-active television and other digital media rights through to 2013.

Forthcoming negotiations for the domestic rights for English rugby union’s Guinness Premiership will act as an interesting barometer of the state of the UK sports rights market, three months before the start of football’s Premier League rights talks.

English football’s Premier League has blocked its Greek licensee Nova from showing its Saturday 3pm matches.

Basketball: Greek pay-operator NetMed acquired the rights for A1 league club PAOK in a three-year deal from 2008-09 to 2010-11

Greek commercial channel Antenna 1 is set to snatch Formula One rights

Mega bid brings 19-per-cent rights fee increase

State broadcaster offers to buy TV rights, government funding and sponsorship will bring income to last year's level