India

Tennis

Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj TV has renewed its rights for the Chennai Open men’s tennis tournament to cover the 2012-13 edition.
Football

Vietnam deal closes Asian sales

Football

Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights

Cricket

An Indian tribunal has ruled that the Board of Control for Cricket in India must pay over Rs1.2 billion (€17.2 million/$21.8
Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has acquired rights for the West Indies national cricket team’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh.
Cricket

New West Indies deal reflects changing world order in cricket

Football

MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
Basketball

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has agreed a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the exclusive rights to show NBA basketball in India

Pan-Asia sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has threatened to block carriage of three of its channels on Dish TV in India after accusing the satellite-television platform of unauthorised use of ESS’s b…
Cricket

BSkyB has put on hold plans to send a production and commentary crew to cover the England national cricket team’s upcoming series against India after the Board of Control for Cricket in India made an u…
Mixed Martial Arts

Indian media company Sony has acquired exclusive rights for the Legend Fighting Championship, the Hong-Kong based mixed martial arts series, in a one-year deal for the 2012-13 season
Football

Indian online video service iStream.com has acquired exclusive internet rights for the Campeonato Série A, the top-tier Brazilian football league, in a deal with the Total Sports Asia agency.
Football

Ten deal shows size of challenge for Indian football.

Asian broadcast group Zee Entertainment is set to reduce the financial losses incurred by its sports business unit in the 2012-13 financial year, but is likely to fall short of its target of the division…
Football

Indian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has purchased rights for the domestic I-League top division and Federation Cup football tournaments
Tennis

Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has extended a rights deal for live coverage of the US Open tennis tournament for four years, from 2013 to 2016

The Competition Commission of India, the country’s competition watchdog, has approved media conglomerate News Corporation’s buy-out of Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN’s 50-per-cent stake in pan-A…
Cricket

Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales