India
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3:American Football, athletics, boxing, handball and more
American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup qualifiers, Euro 2012, Champions League and more
Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
Fastrack: Issue 15:15
Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook
New fight channel could force Sky into rethink
Warren boxing channel could mean the end of top boxing on Sky
Booming Brazil’s football gold rush
Big increases for top football in booming Brazil rights market
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Rugby World Cup, snooker, surfing, ATP tennis and more
Rugby Union: Canadian sports broadcaster TSN acquired the rights for the 2011 and 2015 editions of the Rugby World Cup in a deal with Rugby World Cup Limited, the event rights-holder
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Russian Premier League, the Championship, MLS and more
Football: Benfica TV, the club channel of Portuguese Liga club Benfica, acquired rights for 180 matches featuring a range of clubs and national teams taking place between now and December 2011
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Olympic Games, snooker, Wimbledon, French Open and more
Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee agreed media-rights deals in France, Germany and Korea for the Olympic Games (see story this issue)
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, American football, basketball, ice hockey and more
Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Tippeliga and more
Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa
ESS secures Liga rights but break-up still on the cards
ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Africa Cup of Nations and more
Football: SNTV, the sports news agency operated by the IMG agency and The Associated Press, has acquired non-exclusive news clip rights outside Europe for the Confederation of African Football’s Africa C…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Copa America, Belgian Pro League, La Liga and more
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)
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket, golf, MMA and more
Badminton: Indian sports broadcaster Neo Sports signed a three-year deal, from 2011 to 2013, for the Badminton World Federation World Superseries, with the global rights-holder, the Malaysia-based Total…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Euro 2012, Italian national team, Champions League
Football: Spanish commercial broadcasters Telecinco and Cuatro acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from Uefa, European football’s governing body. The deal is worth just less than €65m ($92.3m)
Massive increases for Uefa in key Asian markets
Uefa enjoys big increases for its Champions League and Europa League rights in Asia
Fastrack: Issue 15:9
Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders
New pan-Asian channel ‘will work’
Multi Channels Asia hoping to ride Asian economic growth and establish a niche