India
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, basketball, cricket, handball and tennis
Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
US, and maybe UK, ready for roll-out of Neo Cricket
Nimbus Communications believes launching its channel in new markets will be more lucrative than selling Indian cricket rights into those countries.
FASTRACK: News in brief, Issue 14:14
Sky tempted by 2015 World Cup ... Neo turns down ESS for Sony ... Premier League drops Win TV.
FASTRACK: News in brief, Issue 14:12
O'Brien comes out fighting over IPL ... Sportklub looks for elbow room ... Canal Plus to hold Wimbledon
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Asian Games, baseball, motorcycling, rugby union and tennis
Asian Games: Indian cable and satellite broadcaster Zee acquired the cable and satellite rights for the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in a deal with the Dentsu agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Last-minute World Cup deals, Mediapro’s Barcelona extension
Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
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TVE fights to keep hold of Masters ... Rally wants more UK exposure; Zee spree for Ten Action ... Lega looks for Coppa bidders.
Asian Euro 2012 rights provide timely victory for Sportfive
Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, ICC events, ice hockey, rugby union, tennis deals
Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
Google’s IPL game-changer?
“We want eyeballs and that's what matters to us foremost. You can't get bigger and better than our strategy. People all over the world ask me where can we watch IPL - now I can always say - you can watch it on You Tube." - Lalit Modi.
TV Rights Deals 1: The latest Olympic, Rugby Union World Cup and IPL deals
Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)
Nimbus locks up Indian cricket
The Nimbus Communications agency’s newly extended deal for Indian cricket could guarantee the safe future of its broadcast subsidiary, Neo, for the best part of a decade.
FASTRACK
Indian broadcaster Zee is in the process of completing its takeover of Dubai-based sports broadcaster Ten Sports.
The talk from Monaco
A takeover of Saudi-owned Middle East pay-broadcaster Arab Radio and Television by Qatar-based Al Jazeera Sports is likely to still go ahead, according to industry insiders.
TV Rights 1: Euro Champs, Premier League and Indian cricket deals
Football: Middle East pay-broadcaster Al Jazeera Sports acquired the rights for Euro 2012 and 2016 in a deal with Uefa, European football’s governing body, worth $100m (€67m) overall. Al
TV Rights Deals 2: The latest boxing, basketball, motorcycling and squash deals
Boxing: German public service broadcaster ARD extended its television rights deal with boxing promoter Sauerland for one more year, taking it to the end of 2012, paying about €14m ($21m).
Ten goes free to embrace India’s online revolution
Last week Ten Sports became the first sports broadcaster in India to stream its live cricket content for free online.